{"id":1043,"date":"2006-07-30T15:25:52","date_gmt":"2006-07-30T22:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2009-01-11T17:05:54","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T00:05:54","slug":"design-within-reach-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/30\/design-within-reach-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Within Reach: Not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I<img align=right src='http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/images\/20060730multipot.jpg' alt='' \/> keep getting this catalog that the previous tenant of my apartment got&#8230;. <a href=\"http:\/\/dwr.com\">Design Within Reach<\/a>. They are selling this image that&#8230; well&#8230; fancy furniture designs is within reach of&#8230; well, I&#8217;m not sure.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point:<\/p>\n<p>The latest catalog has on its outside back cover the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/dwr.com\/search.cfm?Ntx=mode+matchpartialmax&#038;Ntk=all&#038;N=0&#038;Ntt=multipot&#038;x=0&#038;y=0\">Multipot Personal Electric Charger<\/a>&#8220;. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Designed in the shape of a translucent bucket, the compact MultiPot solves the problem of messy recharging devices by socking away the electric cords in one easy-to-find and attractive spot. A 5-way multisocket is hidden in the lid where you store your gear, while the deeper base holds the tangle of unsightly cords.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So&#8230;. it&#8217;s a flower pot with a power-plug lid. Neat. I might pay $40 for th&#8230;. <strong>$228?!?!<\/strong> It costs $228?!?!?!?!? It&#8217;s a flower pot with a power-plug lid!  You have got to be freaking kidding me!<\/p>\n<p>Am I in the wrong business?<\/p>\n<p>In other news, check out the $700 <a href=\"http:\/\/dwr.com\/productdetail.cfm?id=8893\">cardboard desk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This stuff reminds me of (good and free-ish though not as pretty) <a href=\"http:\/\/playatech.com\/\">Playatech furniture<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I keep getting this catalog that the previous tenant of my apartment got&#8230;. Design Within Reach. They are selling this image that&#8230; well&#8230; fancy furniture designs is within reach of&#8230; well, I&#8217;m not sure. Case in point: The latest catalog has on its outside back cover the &#8220;Multipot Personal Electric Charger&#8220;. Designed in the shape [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}