Holiday Wish List 3 by Drew

Tear Drop Table Lamp:

Scaled to the size of the human heart. This ball of light is trapped inside a hard transparent glass. Designed by Japanese artist/ designer Tokujin Yoshioka who has had museum exhibits world wide including the MoMA.

Tear Drop Table Lamp $580.00

Arne Jacobsen 5 piece set:

This modern set of cutlery was created by the genius Scandinavian architect it was named after. His simple approach to design can be seen in this timeless composition.

$95 for a 5 piece set 

Arne Jacobsen 5 pieces $95 

The Stone Lamp:

Stone Lamp adds more than just light to a room, it casts a beautiful soft glow.  Danish duo Norm Architects set out to reexamine the lamp, with the intention of designing a piece to light the home like candlelight. 

Menu Stone lamp $250.00

Bookworm Hand Bookmark:

This is the perfect stalking stuffer for the bookworm in your family. The solid metal bookmark is in etched brass and created by designer extraordinaire Tom Dixon.

Tom Dixon book mark $ 17.00

Arne Jacobsen Coasters:

This set of 6 steel coasters is minimal, modern and elegant. The coasters were created by the genius Scandinavian architect they were named after as well. Perfect for entertaining or as a stalking stuffer for him.

Stelton coasters $70.00

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Wish List # 1

Cookware from iittalla $225-$450This iittalla cookware is what I most want to find under my tree this holiday season. Function and form are perfectly combined with an inner ball blasted steel surface and a satin steel finish that is non-stick, without coating. The inner aluminum core between the steel layers ensure food is heated evenly and rapidly. Suitable for inversion, gas and electric stoves and ovens. Frying pans, casseroles, saucepans and oven pans available.

Carrie Lamp by Norm Architects $149.95
Lightweight and portable with a USB charger, the possibilities of the Carrie lamp by Menu are endless – use it on your bedside table, light a nursery, hang it from a tree or light your way to a beach bonfire. Suitable for indoor and outdoor use.

Tom Dixon Chop Long $110A chopping board milled from solid oak with a soft curved edge.The longer shape can be used for bread or as a decorative charcuterie board. Who wouldn’t be delighted to receive this as a host gift?  

The Tear Drop Mini $580

An orb of light floats within the transparent hard glass globe of the Tear Drop. Scaled to the size of a human heart, it is not a lighting fixture, but a design of light, itself. With soft, warm halogen light, this lamp is perfect resting on the corner of your desk or shelf.

Hang Around cook set by Muuto $40

The simple genius of this design makes these a perfect gift for the aspiring chef or design enthusiast. Serve salad or stir a sauce and then rest them securely on the edge of your pot or bowl to preserve the integrity of the wood utensil and keep your space clean and tidy.

Holiday Gift Ideas: Let's Have a Drink

In 1862, Jerry Thomas published How to Mix Drinks or The Bon Vivant’s Companion. Not content with two titles, Thomas clarifies his unusual – and what would become recognized as ground-breaking - project further with the subtitle, “containing clear and reliable directions for mixing all the beverages used in the United States, together with the most popular British, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish recipes, embracing punches, juleps, cobblers, etc., etc., etc., in endless variety.” Think of the following items as being clear and reliable in their design direction for your most prized holiday wines and drinks from around the world.

Iittala Essence Glassware
Designer Alfredo Häberli has fashioned ingeniously proportioned wine glasses. Inspired by his own family’s history in restaurants and hotels, Häberli strikes a mean between ballroom and bar, high and low. Adore the technical mastery of the stem’s merge with the absolutely flat bottom plate. $40 - $115

Tom Dixon Low Glasses
The heavy glass is blown and then hand-detailed with copper. Suitable for cocktails or simply a straight shot of bourbon, whisky – or as Thomas might say – etc., etc., etc. Every time you drink, you reverse the process of manufacture from their mouths and hands to your hand and mouth. $65 set of 2 glasses

Tom Dixon Tank Decanter
Use this mouth-blown, hand-finished decanter as mates for Tom Dixon Low Glasses or mix with others in your collection. The decanter’s walls aerate your wines expertly and display the liquid’s beauty. Can also be used to store and pour your pre-holiday party punch, julep, or cobbler. $125 

Holiday Gift Ideas: Metal

Metal fascinates. Sometimes the fascination leads to dead ends. For instance, the European alchemists misguidedly attempted to turn a base to a noble metal. Other times the fascination with metal’s malleability, elasticity and plasticity yields beautiful objects. We submit some objects now in the shop as exhibits A, B, and C of successful metallic fascination.

Tom Dixon Bash Bowls

Each Tom Dixon Bash Bowl is hammered by hand so that no two are alike. The bowl has been – wait for it - bashed to a thin metallic delicacy. Surprisingly strong, place other precious items inside. Or simply let the hammer-dimpled surface shift shape as a solo sculptural work on your table. $350 & $280

Seth Andersson Bowls

These Seth Andersson stainless steel bowls, commissioned through Iittala, are designed and fabricated to be incredibly functional. Purchase one and, like magic, you have an instant heirloom to use every day. $175 & $195

Björn Dahlström Pots and Pans

Swedish industrial designer Björn Dahlström’s cookware line for Iittala is informed by the Finnish company’s focus on simplicity, functionality, and quality. Spell your Sarpaneva cast iron pot and let one of these stainless steel pieces into your kitchen’s cooking tools rotation. $265 - $395