SoCal-based home goods purveyor Norden, run by a husband and wife duo, really excels at the artist collaboration: from a new zig-zag shaped candle made with A Question of Eagles (that smells like the Angeles National Forest) to this simple yet striking Belgian linen tea towel designed by Chicago-based artist Cody Hudson (aka Struggle Inc). Norden’s selection may be small but each item on offer …
Milled in the historic Guimarães region of Portugal, the 100% linen (front) and 100% Percale (reverse) fabric of this contemporary quilt yields both a gentle texture on one side and sheer softness on the other. References are made to the traditional box pattern blanket, but the garment-dyed linen hasn’t been artificially treated—which is a common practice aimed at further softening. Instead, the Percale lends the …
It started with bathhouses. Both Charlotte Hundley and her partner William McCusker had spent time in Budapest’s 16th century bathhouses, before ever meeting each other. “We loved the architecture, meditative rituals, the social aspects, and also the fact that people took hours out of their day to sit, sweat and soak with others—which is awesome,” she tells CH. When the two plotted building their own, …
