Changing planes in Taipei, I fell in design love with this condom display in the very front entrance of the airport pharmacy. I selected a box (of twelve, thanks for asking) to bring home for field testing.

After a brief moment of consumer panic — that I had unwittingly chosen some lubricated with nonoxynol-9 — I was reassured in reading more closely that:

“FOUR IN ONE Condoms, red & green colours, textured and slip-prevention design, (plain,raised,dotted and ribbbed, and teat-ended) natural latex condoms silicone-oil (non-spermicidal lubricant). Nominal width: 52mm +/- 2mm / Diameter: 33 mm.”

Aside from the fact that ‘oil’ is one of the last words one wants to see on condom packaging, silicone-lubricant is a novel choice that I think I’ve only seen (well) once before. As for the design of the sheath itself, the side-of-the-box illo ought to help bring those descriptions home.

The drawing, or the raised. Or maybe the dotted. Hmm.