Stories

  1. Read more: Penco: the Japanese brand making everyday carry worth thinking about
    Penco: the Japanese brand making everyday carry worth thinking about

    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 of brands, Penco has spent years designi...
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  2. Read more: Nahe: the Japanese brand that packs light and stays out of the way
    Nahe: the Japanese brand that packs light and stays out of the way

    Nahe: the Japanese brand that packs light and stays out of the way

    Nahe is a travel line by Hightide, a Japanese brand founded in Fukuoka in 1994. The name Hightide refers to the feeling of being full - spiritually...
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  3. Read more: Fatboy: the Dutch brand that decided good design should last
    Fatboy: the Dutch brand that decided good design should last

    Fatboy: the Dutch brand that decided good design should last

    Founded in the Netherlands in 2002, Fatboy started with a bean bag and a very clear point of view: good design should make life easier, more comfor...
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  4. Read more: Le Bon Shoppe: the good shop, started over dinner in an LA apartment
    Le Bon Shoppe: the good shop, started over dinner in an LA apartment

    Le Bon Shoppe: the good shop, started over dinner in an LA apartment

    Le Bon Shoppe began in 2017 in a Los Angeles apartment, between friends who'd met working in the fashion industry. Slow fashion isn't a positioning...
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  5. Read more: The Refill Shoppe: because reusing beats recycling
    The Refill Shoppe: because reusing beats recycling

    The Refill Shoppe: because reusing beats recycling

    Michelle Stevens grew up on a sailboat for ten years, which is roughly how long it takes to notice how much plastic ends up in the ocean. Years lat...
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  6. Read more: Stuart Studio: a champagne bottle's second act, hand-cut in Lille
    Stuart Studio: a champagne bottle's second act, hand-cut in Lille

    Stuart Studio: a champagne bottle's second act, hand-cut in Lille

    Stuart Studio is a small Lille workshop where design, ingenuity and a real concern for waste all sit at the same table. Its best-known piece begins...
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