Not all of culture is ethereal. It's not all conceptual. It can be tangible. The best part about tangible things is that you your hands, sights and social accounts can all be applied to them. Personally, we like these noteworthy objects, a lineup of colorful things worth seeing in person, shiny things worth donning and fast, four-wheeled things worth driving.
And away we go...
The Object: This Giant Spoon Holding a Giant Cherry
The Desire: Be one of the first to see (and Instagram) the crown jewel of this urban sculpture garden in downtown Minneapolis that's just reopened after a major overhaul.
The Walker Art Sculpture Garden, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN 55403
The Object: Bang & Olufsen's BeoLab 50
The Desire: The most beautiful home speakers you ever did see. That is all.
More info at Bang & Olufsen
The Object: The Infiniti Q50
The Desire: A car that has it all: design, performance and all of the creature comforts you desire. And, yes, even some of you didn't know you needed.
More info at Infiniti
The Object: The Color Factory
The Desire: A sensory overload of technicolor dreams, you'll want to take in all of the sights of this buzzy new art-installation-meets-funhouse.
The Color Factory, 575 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
The Object: The Bulova Chronograph C
The Desire: This reissue watch is full of the '70s swagger of its predecessor, with some nice modernized updates for 2017 like Bulova's proprietary high-performance quartz technology that powers the timepiece.
More info at Bulova
The Object: Donut Mirror
The Desire: They say the objects you surround yourself with are a reflection of who you are, so you should definitely make sure that reflection is donut-shaped.
Available from Cool Hunter
The Object: Temi, Your Personal Robot
The Desire: It's a rolling, talking, personal assistant, media hub and DJ that is also your very own robot. What a time to be alive.
Available from RobotTemi
The Object: Pentatonic Airtool Chair
The Desire: A task chair that is up to the task. And that looks better than all the rest thanks to it's industrial form and functional design. Basically... good chair.
Available from Pentatonic
The Object: The Sapphire Star
The Desire: One minute you're just sitting on a park bench at the New York Botanic Garden. Next thing you know, there's this enchanting glass sculpture by world-renown artist Dale Chihuly just floating over your shoulder. Life, right?
The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458
The Object: Ceramic Table
The Desire: This one-of-a-kind piece of art by Reinaldo Sanguino, whose work is in museums all over the world, is also a ceramic side table that you can rest a cocktail upon. Maybe use a coaster, though.
Available from The Future Perfect
