Stories
The makers behind the items. Who they are, how they work, and why we carry them.
Matias Moellenbach: Danish design that turns daily rituals into sculpture
Some studios design for the moment. Matias Moellenbach designs against it. Trained at Central Saint Martins in London and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Danish designer Matias Møllenbach runs his...
Halfwerk: A Brussels design studio turning surplus materials into honest, lasting objects.
A Brussels design studio turning surplus materials into honest, lasting objects.
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Studio Shorimoma: where sculpture holds flowers
Moritz Stürmer trained as a carpenter before studying craft design at the Akademie für Handwerksdesign in Aachen — where he...
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Puebco: the Japanese brand turning old war materials into objects worth keeping
Founded in Tokyo in 2007, Puebco builds its entire aesthetic around one idea: discarded things deserve a second life and...
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Rebottled: the Dutch brand giving wine bottles a second life
Every year, 440 million wine bottles get thrown out after a single use. Recycling them still consumes about 85% of...
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PlanToys: the Thai brand that decided a burned tree was worth more
In rubber plantations across southern Thailand, trees stop producing latex after 25 years. Traditionally, they get burned. In 1981, a...
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Ray Care: the Ghent pharmacist who stopped selling what she didn't trust
For more than twenty years, Hilde Nys ran her pharmacy in the heart of Ghent. People came to her with...
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Papperlapapp: the Austrian brand making toys out of cardboard, on purpose
Most toys arrive finished. Papperlapapp hands the child a kit and a question: what do you want to build? The...
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Stan Editions: the Belgian brand that turned a candle into a building block
Most candles do one thing: they burn. Stan Verstraete looked at that and thought it wasn't enough. Founded in Ghent...
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Hightide: the Japanese stationery house that takes small daily things seriously
Founded in 1994 in Fukuoka, in the south of Japan, by two friends - a surfer and a design obsessive...
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Midori: the Japanese brand that makes pulp worth looking at
There is nothing unusual about moulded pulp. It is one of the most ordinary materials in the world, the stuff...
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gestalten: the Berlin publisher making books worth keeping on your shelf
Most books get read once and moved on. gestalten makes books that stay. Founded in Berlin in 1995, gestalten is...
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Penco: the Japanese brand making everyday carry worth thinking about
In Japan, the objects you use every day matter. Penco is built on that idea. Part of Hightide Co.'s family...
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