UMBRELLAS FOR THE CIVIL BUT DISCONTENT MAN
In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud contends that aggressiveness is a fundamental human instinct whose inhibition is a necessary obligation of social life:
“Men are not gentle, friendly creatures wishing for love, who simply defend themselves if they are attacked, but that a powerful measure of desire for aggression has to be reckoned as part of their instinctual endowment.”
Fundamentally there is a tension between the freedom to gratify these natural desires and the conformity demanded by civilization. What results is a muted, guilty, and ultimately a discontent populous in which the possibility of a more complete happiness has been traded for a degree of security.
Umbrellas for the Civil but Discontent Man combines a symbol of gentlemanly refinement—the full-sized, dark umbrella—with an element of more manly sword-bearing times. The umbrellas offer brief psychological respite from the dictates of social amiability; aggressive fantasies are allowed and encouraged on the daily commute to the office. The effete civilian’s grasp of the handle takes him into the world of the masterful samurai, the medieval barbarian, or the triumphant cavalryman.”
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Where I spent the day: Dekalb Market
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Q: What would you like for your birthday Jane?
A: A Jungle Yaht
The Lavish Jungle Yacht by International Harvester
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Sea faring, fishing, boats, oars, anchors in logo form - you can call this an artdirectorfisherwoman’s dream.
Branding 10,000 lakes.
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ANTIQUARIAN FISHING
Feb 14th, 2011 | Categories: David Coggins, England, Fishing, London | by David Coggins
One of the great stores has no walls and, in fact, isn’t even a store at all. Consider the Andrews of Arcadia stall at Spitalfields Market in London. Every Thursday, John Andrews sets up his booth of vintage fishing tackle and it couldn’t be improved on by all the art directors on Madison Avenue. Antique angling wares—bamboo rods, cork floats, checkered sailing flags, restored reels, the odd canvas bucket—all laid out perfectly, priced fairly, and described with care and not a trace of snobbery. It’s a very sweet thing. Then lunch across the street at St. John Bread & Wine, and you’re enjoying the better part of civilized life.
But the antiques market is only open on Thursdays and we live in New York, so what’s an angler to do? Go to their website which has a smaller selection of goods, but still enough to satisfy the antiquarian instinct. On a site like this good merchandise doesn’t linger. Of course, much of what we look at online can’t substitute for the real thing—but that doesn’t stop us going back.
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Fab.com Flash Sale: Pip & Estella Limited quantity.
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Founder Sana Keefer had Great Expectations and peacocks on her mind when she built the NYC-based online antiques shop Pip & Estella. Filled with vintage household goods—think antique apothecary bottles and old tennis rackets—this treasure-trove of collectibles is back on Fab.com to share its finds.
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bicycle shop signage
The owners of a bicylce shop, located in the German town of Altlandsberg, near Berlin, used the actual cycle merchandise as signage by mounting 120 bikes to an exterior wall of the shop. That’s co-owner Christian Peterson peeking out the window. Too bad its not permanent….
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“This automatic cupcake machine dispenses freshly baked cupcakes, cupcake mixes, apparel and even cupcakes for Fido! In the heart of Beverly Hills nestled between Sprinkles Cupcakes and the brand new Sprinkles Ice Cream, 24 Hour Sprinkles will be continuously restocked day and night with a variety of freshly baked cupcake flavors,” a spokesperson from Sprinkles Cupcakes told LAist. (via The World’s First Cupcake Vending Machine, For Cupcakes 24/7 - DesignTAXI.com)
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Chair upcycled from a bathtub. And it’s white.
Antique lobster traps - and a trio of wire eel traps from France - grace this hallway in the Nantucket Yacht Club.
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