“The idea is to die young as late as possible.” — Ashley Montagu — Monday December 10th — —

“What art does — maybe what it does most completely — is tell us, make us feel that what we think we know, we don’t. There are whole worlds around us that we’ve never glimpsed.” Greil Marcus — Monday December 10th — —

“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” – Herbert Simon — Monday December 10th — —

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Another Gift Guide 2012

It is that time of the year again. During the month december we will post our favourite products in Another Gift Guide. One piece a day, varying from lovely hand made leather accessories to the most subtile fragrance candles, from the best designed furniture to highly technical fashion. Stay… [ Continue reading ]

Build

We saw similar building blocks before, but still love it! This set of 10 blocks is a complete sculptural tool kit made from timber reclaimed in Victoria Australia by TreeHorn Design. It’s a small timber workshop making really nice things such as wooden jewelry, fruit bowls… [ Continue reading ]

Paris and New York

The Swedish boutique Artilleriet is offering these two limited edition city guides designed by David Ehrenstrahle. One map with a guide of places and experiences in Manhattan, New York of 2010,  and one of Paris for the coming year. Limited to 473 pieces and… [ Continue reading ]

Postalco

Since years already, we’ve been a huge fan of the Japanese-American brand Postalco. Kaufman Mercantille is now selling a very selective amount of products by Postalco and we can only hope they will continue, and many others will follow. This handsome, functional… [ Continue reading ]

Be Optimistic

The New York based Americana inspired tool company Best Made is expanding the business with this really nice letterpressed notecard set. The set includes three hopeful messages on nine cards with matching envelopes, great for so many occasions. The trademark Best Made messages included are: “Be… [ Continue reading ]

Frank

An iconic piece from our favorite British shoemaker Grenson is definitely the Frank. This boot is straight from the archive and was made for British soldiers over 60 years ago. Grenson made it again. Thankfully! The only thing you need to learn before you buy them, is… [ Continue reading ]

The Arctic Princess

We wrote about them before, and now they are finally for sale. The fantastic giant wooden boats by Papa Foxtrot. This is our favorite: The Arctic Princess. With nearly 150,000 cubic meters of liquified natural gas, the Princess carries enough energy to power 45,000 homes for… [ Continue reading ]

Good things

Zangra is one of my favorite interior hardware web stores, located in Belgium. They stock beautiful classic light bulbs, time-honored home accessories like the lovely bathroom soap holders and these simple but dainty twisted textile cables. Maybe not a real gift, but definitely something to spice… [ Continue reading ]

Travel Towels

Travelteq released three new products today. A lovely Florentine Vachetta leather pencil holder to store 19 Bruynzeel Sakura color pencils, and these two Travel Towels. The beach towels are made from lrish linen and comes in two colors, navy blue and light… [ Continue reading ]

Zonkey Boot

Zonkey Boot, one of our favorite brands when it comes to hand made leather shoes, just launched their online shop. The perfect addition to our Gift Guide is this Zero Two Four Karo made on the Sailor last with waxed vegetable-tanned bovine leather and a natural… [ Continue reading ]

Rhino by Karl Zahn

We simply love these animal boxes by Karl Zahn. This Rhino, made with sustainably harvested new growth beech wood, is one of our favorite. On the shelf, it is sculpture. On the side table, it’s a totem. On the counter, it offers a hiding spot. They are all… [ Continue reading ]