A tub with wheels

So I saw the MADSEN cargo bikes over on Junior Society, run by the guy behind Mahar Dry Goods, which I've blogged about enough times that linking the posts would be tiresome, so just use the search.

Anyway.

Check these out.



You can put kids in it! You can put dog food in it! I want one! (Also she has cute shoes.)

Twitter/winner

Hey, everybody, an Envirosax giveaway!

So, Envirosax we've talked about more than once.

Well, they are sweet enough to do a Covetable giveaway, sort of in time for Father's Day (delay my fault, not theirs). So listen up, dear readers. If you look over to the right, you will see a link to the Covetable twitter. Yeah, I know. But anyway, sign up to follow the blog and I'll put you in the running to pick one bag of your choice from either the retro graphic series or the oxford series.

My favorite retro is this.



And my favorite oxford is this.



But no pressure.

Stumped

So this is - well, I don't know what it is. Yes I do: it's a cardboard stump from Target. That's all I can say. But I like it.

Whoosh

Okay, some stuff I've been meaning to post for a while.

First is the IKEA slide, which of course Greg at Daddytypes beat me to - but hey, that dude has ads.

Our local IKEA (aka my daughter's favorite restaurant) recently remodeled and the tunnel/slide play combo through the wall in the kid furniture section has been replaced by this mysterious small chamber with changing lights. I better post a picture because that sounds weird, but it basically looks like a child-size teleport device that will take you straight to Sweden.

However, there is still a slide at IKEA. It's pretty great, actually, especially compared to the bright plastic, static-inducing kind. Not cheap, though.

Ticket to ride

You have to live around here to get the awesomeness of this shirt. I just wish it came in grown-up sizes.



It's made by a local company, of course.

Pretty colors

Awesome! Makes me want a baby to bottlify.



Also a good idea - people are into glass these days (smart) but the sleeve makes it a tiny bit safer.

Amping up

Awesome blog about ampersands. Spot them in the wild! Found via Typophile.



Not quite as cool as if it were a pilcrow blog, but still. (Actually there's a pilcrow stream on flickr.)

I heartily encourage this trend

Following in the line of "not a plastic cup" and the even better coffee cup coin purse, another backflip product.



Found at cut+paste, which has a lot of fun stuff sort of in the Fred Flare vein.

Upper(nut)case

Yes, well, of course I like this. I liked it the moment I saw the cover. Then I liked it when I read the copy on their website, below the photo (text that - almost troublingly - seems to be written as if it were targeted at me, which probably means I am supremely unoriginal. Or it's my Canadian genes.).



I didn't have to see the kind of things they like to know...well...I'd like them, too. But look at them anyway. And they have some pretty books, including one with a great theme - art by artists all named Jennifer. I love a good gimmick.

Snap Zip

I got this camera case at H&M today. Of course I'm taking this photo with a camera that won't fit in that tiny bag, but I love it anyway.

Labels I Like: Tchoklit

So TCHO is coming to (my) town. I really like the choc packaging. (Not that I'd eat citrus nibs - keep that fruit out of my chocolate!)

Labels I Like: Or, What I Got at Target - Part II

This is probably not very good coffee. But I had to buy it, just for the tin. Only I liked the color scheme of the decaf, which you can see - blurrily - on my stove. Sideways.

Labels I Like: Or, What I Got at Target - Part I

So I went to Target today to get something boring and I bought a couple things just because of the way they looked. One was this stuff - J.R. Watkins.

I've pretty much always been a Meyers person, but I really like the labels.

Lobster quadrille

I was in a local store today, buying a Mother's Day present. It's the kind of store that has Coelacanth and BlueQ type stuff, plus like slinkys and Zutano. You know.

Anyway, I spotted some bags by a company called Bungalow360. New to me. They looked pretty nice, sturdily constructed and with some good prints. There was a lobster that took my fancy. Also, they are greenies and love cats!

Rad Fenwick

Remember Ray Fenwick? I keep talking and (talking and talking and talking) about him because he's fantastic and in thirty years I'm going to be boring people at his retrospective at sfmoma by telling them that I always knew his was a genius, always knew it!

Well, I admit I'm not the only one who knows. Tiny Showcase does too, and they've restocked a shirt they carry with a great Ray Fenwick design.


