Covered in 50,000 Swarovski crystals, this toilet looks just like its contents after a large dump.
oil boom diamond kitsch
As gas prices increase so do oil profits and expensive kitsch. There is a correlation between increase money made from carbon deposits such as oil and the availability of horrible diamond or Swarovski encrusted objects. One form of carbon (oil) is swapped for another (diamonds), in exchange for silver (money). Damien Hirst’s $100 Million diamond skull doesn’t make this chart on account of its priceless irony. Similar lists have been done by others, but we couldn’t resist an updated version.
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Just in case you havent been slacking at work and seen this while reading blogs, lately.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hot Wheels, Mattel created a diamond encrusted version that costs as much as real Ferrari. The insurance policy to cover the possibility of a very rich kid choking on a diamond, is extra.
Thankfully, only 9 of these monstrous $750,000 pens are being made. They are the most expensive pens, called the Mystery Masterpiece they are clearly neither - being unbelievably ostentatious and crudely designed.
You don't need brains to make tons of money from oil, its in the ground, you need brawn, to stake your claim. What better weapon than diamond boxing gloves. If you are a pugilist who has had half of your frontal lobes mashed to a greasy pulp, you might be in a position to want to buy these horrid items.
The interesting thing about diamond TVs is that if you look around, there are several versions - often with anti-glare screens, no less.
Zeus Technology are selling a diamond encrusted, platinum PC case that looks like a $5 lunch box from a Hello Kitty store, for $750,000. The diamonds are inset into the shape of constellations. I want to destroy it.
Diamond encrusted watches have been a staple means of channeling oil money from around the world, into Switzerland, for years. <p /><p />In comes hard cash from carbon deposits out goes carbon diamond watches. Switzerland is a giant machine for turning oil into diamonds, and keeping 20%. The same principal as banking, but by Cuckoo Clock makers.<p />
This is our personal favorite candidate for the worst designed gadget of all time. Winner of a Microsoft Fashion PC award, no less, the Tulip, which sells for up to $300,000 in its diamond version is the nastiest looking thing to happen on Earth since arms dealer, Adnan Kashoggi's Black and Gold Party. A bulky piece of visually illiterate, irony free, kitsch which leaves me with the lingering sensation of a sulfurous fart masked by expensive perfume.
