Like all San Fransisco-based CAT HAUS items, the Dazzle cat toy is handmade to order by shop founder Lora Lombardi. Available in either the “patchwork rainbow” or “chaotic neutral” color scheme, this toy comprises a carpet affixed to wood from which a puff ball sits atop. Made to be slowly destroyed by your cat, this toy aptly dazzles them with movement and fuzzy, funky textures.
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Arlo Skye’s The Lap Desk is the ideal portable workspace. Fitted with a built-in storage tray, integrated phone and tablet dock and a micro-bead cushion set against premium white oak, this versatile lap desk is designed for seamless multitasking and comfort. Whether taking a meeting from the couch, using the desk to prop up a laptop at the perfect elevation for streaming or having breakfast in bed, this lightweight object does it all.
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An ideal skincare set for those with sensitive skin, allergies or aversions to scents, The Savvy Duo from Lendava comprises the brand’s lush Good Morning and Good Night face creams. Created to reduce and simplify skincare routines, each cream is designed to work as a potent hybrid serum, oil and moisturizer. Rich with antioxidants, vitamins, ceramides, peptides, as well as humectants and emollients (which attract water molecules, helping to moisturize the skin), the lotions are also microbiome-friendly—meaning they fortify rather than disrupt skin function. Tested on all skin tones and types, these light but nourishing formulas are vegan, clean and free of essential oils and strong fragrances. Each is housed in a sleek, color-coded, refillable sphere-shaped jar.
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Challenging power, control, capitalism and patriarchy, legendary artist Barbara Kruger wields words and visuals to delve into systemic failures. Her work can be traced across five decades in Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You, a comprehensive book featuring her paste-ups from the 1980s, digital creations from the past decades, site-specific installations, commissioned work and multichannel videos. Altogether, this volume (published by DelMonico Books and Los Angeles County Museum of Art), captures how Kruger’s vast body of artwork remains critical today.
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The Spaceship Gamma is a wall-mounted cat bed that lives up to its name, with a bulbous acrylic lookout that’s reminiscent of a cartoon astronaut helmet. The main body of the bed has been crafted in walnut and features air-holes opposite the entry for better circulation and reduced echo. Though it can be mounted on the wall (saving space while indulging your cat’s climbing desires), it can simply be placed on the floor, as well.
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Iconic American artist Marilyn Minter’s trademark blend of playful, nasty and erotic is on full display via these postcards, featuring works from her 1990s Food Porn series. Desire, disgust and defamiliarization feature heavily here. Minter’s critical work makes for provocative and mesmerizing postcards that will thrill recipients.
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Digital frames aren’t a new phenomenon, but the Aura is the best we’ve seen. Most importantly, the screen brightness and texture have a more natural feel than the types of screens we’re used to looking at every day. A great gift for those less adept at using photo-sharing apps or social media, this frame makes it really easy to add content and choose how it rotates. Plus, the Carver Luxe physical frame—available in three colorways—also acts as the base, so it sits neatly on any surface in portrait or landscape orientation.
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DoubleBlind magazine tells stories through the lens of psychedelics, but they also offer several useful courses for experts and rookies alike. Their Psychedelic Essentials Bundle includes How to Microdose and How to Use Psychedelics. Both courses include plenty of information via video lessons, written materials, legality guides, guided meditations, playlists and access to live-assistance from experts. Additionally, there’s an ever-growing community to join. The aim is to educate in order to mitigate risk while opening minds—a sophisticated, thoughtful and science-backed approach to psychedelics. Each class, including DoubleBlind’s courses on mushroom-growing, can be bought separately.
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One of BYREDO’s most transportive fragrances, Velvet Haze is a rich, musk-led scent that captivates. With notes of ambrette (also known as muskmallow, a medicinal plant), coconut water, patchouli, cacao absolute and various musks, the layered fragrance is warm and slightly earthy but with an ethereal appeal.
