Countdown

There is a supermarket in New Zealand

That I really don't like

and that is

Countdown.

 

I haven't liked since it began as a bargain shop type place.

I think cause it feels so impersonal and

makes shopping feel like a chore.

 

However

I have my wee weakness and that is collecting stamps

that add up to discounted kitchenware,

in the latest case cutlery.

 

Funny word cutlery or

as Americans would say silverware.

 

I do recall confused looks when I asked others to get the cutlery

whilst living in California.

I chalked it up to the fact American's speak American not English.

 

 

 

Please forgive the sidewayness of this image.

For the life of me I am unable to get it to rotate.

I don't think I have said how much I hate my work phone, have I?

 

Anyway in my desperation to buy flash as cutlery for a fraction of the price

I sent an email around my office mates

requesting/begging them to save their little Countdown stickers

so I can get a full set of cutlery.

I love the lines and shape of the pieces.

I like the slimness of neck and

roundness of the bowl of the spoons.

I like the way it sits in your hand and

has a weight that makes you feel like you are holding something

elegant and useful

(my favourite combination).

 

The designer is Ettore Sottsass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry just having a moment to absolute immaturity.

 

Anyhoo Ettore Sottsass is quite the designer man

Wiki him here

Italian design can be so graceful and lean.

 

Take a look at my new cutlery here

 

So for every sheet of stickers I fill,

every 30 stickers I collect

I get one setting of cutlery for $5.99.

One setting of cutlery design nirvana.

I read that it valued at $60 per setting

but by my rudimentary calculations the online value for one setting

would be 99 euros which is $164 NZ dollars.

 

Now that's a bargain.

 

I am a happy person.

 

 If you send me your Countdown stickers,
I'll be even happier.
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