Updated daily, the Buy section is a deep directory of stuff we love. From this collection we organize Gift Guides for the holiday season and special occasions all year long.
Designed to bring light to the three billion people around the world living without electricity, the Luci is a collapsable, solar powered lamp with compelling potential. For each Luci that is purchased MPOWERD promises to send another Luci to a community in need.
Called the “golden apple” in Italian, and “wolf peach” in scientific terms, the tomato comes in a beautiful array of vivid colors and is just as versatile in dishes. Carrière Frères, the oldest manufacturer of fine candles in France, have captured the fruit’s delicate scent in their fine vegetable wax, free of any chemicals. The earthy, herbal aroma will effortlessly fill the living room with memories of that summer backyard garden.
Node can detect just about anything. Using a range of interchangeable sensors, the device reads temperature at a distance, assesses carbon monoxide levels and matches paint colors—all in a palm-sized package.
There’s a rich, masculine beauty to the decorative pillows from home décor brand La Chasse | The Hunt. Founder Wallis Suda, a textile artist by trade, divides her time between her native New York and Paris, which inspire her much of her designs. The silk-screened Warriors pillow adds a playful zest with its hunter motif while blending in nicely with almost any decor, thanks to its simple black-and-white color scheme.
Bored with spotting the same styles across faces in NYC, Holland-born Alex van Klaveren and Washington native Zoe Nightingale took their mutual obsession with shades to launch The Monocle Order. Their limited edition, Martinique frames in fantastic blue on blue are handcrafted in Turkey using zyl acetate (a renewable resource) from Mazzucchelli—a company long known for its investment in plastics R&D. They use a technique which injects pigment into the plastic, meaning they’re that much more brilliant and will last that much longer.
A long-time staple in the CH pantry, these are perhaps one of our all-time favorite confections. It’s hard to beat the simple perfection of milk or dark chocolate, peanut butter and whole-roasted almonds.
The serious foodies behind acclaimed Brooklyn restaurants Egg and Parish Hall add their farm-to-table touch to popping fresh caramel corn. Produced at upstate NY’s Blooming Hill Farm, this sweet and savory snack is doused in caramel and spiced with fennel and cayenne pepper.
In the words of Steve Jobs, “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” This insanely soft tee pays tribute to the legendary designer, and purchasing one benefits Peletonia, a grass-roots cancer research nonprofit.
The first cookbook from the chef and co-owner of Brooklyn’s celebrated Roberta’s and Michelin starred Blanca restaurants features recipes you can actually follow and make at home. More than just its celebrated pizzas, the recipes cover a variety of dishes, each paired with a photograph.
Keep a stylish home while also celebrating the arrival of a new child. Created by UK designers, A Piece Of, the print features the date as well as the time of birth. Available in a wide range of colors, the design is printed on 250gsm semi-gloss quality paper and comes in two sizes.
Vij5 reshapes newspaper into a stunning abstract accessory by pressing the black-and-white daily and enclosing it in brass rings. Designed by rENs—Renee Mennen & Stefanie van Keijsteren—each of the soft, stylish pendants is engraved with the date the newspaper was printed and sells in a variety of sizes.
Sex Oil from Toronto-based Province Apothecary doesn’t hide behind any vague adjectives or cute lingo. The name is as clear as the oil’s list of ingredients, blending coconut oil, sunflower seed oil, evening primrose oil, GMO-free vitamin E and more—a blessing for those with sensitive skin. This personal lubricant can also be used a body oil—it dries to a satin finish and doesn’t need to be washed off.
February’s birthstone is the amethyst and it couldn’t be more appropriate for the month’s signet holiday with its deep, voluptuous purple textures. Said to ward off drunkenness and promote clear-headedness, this pure amethyst bowl suggests a raw, natural earthiness as well as high-minded luxury. Best of all, each is one of a kind and hand-picked by the house’s sculpture experts.
Paperfinger’s personalized name stamp adds a winsome touch to correspondence, scrapbooks or any creative project that needs your name on it. Pick from one of ten different calligraphy styles for a distinctive gift sure to last for years to come.
London-based The School of Life is “devoted to developing emotional intelligence,” and this hand-painted resin figurine is a beautiful upshot of such altruistic thinking. Their “Kindness” virtue doll—created in collaboration with the designers behind Momiji Collective—is a physical reminder to spread joy and affection to all.
Donald Buchla is undeniably a pioneer of electronic music. A contemporary of Robert Moog, he built his first voltage-controlled synthesizer in the ’60s, which would provide nearly infinite possibilities of sounds to artists, and not limit them to musical notes in the equal temperament scale. Today, his modular systems are used by artists from Trent Reznick to Deadmau5 to create unpredictable sounds. The Buchla 200e series first launched in 2005, and System 7 is the one containing the full works, from six waveform generators to a duo phonic pitch class generator. The symphonies of the future lie within these modules.