Where form meets function (staple removers etc.)

[Tabouli]

I approve wholeheartedly of novelty staple removers, and indeed anywhere where form meets function.  Why can't everyday objects be works of art?  I'm all for supporting artists, but there's a limit to how many pictures and sculptures you can put in your home, so why not cross art with more essential items, like cutlery and stationery and bins and brooms and things?

I myself bought the most *glorious* pasta scoop from none other than Ikea.  Light green and curved, with a line of hot pink rubber spikes along its back and a handle ending in a dragon's head with a ring through its nose!  It cost more than a plain one, but I think such creative innovation should be encouraged at every opportunity.  I *want* to reward the person who designed that pasta scoop!  I want his or her *catalogue*!

There must be other people out there who think this way, but evidently not enough, otherwise the world would be full of interesing everyday objects.  On the other hand... hmmm.  Anyone out there for a business opportunity? :-D

Tabouli.



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