Stories

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Read more: PLU75: the Paris plush you'll have to fight to get back
    PLU75: the Paris plush you'll have to fight to get back

    PLU75: the Paris plush you'll have to fight to get back

    PLU75 makes plush characters designed in Paris - the 75 is the city's postal code, worn proudly - with one quiet ambition: to be the thing that get...
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