Nothing captures the sentiment of quirky young love, growing another year older or other special occasions quite like a giggle-inducing card from London’s Lazy Oaf. Share your feelings with one of their myriad designs.
Nothing captures the sentiment of quirky young love, growing another year older or other special occasions quite like a giggle-inducing card from London’s Lazy Oaf. Share your feelings with one of their myriad designs.
Gamers will go gaga over Keith Stuart’s ultimate book on the early Japanese video game console. “Sega Mega Drive / Genesis: Collected Works” is a veritable bible of information, covering every detail like console blueprints and specs, history, character sketches, designer interviews, and all sorts of insider information in hardcover form.
Known for impeccably-crafted varsity jackets, East London’s House of Billiam proves its widespread design talent for retro outerwear with the customizable Coach Jacket—a sporty coat inspired by the American football coach.
You probably won’t fully appreciate receiving the Travelon Micro Luggage Scale until you’re scrambling for your flight, and the handy little tool allows you to rearrange some layers before getting stuck with previously unpredictable baggage fees. You’ve saved a pile of money, and you look like a seasoned traveler.
Operating under the premise that simplicity fosters imagination—keeping rules to a minimum—Supereditions presents Draw Your Own Book. These blank-page, pocket-size volumes call on anyone with a mind’s eye to fill in the backstory behind titles like The Magic Sausage, The Angry Fairy, The Kingdom Up My Nose and more.
Brooklyn-based illustrator Mark McGinnis added a creative touch of his local turf to a bone china collection for London design shop SCP. The detailed Megatropolis collection features humorous ruminations on urban living, with each piece decorated by hand by craftsmen in Stoke-on-Trent.
Harvested from the cold waters off the coast of Oregon, Jacobsen Salt Co’s beautifully flakey crystals strike the perfect balance between earthy minerality and full on salty ocean flavor. Loved by chefs like Thomas Keller (Per Se) and April Bloomfield (The Spotted Pig), Jacobsen’s salt has the refinement of centuries-old fleur de sel with the zing of new American enthusiasm.
Enjoy the benefits of a solid toke without inhaling gnarly smoke with the Firefly vaporizer. Running on a rechargeable battery, this slick, portable device will heat up your plant of choice for a healthier draw, keeping you lit wherever you roam.
The only detriment to the Art Deco chess set designed by Jean Puiforcat in 1927 is that with such gorgeous pieces, concentration levels are bound to falter. This kind of distraction was not the case for the masterful team of artisans tasked to complete the sets in the Puiforcat workshop—each one takes 200 hours of meticulous construction of sterling silver, ivory and Makassar ebony into a tabletop collection of veritable strategy-bound sculptures. Allow 10 months for completion and delivery.
Architect and legend Tadao Ando designed a trio of Murano glass vases for Venini and needless to say, the result is exquisite. Murano’s expert glassblowers bring Ando’s genius to life in twisted trianglular tubes reminiscent of the architect’s modernist towers. In a fiery cyclamen hue, the artful pieces will shine on any shelf.
Love it or hate it, large-scale art does exactly what art is meant to do: to provoke a thought and maybe even knock the norm on its ass. “XXL Art: When Artists Think Big” by Elea Baucheron showcases jumbo installations like Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate in Chicago and Christos’ The Gates in Central Park, in splashy, bi-fold layouts in an appropriately hefty coffee table tome.
This two-pack of cool weather edible seed bombs includes Pot Marigold, “Seven Top” Turnip and Tatsoi. Greenaid hand rolls their seed bombs using socially responsible labor practices and works in partnership with Chrysalis, a non-profit that creates employment opportunities for formerly homeless men and women in Los Angeles.
There are many who will say that to introduce someone to fly fishing is to give them a gift for life. Patagonia’s SImple Fly Fishing Kit can get anyone started in the art of tenkara, a lo-fi Japanese technique. They’ll get a line with a box of a dozen flies, a book on the craft and a quick set-up guide. Plus, the company donates $10 of each purchase to Montana’s Madison River O’Dell Creek restoration project.
The Helly Hansen Jotun flannel works effective double duty for the minimalist man. The reversible piece skews the notion of layering by offering one side as a brightly-hued flannel shirt and one side as a water-resistant monotone jacket.
Coconut oil has emerged as something of a magic elixir of late, and RMS Raw Coconut Cream lives up to the hype. Imagine a natural, organic version of your grandmother’s cold cream that, on top of working as an all-in-one makeup remover, cleanser and moisturizer, nourishes hair and lashes and soothes sunburns like only the wonder oil can do.
With packaging as sweet as its contents, Chiaverini’s canned jam makes for a pleasant little foodstuff gift. Available at the equally adorable and sophisticated London shop, The Hambledon, the brand’s Florentine origins date back to 1928.