These comments and the idea of heirloom design got me thinking about passing things on, of living an heirloom life.
Over the last few years, Mr. Griffith has argued that we need to design more things to last, what he calls heirloom design in an interview with Good: An object with 'heirloom design' is something that will not only last through your lifetime and into the next generation, but that you also desire to keep that long because it's beautiful, functional, and timeless.
They design heirloom quality, hand-embroidered children's gifts and partner with non-profit organizations that provide pathways of restoration to women who've suffered some form of societal abandonment.
There are no dents that can't be refinished, so timber-built two-wheelers can be, in Slow Design parlance, heirloom pieces.
Start with a fine white peach Bellini, a fragrant elderflower mimosa or a spicy heirloom tomato Bloody Mary designed by general manager Benny Bohm.
Rosalind Creasy, whose essential but long-out-of-print book Edible Landscaping has a new edition coming out in 2010, thankfully, designed the Heirloom Vegetable Garden.
Here's their definitely real spokesperson "Hugh Pomfret" talking to Metro about it: "Our prophylactics are designed as an heirloom product, we would encourage people to keep hold of them as a memento of a special national occasion".
As the summer months start approaching, dozens of flavorful heirloom tomatoes of all colors, shapes, and designs will fill tables.
She was wearing a velvet Lanvin jacket that was such a dark green it appeared almost black, with a rhinestone choker around her neck which looked like a family heirloom but was in fact a recent Elbaz design.
Most recently, Nicholas Williams, who lives in Manhattan and is also a personal trainer with a boldface clientele, started turning her designs into heirloom-quality, 24-piece wooden jigsaw puzzles.
Marley Natural, a range of marijuana-related products including lotions and "heirloom Jamaican cannabis strains", tellingly has a logo designed by the people who did the Starbucks mermaid.
