Yea, I'm very much with you. Our goal (at my startup CloudFab) is that by making things for ourselves - or at least closer to what we want - that it'll mean less marketing driven consumer culture and people will want to keep their self-designed goods.
FYI - we can print in ceramics now - so that lid is replaceable if you've got a file ;-)
FYI - we can print in ceramics now - so that lid is replaceable if you've got a file ;-)