ChowBaby

happy weekend. here's a quick little find. straws made out of straws.

you'll see that i spied these on a design-focused blog that mike reads, swiss miss. he suggested that i read it since the writer, tina, is a mom who often posts cool, beautiful kids stuff. i love the her picks and thought that you might want to look, too.

the straws are from a japanese store called muji. they were the 2008 muji award prize winner (the theme of which was "found muji"--very cool concept). i looked up muji because i recognized the name. turns out, they have a small store in the new jet blue terminal (where i was recently stuck for hours). their only other US stores are in NYC, so it may not be so easy to get these straws for now. but keep your eye on this company. they are growing quickly and have an inspiring eco-minded point-of-view. we'd love for muji to make well-designed, eco-minded eat- and drink-ware widely available around the world!

-S