As you may recall, The Art of Noticing impresario Rob Walker is mildly obsessed with “Cuidado Man,” which is his name for the stick figures that appear on various “Caution: Slippery Floor” signs. Rob’s Cuidado Man fixation is what led to my broader examination of stick figures in peril, which has been a running theme here at Inconspicuous Consumption for the past several months.
Rob’s wife, E, recently presented him with a spectacular birthday gift: a handmade quilt adorned with various iterations of Cuidado Man and other imperiled stick figures. You can see some of the embroidered squares above, and here are a few more photos:
Is that amazing or what? E is clearly super-talented (and super-thoughtful!). You can see more pics over at The Art of Noticing. Happy birthday, Rob!
Rob’s quilt is the first of several items I have for you today, all of them following up on recent Inconspicuous Consumption posts. Here are the others: