Embroidered Notebook
$15.00
British design studio Custhom applies their penchant for unlikely pairings to the Embroidered Notebook. The handmade book is digitally embroidered and fits in your pocket.
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Massimo Castagna
Glass Pot
$200.00
Restoration Hardware
1920s German Light Bulb Voltage Tester Bar
$1,995.00
1920s German Light Bulb Voltage Tester Bar
$1,995.00
Restoration Hardware has replicated a 1920s-era lightbulb tester found in Germany and turned it into a bar cart for the vintage-industrial-minded decorator with a penchant for booze. The Sputnik-shaped iron orb hinges open to reveal bottle shelves, hooks for glassware and a wine rack, or you can open a small hatch for a quick grab.
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Daneson
Whiskey-Soaked Toothpicks
$6.00
Whiskey-Soaked Toothpicks
$6.00
Used in the olden days to calm teething babies, whiskey-soaked toothpicks are making a comeback. While we may have made up the historical anecdote, these three varieties of sophisticated picks are certainly great for anxious adults. The trio is made from Northern White Birch and flavored with raw mint and cinnamon, single malt Scotch, and barrel-aged Kentucky straight bourbon, respectively.
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Dieter Rams
621 Side Table
$260.00
621 Side Table
$260.00
Designed by Dieter Rams for Vitsœ in 1962, the 621 Table is now back in production and are a perfect example of the legendary designer’s brilliant sense of practical design. The ultra-simple tables are injection-molded in Britain in large and small sizes, and are just as handsome on their own or in tandem.
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EIA
Environmental Investigation Agency Donation
$25.00
Environmental Investigation Agency Donation
$25.00
Even a small donation to the Environmental Investigation Agency helps keep the world’s plants and animals protected. From diminishing rain forests to rhino poaching, the environmental issues are ceaseless and the EIA needs financial support to raise awareness and affect real change.
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Bog Berry
Wool Dryer Balls
$36.00
Wool Dryer Balls
$36.00
Herbalist Brooke Petry throws a great deal of charm and passion into the unlikely trade of making all-natural woolen dryer balls. The idea behind the balls is to replace the chemical effect of dryer sheets with a reusable alternative. Devotees swear by their power to soften clothes, remove static and reduce drying time for energy efficiency.
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Ikuko Iwamoto
Jug
$162.00
Jug
$162.00
Japanese ceramicist and RCA grad Ikuko Iwamoto takes a Buddhist approach to her medium, and her flexible thinking leads to pieces that are both sculptural and functional. These meticulously hand-dotted, slip-cast porcelain jugs—designed for “a bizarre tea ceremony”—feature a bewildering but beautiful tactility.
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Articles of Clothing + Spacecraft
Care Instructions Scarf
$255.00
Care Instructions Scarf
$255.00
The Warholian concept of blowing out mundane motifs onto deliberately crafted objects, whether for art, fashion, or general irreverence, doesn’t get old when done right. Articles of Clothing aces the idea by placing a refreshing new perspective on something so familiar we’re mostly blind to its design—the clothing care instructions tag. When enlarged on a scarf, it’s imbued with personality.
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Westerlind
Cord Felt Hat
$98.00
Cord Felt Hat
$98.00
When the weather turns chill and foul, cowboys turn their collars up and switch to the warmth and water-resistant protection of a wool brimmed hat. Westerlind’s updated version features a slimmer silhouette, a neck strap and is American-made from 100% wool.
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Fashionary
Fashionary Tape Measure
$10.00
Fashionary Tape Measure
$10.00
Fashionary Tape provides fashion designers and students a practical and professional tool in creating garment patterns by marking the standard measurements of the average male and female runway model. Combined, the two-sided male/female measuring tape conveniently provides 57 measurements.
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Thames & Hudson
Architecture: the Whole Story
$22.00
Architecture: the Whole Story
$22.00
Living up to its lofty title, “Architecture: The Whole Story” satisfies designophiles and the uninitiated alike with a primer on everything we humans have built. From the pyramids to ancient temples and gothic churches, right up to Eero Saarinen’s singular TWA terminal at JFK, and into today, structures get a thorough but digestible rundown on design features and greater societal impact.
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fferone + gentner design
Rare Presenter Set and Four Rare Glasses
$460.00
Rare Presenter Set and Four Rare Glasses
$460.00
The Rare Presenter, by gentner design, elevates the whisky experience through the art of presentation. The handle allows the intricate tray to be carried with only one hand and prevents spillage from the Fferrone glasses. Each Presenter is handcrafted in Chicago and made from solid brass.
