Gizmodo: Dishes

Lunchboxes Create the Illusion of Fine PB&J Dining

Mark Wilson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:40:00 EDT

Our childhood died when we realized that our precious GI Joe lunchbox would no longer impress our friends but get us laughed at and called a baby. As we carried our brown paper bag in shame, one graphic designer mused a solution. Her lunchboxes, seen here, hold food with style, folding out to reveal a facade of dining on fine porcelain plates or even just simple plastic dishes on the beach.

So while the silverware isn't real, at least the lunchbox can once again spur the imagination. And maybe just for a moment you can convince yourself that you aren't eating a stale sandwich between your company's pop machine and water cooler, but enjoying warm fois gras amidst the gentle orchestration of a classical string quartet. [Smart Emma via Trends Now]

Bubble-Blowing Dish-Scrubber Taunts ADHD Sufferers

Benny Goldman — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:00:00 EST

Time to focus, lots of dirty dishes to clean. Oooh look, a bubble! Wow, I can blow more bubbles? Yay! Bubble bubble bubble, bubble bubble bubble. I'm tired of blowing bubbles, let's do Jumping Jacks! Yay! Jumping Jacks stink, let's eat candy 'til we puke! Yay! So sick, so many dirty dishes, the best $5 I ever spent. Firetruck! [Bubble Scrubber via Boing Boing]

Food For Thought Plates

Charlie White — Tue, 09 May 2006 12:54:51 EDT

You know those posters at the butcher shop that show you which cuts of meat come from which part of the steer? Well now you can have those illustrations right in front of you as you dine, with Food For Thought Plates, cheerfully inviting you to carefully consider where that juicy cut of red meat began its life that was so tragically cut short.

We have to giggle at the plate which dissects a dog, an unappetizing thought for some, good eatin' for others. Available in versions depicting lamb, swine, mutt and steer, they're yours for $10.50 apiece.

Product Page [via productdose]