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This fortune cookie kit yields a total of 48 of the beloved Chinese takeout treats in an easy but creative way. It includes all ingredients (flour, superfine sugar and cocoa powder) as well as a silicone baking mat, 60 pre-written fortunes and customizable blank ones, an edible ink pen and step-by-step instructions to make the process stress-free. Thanks to Global Grub’s giveback program, proceeds from each kit sold are donated to local food banks, particularly the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, who provide food to 178,000 people every month.
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With 250+ parts, this robot kit (intended for children age 10 and over) is perfect for aspiring engineers and DIY enthusiasts. Kids will learn spatial reasoning and engineering knowhow while building their robots, which can be assembled, dismantled and recreated over and over. Beyond practical skills, children will develop their imaginative and creative abilities, too. Entirely solar-powered, there are no batteries needed—just sunshine and an inquiring mind.
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Available in bundles of 12, 24 or 48, these organic seed-bearing lollipops are made with herbs and edible flowers for a more sophisticated palate. Once the treat has been consumed, the biodegradable stick can be planted in soil and hopefully an heirloom herb or flower will grow. This set contains the brand’s essentials: lavender and lemongrass, sage and marshmallow, rosemary and mint, lemon and thyme, peach and marigold and vanilla and hibiscus. Price is for a bundle of 12.
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Inspired by real fish and flavored with natural ingredients, these candies are an elevated take on Swedish Fish. Malmö, Sweden-based Kolsvart started by making traditional Swedish licorice but soon began experimenting with various tastes and combinations—always keeping their gummies vegan and gluten-free. In these packs of three, flavors range from Röding Raspberry Fish to the more adventurous Gäddan Elderflower Fish.
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French designer Laurence Calafat elevates a humble, classic toy with this 16-piece set of architectural blocks. The hand-sanded, untreated lime wood provides a pleasing look, while also offering an enjoyable tactile experience. Available in City (rectangles), Bauhaus (curved, geometric shapes) or Factory (trapezoids), there are innumerable creations to be made.
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Andreas Carver’s The Aphrodisiac Kitchen is more than a cookbook—it is a journey about self-growth, queer acceptance and, above all, a love story told through and about food. Between sensuous shots of latex-gloved hands smashing fruit and essays on Carver’s upbringing as a queer, mixed-race kid in the American South, the first volume of this cookbook captures food romantically, politically and in all its other multiplicities. Whether it’s the book’s vegan shepherd’s pie recipe or noir-themed food photography, The Aphrodisiac Kitchen enchants.
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SVNR designer Christina Tung collaborated with stylist Mecca James-Williams to create a lush, hand-dyed slip dress that celebrates and pays homage to the stylist’s homeland. “My ode to Jamaica is rooted in honoring my ancestors as well as my future and finding my creativity to connect the diaspora in the here-and-now. Jamaica is a magical place where nature meets spirit,” says James-Williams. Capturing this magical quality, this 100% silk dress features a menagerie of green, yellow and black (also a nod the country’s flag) on a scoop-neck, mid-length silhouette. Proceeds from the dress go to Free Winnifred, an organization fighting to keep Jamaica’s Winnifred beach—one of the few free public beaches in Jamaica—open to locals.
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Mason’s Planets Handmade Sidewalk Chalk features each of the nine celestial bodies from our solar system (yes, including Pluto). All of the orbs are composed of multiple layers of color that are revealed through use. The Pennsylvania-based brand that produces them, TWEE, donates $2 from the sale of each set to benefit autism research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Whether in use or placed about the home, this charming 100% borosilicate cherry fruit pipe makes a statement. Its simple yet delicate design is emblematic of its maker, Flower by Edie Parker, an NYC-based brand founded by Brett Heyman. The whimsical pipe, while endearing on its own, also complements the brand’s banana, grape and orange pipes, so that when they’re placed together, they create the ultimate, high-concept fruit bowl.
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Handblown in a range of sophisticated colors, the Hudson Pipe is an elegant way to indulge. The wide-based, disc-shape chamber lets smoke build-up and cool down before it hits your lips. Available in clear, teal, black or lilac borosilicate glass, each one is unique, thanks to its handmade nature.
