Handmade Towels: Dar Gitane

Luxurious handwoven textiles from the coast of South Africa

The new year has us updating our old routines around the house, and fresh linens seem like one of the easiest ways to make a clean start. This week, we’ve gathered up five beautifully crafted towels to help spruce up the bath and get us going on cold mornings. For our Wednesday pick, an instant classic, the handwoven blockrib bath towel from Dar Gitane. While …

The InterLock

An integrated lock and seat post to keep your bicycle secure

While we’ve seen a variety of solutions to carrying a cumbersome bike lock, like Levi’s commuter series, the task is most often a bit of a struggle. Enter the InterLock, an integrated seat post bike lock. Currently on Kickstarter, the device replaces your standard seat post, giving you 40″ of cable lock to secure your back wheel or whole frame. While we must admit the …

Handmade Towels: Rikumo

Brightly hued and tightly woven, these Japanese towels only get softer with time

The new year has us updating our old routines around the house, and fresh linens seem like one of the easiest ways to make a clean start. This week, we've gathered up five beautifully crafted towels to help spruce up the bath and get us going on cold mornings. Our second selection is the Yoshii Towel by Rikumo. Handwoven in Imabari, Japan, a town known …