Everything's Better With Springs

Earlier this week (via groovy gadget blog Gizmodo) I happened upon Strutz spring-loaded shoes, and can't help but ponder which of my many attractive female friends I might persuade to get a pair (or should get a pair for). Go go gadget pumps!

Then today (via Funfurde via Boing Boing) I discovered the eight-legged Broadway dining chair by Gaetano Pesce, which is made of stainless steel and epoxy resin, but has nylon springs for feet so "it will bend and sway with the sitter". It sells for a mere $1,460 at moss (the online outpost of arguably the coolest design store in Manhattan, with lots of other ridiculous stuff I actually want, like the 1954-vintage Osvaldo Borsani P40 Articulated Chair for $7,815 and the Folmer Christensen Stainless Steel Tape Dispenser for $114 -- not to mention the $15,740 Chicciola Shower).