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30/06/2008 8:16 am  

I'd like your opinion on a few things. Too kitsch or just right?

This Witco llama magazine rack I thought was great.


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30/06/2008 8:18 am  

both
both


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30/06/2008 8:30 am  

Next
Solar LED house numbers by Matterinc. Kitsch or cool?
http://www.matterinc.com/LEDSolarNumber1.htm


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rockland
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30/06/2008 9:46 am  

leans toward cool
forward thinking, but necessary? ok yeah.


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30/06/2008 9:47 am  

cuckoo Clock
Tobias Reischle, 2006


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rockland
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30/06/2008 9:56 am  

Kitsch
Kitsch /kɪtʃ/ is a term of German or Yiddish origin that has been used to categorize art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an existing style. The term is also used more loosely in referring to any art that is pretentious to the point of being in bad taste, and also commercially produced items that are considered trite or crass.
Well, i really like the clock. I'm a bit on the fence about the hands....


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30/06/2008 9:56 am  

cuckoo
No kitsch there, buddy. Total cool.
Mailboxes from Finland?
http://www.bobbimailbox.com/


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30/06/2008 10:07 am  

Tougher one
Kitsch or cool?


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Robert Leach
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30/06/2008 1:16 pm  

Kitsch
Kitsch, kitsch, kitsch on the last one
Cool for the mail boxes
*im my opinion*
and it is going to be personal to an extent, isn't it ?


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azurechicken (USA)
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30/06/2008 5:15 pm  

numbers & mailbox
tastefull.Globe art,giraffe...a tad artsy/camp.


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Big Television Man
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01/07/2008 5:00 am  

Mailboxes Waaay Cool
Do you happen to know if they are USPS compliant


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01/07/2008 5:04 am  

Went on the site, and answered my own question.
Yes they are and I am quite likely to order one. Thanks for the link.


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01/07/2008 5:43 am  

Assuming you're looking for frank, no-holds-barred opinions--
llama- horrific, but not especially kitsch
numbers- inoffensive enough, neither kitsch nor cool
cuckoo clock- kitschy, cutesy, bad taste (I'm sure the designer thought themselves "witty"... or something.)
map- kitschy, schlocky, fifth-rate "modern" appropriate only for set design
(er... you don't actually own any of these, do you?)


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01/07/2008 5:48 am  

Forgot the mailbox--
mailbox-- Why, exactly, would I want a miniature version of a USPS box in my front lawn? KITSCH.


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barrympls
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01/07/2008 5:50 am  

Witco has its own California charm,
despite it'as mostly known for Elvis' "Jungle Room".
I like half of the Witco pieces...isn't it a shame nothing's been written about the company?


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