Tag: Handmade

Original Grain Launches Handcrafted Watches With Wood Dials

The brand launches solid wood dials in two collections for summer 2016

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Solid wood watch dials are the latest addition to Original Grain‘s collection. After a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, the brand continues to launch stylish and eco-conscious watches inspired by the Pacific Northwest. Featuring 100% exotic and sustainable wood, Original Grain timepieces stand out with their use of pau rosa (rosewood), American maple, mahogany and reclaimed American oak from whiskey barrels. The wood demonstrates the brand’s …

Du Zen! Leather Bags

The Melbourne-based independent label releases products when they're inspired, rather than by season

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Founded by former industrial and graphic designer Samantha Rogers (née Duzenman), Australian label Du Zen! handcrafts high-quality leather bags locally in Melbourne, some of which come in unusual but wearable colorways. The brand also ignores traditional industry seasons and releases products according to their own schedule. With a focus on deconstructed styles, super-simple shapes and lots of nude hues, the brand launched in 2015 after …

The Palm Project’s Natural Bags and Baskets

Modern designs hand woven by craftswomen from Tlamacazapa, Mexico

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Mexico City-based designer and CENTRO university professor Moisés Hernández has been dedicated to forwarding design in his native country. His curatorial shop Diario is stocked with unique products made in Mexico (like this two-toned bright blue tablecloth we eyed a few years ago) and each item freshly reinterprets something traditionally handmade. Hernández continues to inject modern design into storied craft with his latest effort, Palm …