Atlanta - December 19, 2006

Firm Follows Function

Philippe Starck Condom Dispenser

You prefer to keep things out in the open. (Previous encounters with cookie/cash jars and sock/goodie drawers never proved all that satisfying, anyway.)

Time for a slicker take on transparency: Philippe Starck’s new ultra-mod condom dispenser.

The small brushed metal cube lets you practice what you preach while offending nary a prying eye. Mom coming over? Don’t touch! It’s a new-fangled (completely intimidating) PDA. Kids about? Insta sticker dispenser! And when it’s time to get down to business, it gets the job done.

All the imposition of a candy dish. All the responsibility of a Day-Glo Trojan. And guaranteed to impress anyone clever enough to discover its actual function.

Because though it’s liberating to keep things out in the open, you’ll always take safe over sorry.

Available at Pergola, 976 Piedmont Avenue, Midtown (404-897-6006).