And don't forget to sign up for the regular Tiny Showcase stuff - it's a brilliant idea and has a devoted following that's totally warranted.

And on to the V-Shirts

More Veer goody-goodness.

I love this - birds *and* lorem ipsum!



This is also pretty fantastic. We should all have our own couches with us.


Concept=great. However, there's something about where the hem/baseline actually hits on this gal that is a little bit...problematic.

TYGR

Watch out, this is a covetable freak-out edition. You know how I get when I really like something...

Via Pilcrow Pabulum - and no, it's not my blog - the too fantastic merchandise section of Veer.










I pretty much love every damn thing in the clothes section. Also, the product descriptions make me laugh.

Petite front pockets thwart the urge to stash bulky objects at your midsection but still give your hands a cozy refuge.

(And yes, they do tell you what typeface is used on the clothes.)

Drinks on me

One thing that can really bring out my inner seven-year-old is cocktail rings. I always have fun poking around at Forever 21 for giant sparkly rings that cost five dollars. Like this.



Or this.



Or this.

wrong DAY

Okay, I don't know how I could have missed Richard Tipping. He is clearly madly wonderful.

I saw these signs at MoMA, when I was looking for the bag I just mentioned in the previous post.

I love them. Covet them. (Especially "Wrong Day," which is just so fantastic on so many levels.)

Shiny happy veggies

So on the site Delight.com, where they offer daily deals, they had this RuMe shopping bag. (Although, that name...I'm totally thinking "rue me," as some purchases do tell you later.)



Now, I'm all for fancy shopping bags, and metallic is a good thing in mundane places. But I really do prefer this one, which I saw at the MoMA store. (That place is really dangerous for me, it's like my imaginary Xmas stocking.) Because it holds 18 liters...it's all about the typography, baby.

What would the Swiss say?

Under the category of 'it is but it isn't' is this covetable cuckoo clock by Decoylab at fawn&forest. All the cuckoo without the damn noise.

Thing one, thing two

I keep boosting Objectified, and I haven't even seen it. (I planned to go to the screening in SF but there are some babysitting issues. Damn kid, interfering with my glamorous lifestyle!) But this is a grand poster, certainly worth the twenty bucks.

Essentials

I would never pay this much money for a tote, but I have to admit I like this. It pretty much sums up my shopping - or it would if there was a little pocket for CHEESE.

Packin' my bags

I have a new favorite for the imaginary overnight bag I don't have, but want.

Jane Marvel bags have great prints and look strong and capacious. I haven't seen one in the flesh, so to speak, but from the pictures they look pretty covetable.





Also, I'm very intrigued by this toiletries bag. It's not insanely huge, like the Eddie Bauer one I have, which I could practically pack for the weekend in. But it still unfolds and hangs. And check out the the awesome little round mirror.

She wears Banana Republic jeans

A friend of mine is getting a bag -- not this bag, but you know I'm in to the wristlets. I really like the fabric of this wristlet by Cotton Candy Boutique on Etsy.

Inch by inch

I like the little photos on the Etsy site of feaverish. Some of these would be great for art in a kid's room.

Robots obey what the children say

Okay, actually having to play this would drive me crazy (it's something about not touching the wires) but I find the box itself appallingly cute.

I feel like I'm not out of bed yet

So when I first found out about Tivoli radios I was actually looking for a clock radio for my mom. I ended up getting her a Model One, which is not a clock radio but is such an awesome radio that it doesn't matter.

Of course, now I see this. The Model Three.

An analog clock, too! The speaker is on top (that confused me for a while).

You. Roll.

Modernseed has some stuff on sale. I like this Uroll scooter - it's obviously still crazy much even on sale, but then again you can use it as a night table when the kid is done with it. Or as a stand for your Tivoli radio.

Kot-kot-kot-kodacs!

I'm pretty sure I've seen Jaime Hayón's green chicken before, but I can't remember where. This time Anna sent it to me.

Of course, it would fall right over. But it's gorgeous anyway.

Hummingbirds vs. robots

I bought this Coelacanth bag today at my local fabric store. It's a nice size, smaller than a shopping bag but big enough for stuff.

Coelacanth also sells this great little robot tote that would make a great lunch bag if you added a a little velcro to the top (I mean, I don't know about you, but my stuff would fall out).

I don't have a link, but it looks like this.