Objects - Goods - Cool Items and Interesting Stuff
GOODS has two meanings. Firstly, it is our guide to innovative objects from Brisbane and around the world, and secondly, GOODS can't be bad. A resource for gift buyers, home-makers, scene-stealers, trend-watchers and possibly even shoplifters, GOODS isn't about making your credit card cry, it's about setting your standards high.
Grow Your Own Crystals
When we shift from summer to winter, we see two things; heightened boredom and new fashions. Lucky for you, we can help you with both, by means of a simple science experiment.
To grow your own crystals you'll need a cup of boiling water, half a cup of salt, a jar, tissue, some string and a pencil.
Mathematical Quilts
The maths pleb may think maths is all about abacuses and number crunching and imaginary pie. The fact is, it's all this and so much more. Meet Elaine Krajenke Ellison. She's a retired high school teacher who also enjoys quilting.
Perhaps you don't think maths has much to do with quilts, but you don't have a BA in Mathematics from Michigan State, do you? Elaine's love of maths inspires the patterns.
Flat Pets
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, 'that's not a pet, that's a piece of cardboard'. And yes, it is true, but before you scoff too hard, let me tell you a little something about pets.
I had a real cat once. He was pretty good. Went by the name of Charles, had a lustrous black coat and a scratch that meant business.
Pendleton Blankets
"The round stones beneath the earth have spoken through the fire. Things which are alike, in nature, grow to look alike, and the speaking stones have lain a long time looking at the sun." Nobody - Dead Man (1995) dir. Jim Jarmusch
In this country, spirituality is as rare as peyote. We look all too often to utility, forgetting our own experience in the process.
Rubber Band Ball
There is a breed of annoying people who collect rubber bands and make them into balls, that they squeeze in times of stress. Who are these people!? Well, I'll tell you. They are the kind of people who chain paper clips together and turn them into necklaces, that's who. The kind of people who have giant 5-colour stacks of Post-Its on their desks - more Post-Its than you could ever need in a lifetimes' worth of needing to remember things, even if you develop early onset Alzheimer's and need to Post-It the kettle as ‘kettle' and the cat as ‘don't eat'.
TMOD scratchies
Unlike this senior, the only thing I've ever won on a scratchie was $2. Nudging away the grey film with a 20c coin, I totally knew that I was gonna win BIG. This certainty was followed by a short moment of burning anticipation before the final, well, FAIL. I always thought scratch and sniff stickers were better, but that's another story.
Atomic Bonzai Kit
I got a great pot plant a while ago - a Peace Lily. Yeah, it sounds pretty naff. It was from IKEA. BUT it's going great guns. Unlike previous plants that have entered my house, this one didn't shrivel in two weeks, it thrived! All I have to do is give it the leftover water from the cat's bowl every day.
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