5 beautiful things

When I hear the word "aesthetics", I think beauty. A simplified definition of aesthetics:

the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty

I guess I'm not too far off in thinking about 5 ordinary things that I love because they are beautiful, the pure goodness of the design and form. It's hard not to refer to things like my iPod, my couch, my favorite vase etc. since these things a "designed" with a capital D.

1) MTA Subway Map - Ok, so this is technically designed by someone, but it actually is nice looking! I keep one posted on the fridge for easy access (w/ cute magnets) and of course you come across them in every NYC subway station.

2) Macintosh Performa 200 - I have one in our bedroom, just cuz like the way it looks. I don't even use it, except as a bookend.

3) IKEA spoon - It's inexpensive and has clean lines, and the form of the spoon is well balanced. It lives in our kitchen and used for eating spoony type meals. We could have registered for fancier flatware set, but most are damn ugly.

4) POM Tea container - It's the packaging that comes with POM flavored teas, and I liked the container so much we kept it and use the container as a water glass.

5) Xmas Target Gift Card - It's soo cute I couldn't throw it away after it was used up. There is a little button you can press and there are teeny LEDs that blink and light up the tree. It's taped to my work wall along w/ magazine tears, postcards, gallery fliers, sketches and interesting food packaging.