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Various Projects
Various Key Tag: I Like Sottsass
$15.00
Various Key Tag: I Like Sottsass
$15.00
For the Memphis-obsessed, there’s no designer better than Ettore Sottsass. Sport your favorite design movement on your keys with Various Projects’ straightforward “I Like Sottsass” key tag.
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Turnbull & Asser
Bespoke Shirt
$425.00
Bespoke Shirt
$425.00
An impeccably made shirt that fits your exact physique can be life-changing. The master shirtmakers at Turnbull & Asser create a bespoke pattern based on more than a dozen upper body measurements, and then customize every minute style detail to your exact specifications.
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Loro Piana
Handmade Coat
$36,000.00
Handmade Coat
$36,000.00
It’s certainly a lucky individual who gets to brave cold weather wrapped in warmth of the finest kind. With impeccably buffed cattle-grain nubuck leather on the outside and sheared shaved mink on the inside, Loro Piana’s overcoat is made by hand with the earnest care of a master craftsman well aware of the treasure he’s spinning.
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Matthew Hilton
MH01 Watch
$1,500.00
MH01 Watch
$1,500.00
A project two years in the making, Matthew Hilton’s first-ever timepiece is an impeccable example of pared-down design. His Swiss-movement watch combines the case, bezel and face into a single unit milled from one piece of stainless steel, and features a vegetable-tanned bull skin strap that passes through the body. Each is engraved with Hilton’s signature and individual batch number.
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Helle Damkjaer + Georg Jensen
Cocktail Set Pestle
$63.00
Cocktail Set Pestle
$63.00
A good muddler is a solid investment, but it will greatly improve your fresh fruit margaritas, old fashioned cocktails and those summery mojitos. Helle Damkjær’s stainless steel pestle for Georg Jensen is visually striking yet dishwasher safe.
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Jacob Bromwell
Pioneer Folding Toaster
$20.00
Pioneer Folding Toaster
$20.00
While your cast iron skillet can cook just about everything when camping, it won’t be much help in toasting the bread for your breakfast sandwich. This is where the 200-year-old pioneer folding toaster comes in. Packable and light, the old-school tool will toast your buns to perfection with minimal effort asked. And it’s made in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Oswald Haerdtl
Pure Silver Garment Brush
$820.00
Pure Silver Garment Brush
$820.00
For those who take their wardrobes seriously, nothing less than the finest care tools will do. Take, for example, the Pure Silver Garment Brush by Oswald Haerdtl—with tarnish-resistant silver edged in subtle ticking and all-natural fibers, the sprucing-up mechanism brings new meaning to the idea of looking dapper.
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Zuzunaga
Bitmap Blankets
$485.00
Bitmap Blankets
$485.00
Part of the “So Sottsass” display at London’s Darkroom shop, Zuzunaga’s pixelated Bitmap Blankets are a bold abstraction of a physical place. Each of the three cities, Tokyo, Shanghai and Barcelona, are photographed and compressed, then woven with Merino wool using a jacquard technique.
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Tokyo Otaku Mode
Sushi Socks
$6.00
Sushi Socks
$6.00
Just try and stifle a smile over the sight of socks neatly rolled up like sushi. Made in Tomoyama, Japan, multicolor Sushi Socks (patterns are knitted, not printed) come in “flavors” like octopus, red caviar, tuna, shrimp, egg, and more.
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Andersen & Berner
Cap
$288.00
Cap
$288.00
A classic ladies’ rabbit-felt hat gets a remix when Andersen & Berner tapped Danish designer Signe Holten to turn it into a modern cap. The craftsmanship is clear and the material—which actually stands up well to most weather—is sumptuous, but with a shoelace trim, there’s some fun built in.
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Papier d'Arménie
1900 Box
$34.00
Ambatalia
Modern Apron
$90.00
Modern Apron
$90.00
There’s a saying about breaking free from the ties of apron strings to remember here, but no matter—Mill Valley, CA textile company Ambatalla has created a thoroughly modern smock that’s not only string-free and functional, but stylish. Available in denim and gray ticking stripe, this is a piece you won’t mind leaving on between courses or projects.
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Rizzoli
Chris Stein / Negative
$36.00
Chris Stein / Negative
$36.00
40 years ago, Chris Stein and Debbie Harry co-founded one of the most influential punk rock bands in Blondie. Stein, a photography student at NYC’s School of Visual Arts, was already documenting the scene that they would help define. From those early moments forward, he turned his lens on scenes made available only to someone deeply embedded in their culture. Across 250 color and black and white photos, Stein’s work now appears in one conclusive volume: “Chris Stein / Negative: Me, Blondie, and the Advent of Punk.”
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