Comments on: Human target decor: Bad mojo, very cool or just plain ugly?

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:27:52 +0000

Hi, Tate. Those targets are a naturally symmetric graphic element in a room that thrives on both graphics and symmetry. With my ex-military background, they appeal to me on many levels. The more I look at them the more I pick up on tiny idiosyncrasies that make them different from each other….

Loved Albert’s comment, and would love to meet him to discuss decor, definitions of masculinity today, and many other things. Would his wife object?

By: Tate

Tate — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:19:50 +0000

I don’t think I started a trend Diana (and yes, I am from Morris), but I hopped on Albert Tanquero’s idea that targets are cool pretty quickly. By the time they hit West Elm, mine will be long gone (for a change).

By: decoratordave

decoratordave — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:04:48 +0000

What sort of bullets will you fire at them as you recline in bed?

By: Diana Ostreko

Diana Ostreko — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:06:20 +0000

at first i had reservations about them being in your bedroom and especially over your head while sleeping (feng shui) but Albert’s right. they are great examples of graphic art… very masculine and perfect with the bold plaid and the helmet. i think you may have started a TREND!

By: Alison - Lipstick on Your Teeth

Alison - Lipstick on Your Teeth — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:54:48 +0000

I think they look very cool!

But maybe I’m the wrong person to ask.

When my boyfriend and I bought our place, my mome came to visit and help us get settled in. I decided to hang these two Hold Steady posters above our bed that read “Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together.” She was really put off my the sadness of the message. It had never crossed my mind.

By: Albert Tanquero

Albert Tanquero — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:45:52 +0000

I love them!!!! Bad mojo is created. You didn’t hang a used body bag, you hung an item that was created by a graphic designer. People that go to target practice don’t generally use their guns at all.
What I love about using this target for a decorative purpose is that its BOLD, masculine, and unafraid of swaying from a trend- it’s not vintage, not antiquarian chic, not industrial fad, not anything that might appear on a national magazine (not yet) so I say it’s cool mojo.
People use knives to kill but you still have them in your kitchen.
Its a piece of paper with cool graphics nothing more. NOW, if you don’t like them give them to me because I certainly need more cool stuff in my house. Will you throw one of your vintage phones…..there’s a chair I really like…..oh and…..

By: Elle Greene

Elle Greene — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:50:37 +0000

mmmm. Being from Austin Texas, “a tiny blue dot in a sea of red” I agree with the bad mojo. Maybe bad feng shui? Do you worry about your safety while sleeping? How do you feel about people who keep loaded weapons under the bed?

But then they also remind me of “Obscene Interiors” which is hilarious and very tongue in cheek. So I guess it depends on your sense of humor.
They might be more Decorator less Full Metal Jacket if they were in various colors.

“Opinions are like elbows, everyone has one and none are as interesting as your own”

By: jan

jan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:08:07 +0000

I like them very much.

By: Paula K

Paula K — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:45:50 +0000

I love them!

By: Karl Fresa

Karl Fresa — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:23:48 +0000

Hey the targets remind me of men standing in front of windows a la Roger Brown paintings….seems cool to me……