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Hipster Crib Is a Cardboard Box

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forwardmotion
06/17/09

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Is that little baby in the picture wearing glasses? Because baby glasses are the cutest.
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onebadclam
06/17/09

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Obviously, this product is not intended for babies who smoke.
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♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
06/17/09

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nothing's more ironic than being responsible for another life when you yourself survive by nursing baby food and pbr.

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Lizawithazee
06/17/09

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You know they can escape if you don't put the lid on. I speak from experience.
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Spirit Fingers
06/17/09

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Whatever. I'm betting you could find this at IKEA for $69.99. It's called the Bebeboxën and it comes with 15 wooden screws that don't fit into anything, because you should always live in fear of collapsing furniture. You also get free Swedish lingonberries with every purchase, because these are important items for a furniture store to sell. Yeah. Somebody overpayed.

Suckers.
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gladys_kravitz
06/17/09

@Spirit Fingers: That is beautiful. The minimalist Scandinavians have probably been doing this for years. Although is it really safe to put a baby in something they can eat their way out of?
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Spirit Fingers
06/17/09

@gladys_kravitz: ...Or knock down with one thwack of an oversized baby head? Yes. Large baby heads may be commonplace, but are nonetheless fearsome.

I'd also be able to overlook the shoddy Scandinavian construction of many of these items if they were lined in Lindt chocolate. Just sayin.
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applejuice
06/17/09

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Geesh, for $255 they could at least punch some AIR HOLES in the side...
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CaptainFantastic
06/17/09

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That is more like a bassinet, which will be fine for about the first 3 months, then they'll need a crib that the kid can't roll/climb out of.
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marshmallory
06/17/09

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I have many other issues with this thing, but $225 FOR A CARDBOARD BOX?!?! is all I can think of right now.
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DahlELama
06/17/09

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Looks like the perfect crib...for leaving on a church's doorstep.
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City_Dater
06/17/09

@DahlELama:

And you can ROLL it over there!
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naugahydeinplainsight
06/17/09

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It's like someone is trying to get us used to the idea of living in cardboard boxes so if the economy totally tanks we'll be ready to live on the streets.
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iplaudius
06/17/09

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And what happens to the cardboard when baby piss and shits gets all into it?
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biggygreg
06/17/09

@iplaudius:

It's sold as modern art and you recoup your investment.
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depardoo
06/17/09

@iplaudius:

Hipster donates to poors.
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iplaudius
06/17/09

@biggygreg: @depardoo: Both good, frighteningly realistic answers.
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Dr. Nick
06/17/09

@depardoo: my brother's wife is pregnant. they don't have a whole lot of money, so they've been scouring resale shops for great deals. they found a really nice stroller at a resale shop and got very excited by the dirt-cheap price tag before noticing the ENORMOUS BROWN STAIN on the seat. Seriously, you're going to donate your kid's dump-stained stroller to a resale shop?
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iplaudius
06/17/09

@Dr. Nick: Nothing a little bleach and paint can’t take care of!
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depardoo
06/17/09

@Dr. Nick:

That is really in poor taste. Yard sales (obviously in the 'burbs) seem to be the place to pick up baby stuff on the cheap.
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fuzzywhat
06/17/09

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That's cute, last year my mom put my niece in a small basket so she could sit up and watch us without falling over, and it was the cutest thing I've ever seen. Babies don't care if they're in a $20,000 crib, and neither should we.

Also, this reminds me of my RISD foundations project where we had to build functional cardboard chairs without glue or tape. I guess hipsters are just art students gone into the urban wild.
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bytememehard
06/17/09

@fuzzywhat: Yeah, but maybe babies should be able to see their environment.
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kjack
06/17/09

@fuzzywhat: $255 is actually the average price of a normal crib that will not turn into a pile of pulp when peed in.
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Nice Beaver
06/17/09

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"The Album de Famiglia crib is totally recyclable, just like your insufferable bourgeois bohemian lifestyle!"
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MizJenkins
06/17/09

@Nice Beaver: I think I love you.
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Private Hangnail
06/17/09

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Nothing is more insulting to an infant's minimal aesthetic than a clownish crib. Visually engaging objects actually cause brain damage in human offspring.
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anxiousart
06/17/09

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Is the baby on top wearing glasses? Do babies wear glasses? But shouldn't they be thick black frames or something?
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City_Dater
06/17/09

@anxiousart:

He's the tiny designer who threw casters on a cardboard box and wrote "Lorenzo" on it. Every pretentious tool has to start somewhere...
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bytememehard
06/17/09

@anxiousart: They are x-ray glasses that allow him to see what is going on outside his box.
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PsychicPsycho3
06/17/09

@anxiousart: I actually had glasses when I was that age.
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bytememehard
06/17/09

@PsychicPsycho3: Yeah, and look how you turned out! :-0
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
06/17/09

@PsychicPsycho3: Awwwwww!
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