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Fresco Fiamma Di Bloom: Un Seggiolone Rosso Molto Fantastico

Monday, October 5th, 2009

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I know that since the rather spectacular limited edition, red-enameled Fresco Fiamma high chair was introduced like three weeks ago at ABC Kids in Las Vegas, I'm a bit late to the Bloom game. To make up for it, I'll teach you the Italian word for high chair: Seggiolone, just like the film director. Now you'll never forget it.

I'll also point out that in addition to coloring the hell out of a high chair, the bloom folks sure can write a dad-savvy press release:

bloom launches the 'ferrari' of baby chairs with its new fresco fiamma limited edition

to celebrate bloom's 3rd birthday, the four designer dads behind the bloom brand have created the limited edition, fresco fiamma. [emphasis added]

Buon giorno, boys!

Fortunately for bloom, the actual Ferrari is not involved in this chair in any way. Whatever else they may be, Ferrari is the Pontiac Aztek, the Yugo, the rusted out Trabant of merchandise licensing.

The Fresco Fiamma was produced in a numbered edition of 1,100 and is available through Genius Jones, Giggle, and "other Bloom-preferred stockists" for a fistful of 600 dollars. [bloombaby.com via publicists]

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Bam!

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

And that, my friends, is how you sell a bassinet in a depression.

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Argington just announced their newest, greenest, and cheapest nursery furniture ever, and I think it might just rock. The Bam Collection is available in birch or solid bamboo. It's simple, almost traditional, even, but it's got smooth, modern details, and I expect it has a nice, high-quality finish and feel. [The first chance to kick the slats will be in a couple of weeks at the ABC Kids Expo in Las Vegas, stay tuned.]

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The Bam bed system is modular, so the crib actually starts out as a bassinet, which converts to a crib. Then there's a second, separate kit for converting it to a toddler bed. Which sounds needlessly complex, perhaps, but it's really a smooth pitch which reverses the kind of financial jiu jitsu that always haunts the discussion of buying a bassinet--an iconic, often expensive piece of baby furniture whose useful life can be measured in weeks.

The so-called Nursery Value Pack knocks the price of the bassinet [$359] plus the crib conversion kit [$329], down to the price of the crib itself [$585]. So really, you could just imagine you're getting a nice deal on a crib, with the bassinet thrown in for free. And that frees you up to argue over whether you need a changing table.

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The lowest prices are for the two natural birch finishes--white and ebony, which really looks browner than black to me]. But I'm a sucker for bamboo, and even with a $200/pc. premium, it's still the best price I've ever seen for solid bamboo nursery furniture.

Anyway, it all looks sweet; Argington's even added a shopping cart to their website, so you can order it right now for mid-November delivery.

Argington's Bam Furniture Collection [argington.com via argington]

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