prosthetic knowledge

High Tea

In this strategic plate-spinning game, you play an independent British smuggler selling opium in China’s Pearl Delta. Buy cheap and sell high to make a profit, but make sure you also obtain enough tea to keep Britain happy. You have ten years before the opium wars begin - can you make your fortune? Based on historical events, this game also shines a light on a questionable episode in the history of the British Empire.

Play High Tea.

Basically a Flash-based historical management game based on selling opium for silver, using the silver to buy tea, to satisfy the British demand ….

I quite like it actually :)

Part of the promotion of the ‘High Society’ exhibition at the Wellcomme Collection, looking at the history of drug use:

With the illicit drug trade estimated by the UN at $320 billion (£200bn) a year and new drugs constantly appearing on the streets and the internet, it can seem as if we are in the grip of an unprecedented level of addiction. Yet the use of psychoactive drugs is nothing new, and indeed our most familiar ones - alcohol, coffee and tobacco - have all been illegal in the past.

From ancient Egyptian poppy tinctures to Victorian cocaine eye drops, Native American peyote rites to the salons of the French Romantics, mind-altering drugs have a rich history. ‘High Society’ will explore the paths by which these drugs were first discovered - from apothecaries’ workshops to state-of-the-art laboratories - and how they came to be simultaneously fetishised and demonised in today’s culture.

Utility Journal: Tip Sheet: Tea

via tinydesigners / bdotdub / ilovecharts

Hanger Dog Holder

A cute dog that lets you attach your tea bags, your keys and so much more around its neck. The little dog sits quietly around the edge of your tea cup or a frame. Designed by Soon Mo Kang - the same designer of the infamous Hanger Tea Bags - it is soon available in Korean markets.

via emeryy

Correct Tea Angle Cup by Jung Dae Hoon

via Yanko Design:

… It’s this special cup with an angle on the bottom so that it can be tipped to a side. The tipping controls the strength of tea without taking out the tealeaves or teabag from the water. The tea infuser slides to the side when you want to sip the tea.