74. Wastepaper basket “in attesa”/1971/Enzo Mari/Italy/polypropylene – Red; now employed in my bathroom. It’s been in my family since 1971, I’m sure. It never occurred to me that this was a designer item, but, in retrospect, it’s not surprising. We also had a lot of things like this, which I was looking up earlier today for a class.
100. Fabric bags/Muji/Japan/cotton – From opening day at the Manhattan Muji store.
115. “REX” peeler/1947/A Neweczersal/Switzerland/aluminium, stainless – From the late, lamented Peeler Man, Joe Ades, of course.
157?. Rosti “Margrethe” bowl/1954/Bernadotte & Bjorn/Denmark/melamine – I inherited a set of red, yellow, and orange ones from my grand-godmother, and when my not-lamented ex-boyfriend smashed one of them, I bought some more off eBay. Then I got a set of new ones (different colors!) at the MoMA store. Man, I love those bowls—which is good, because I now own about ten of them, plus two pitchers. Recommended.
167. “Drapas” template/Sanko Drawing Instruments/Japan – Green, not gray, and not actually at my house, but at Mom’s. I spent many, many hours drawing circles with this as a child.
Some stuff I have:
74. Wastepaper basket “in attesa”/1971/Enzo Mari/Italy/polypropylene – Red; now employed in my bathroom. It’s been in my family since 1971, I’m sure. It never occurred to me that this was a designer item, but, in retrospect, it’s not surprising. We also had a lot of things like this, which I was looking up earlier today for a class.
100. Fabric bags/Muji/Japan/cotton – From opening day at the Manhattan Muji store.
115. “REX” peeler/1947/A Neweczersal/Switzerland/aluminium, stainless – From the late, lamented Peeler Man, Joe Ades, of course.
157?. Rosti “Margrethe” bowl/1954/Bernadotte & Bjorn/Denmark/melamine – I inherited a set of red, yellow, and orange ones from my grand-godmother, and when my not-lamented ex-boyfriend smashed one of them, I bought some more off eBay. Then I got a set of new ones (different colors!) at the MoMA store. Man, I love those bowls—which is good, because I now own about ten of them, plus two pitchers. Recommended.
167. “Drapas” template/Sanko Drawing Instruments/Japan – Green, not gray, and not actually at my house, but at Mom’s. I spent many, many hours drawing circles with this as a child.