Tech Eye: 2008: The Year of the Bog
We also vaguely recall participating in a "bet-you-wouldn't-mate-with-that" contest, which we're pretty sure ended tragically for somebody's Volkswagen. And we may have met - and morally outraged - a taxidermist named Maureen.
The only thing Techeye remembers clearly from the whole experience, though - aside from singing "We're a little teapot" to a stone-faced bouncer - is that each and every toilet we visited (and there were many) was distinctly lacking in personality. That perhaps explains why we befouled them all so thoroughly.
The world's lack of interesting toilets disturbs us, which is why we've written about toiletary innovation a few times before. Until this perplexing paucity is addressed, however, we're going to make it our mission to seek out the best and shiniest in bathroom-tech. This year, therefore, Techeye has broken with tradition and made a resolution for the first time since 1994 (when we resolved never to resolve again) - we're going to work to make 2008 the Year of the Bog.
In order to get started right away, we asked ourself what makes a good toilet. Since we often end up hugging toilets at the end an evening out, we thought about other things that are fun to hug - bar wenches, milk maids, kegs, marsupials and marshmallows all came to mind. Unfortunately the inventors of the world have yet to come up with anything as remotely as cool as a milk-maid-shaped, marshmallow-soft toilet, but Clark Sorensen's Urinal Sculptures are a step in the right direction.
An artist-cum-entrepreneur, Sorensen generally depicts flowers in his work. He's got a few sea shells as well and with any luck he'll produce a conch-shell soon, allowing Techeye to finally complete our Lord of the Flies-themed bathroom. In addition to its aesthetic appeal, each urinal can be safely and satisfyingly micturated upon as well. As Sorensen himself said, "By flushing or even urinating into my pieces one's experience can hopefully be even more intimate and engaging."
The Urinal Sculptures can take more than a year to produce, so try not to drink too much water before ordering. Prices range from $6,500-9,500 (zł.15,900-23,280).