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Represent one of our favorite NYC galleries with this limited edition, black and white T-shirt. Printed locally by Brooklyn-based AINT WET (run by Abe El Makawy and Mikey Saunders), the boxy shirt is intended for all genders and comes in size small to extra-large. Reminiscent of a manhole, the logo appears on the front and back in an eye-catching, clever manner.
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From Bouqé—a cannabis-centric brand that’s dedicated to elevating the ritual of rolling and smoking—the African Violets Rolling Tray features the flower with the brand’s logo bursting through the blossoms. Indigenous to Tanzania and Kenya, the vibrant purple African Violet symbolizes modesty, devotion and love. It is deeply connected with feminine energy. Spiritually aligned with positivity, the flower presents the perfect motif for an enjoyable smoking session. This tin dish measures five by seven inches.
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Stephanie Cleary and Michelle Toney’s homeware line, Morrow Soft Goods, takes its cues from the planet with nature-inspired designs built to last through all seasons. Their sheet sets, woven with 100% French flax, are no exception. Available in a range of earthy hues like rich terracotta, midnight and airy bone, apricot and many others, these linen sheets transition with the weather to keep sleepers cool in the summer and warm in winter. The versatile collection (which includes a flat and fitted sheet as well as varying pillow cases) comes in small sizes like Twin all the way up to California King. In addition, these items with the brand’s other pillowcases and duvets to make styling future bed designs easy.
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Illustrator and graphic novelist Brian Blomerth (who wrote 2019’s Brian Blomerth’s Bicycle Day about the discovery of LSD) returns with Mycelium Wassonii, the story of scientist couple R Gordon and Valentina Wasson—the duo credited with introducing the use of psychoactive mushrooms to a wide audience in the United States. The Wassons’ tale takes readers from escaping the Russia during the revolution to honeymooning in the Catskills, working with the CIA and traveling to Mexico in order to study the religious use of mushrooms. The beautiful, playful illustrations will delight readers as much as the story itself.
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Available in six colors that are named after semi-precious stones—Obsidian, Tiger’s Eye, Citrine, Jasper, Moonstone and Amethyst—and reflect its natural ingredients, TooD’s bioglitter is the world’s only truly biodegradable glitter. While plenty of cosmetic glitter products tout themselves as sustainable, the compostable options are impractical (wearers must scrape it off their face and then go through the several composting steps) and many that claim to be biodegradable are indeed made from plant-based ingredients, but are then covered in plastic—entirely nullifying any environmentally friendly effects. TooD’s bioglitter completely breaks down in freshwater or saltwater, in just 28 days. That means wearers can wash their face as normal, and have no guilt about washing microplastics into rivers and oceans. With a TUV certification from Germany and Austria, TooD’s bioglitter is made from non-toxic, plastic-free, plant cellulose and looks, smells and works much like conventional glitter, but feels slightly softer and lighter. The brand’s eco-friendly packaging is made by a solar-powered manufacturer. Safe for the face or body, bioglitter is intended for playful self-expression and self-celebration.
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Sculpd’s lamp kit provides rookies and experts alike with the opportunity to create the lamp design of their dreams. Using the comprehensive bundle—two kilos (4.4 pounds) of air-dry clay, bulb with fittings, white paint, varnish, pottery tools, sponge and brushes—the possibilities are endless. The amber spiral filament bulb emits a vintage-inspired glow and is dimmable. The kit also comes with illustrated instructions and there are online tutorials for extra help. Plus, there should be enough clay leftover for a few more creations.
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Crafted from grapes sourced from Clover Hill’s vineyard in Tasmania’s Pipers River region, the gently sparkling Clover Hill Cuvée Exceptionnelle Vintage Rosé 2016 delivers a finely balanced flavor with notes of raspberry, vanilla and citrus. Extended skin contact of Pinot Noir leads to the wine’s soft blush color. Produced using traditional methods, it is fermented in the bottle and aged for at least three-and-a-half years. Subtle and complex, this wine is a special occasion itself.
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