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I was eating my lunch in Union Station... flipping through the new issue of The NewYorker when a full page ad catches my eye...

It won't be a collector's item someday. It already is. Its simplicity is already prized by collectors. Its swan-like forms are already on display in museums worldwide. Yet this new pale ivory version of Eva Zeisel's legendary 1950s design can only be found in one place. Classic Century Dinnerware. In dishwasher-safe earthenware. Only at Crate and Barrel and crateandbarrel.com

Sensuous, multifunctional shapes with a pedigreed past are reborn for a new century. Originally designed in 1952 by world-renowned designer Eva Zeisel, this timeless tabletop art makes a comeback in a creamy neutral. Zeisel, considered one of the foremost designers of the 20th century, created sculptural pieces with rounded curves, arches, teardrops and wave motifs. Even the plates are a soft oval, just this side of round. Out of production for many years, during which time it became a collector's item, this pattern has been resurrected just for us. Each organic, elegant piece is a masterpiece of form and function.

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Wow. Has Eva finally ... at 98 years of age... become a design icon to the masses and not just nerdy ceramics lovers like myself? I am rather taken aback at this. I am awed really. A full page ad in the New Yorker and countless other publications. It's just as graceful in ivory as it was in the original white. I am awed.

The other drooling of the day...

Sure it's a monitor and some dude's drawing on it but oh wait... no no it's an INTERACTIVE WACOM TABLET. Anyone who has drawn through the computer has used a Wacom at one point in time. I unfortunately had to sell mine a few years ago when I got my G4 laptop as he didn't support SCSI and my 8x6 Wacom wouldn't work anymore. I can't even imagine having the ability to draw on the screen. This is the thing of DREAMS.