The PICTO Collection at Micasa

If I was in Switzerland I would run to the store and pick up a few of these goods that feature pictograms by Josef Müller-Brockmann for SBB / via UnderConsideration

micasa.ch

Red tote with white arrow design

Untitled Folder Wallet Final.Final.2

I think I first learned of Nik Bentel on Colossal. But it was this feature of the brand refresh on Under Consideration that brought me back to the site. I do love some Optima. And this wallet makes me smile. The name alone!

nikolasbentelstudio.com

Untitled Folder wallet

The Present

Dig this annual clock that takes an entire year to complete as a way to connect more emotionally with time. The gradient version represents seasons. There are other versions for a single day and moon cycles.

thepresent.is

Colorful clock with one hand that shows a year

Fit as many cats as you can on this game board

I spent a few minutes trying to find a place that sells this board game with adorable cat pieces stateside to no avail. Saving for later to explore in the future.

thisiscolossal.com

Board game with cat pieces

Hamburger wrapping paper

This wrapping paper elicits a grin as does the steak version especially when put in a styrofoam container with added Saran Wrap.

etsy.com

hamburger wrapping paper

Draplin goes metal

I very much want a fence to display some of these signs. Dig the cosmic message and all are welcome versions a lot.

draplin.com

Metal signs that lay out ideals

Starcuterie

“There’s no better way to make the trek from the kitchen to the table with a delicious assortment of snacks...” This handmade board and cutlery shuttle made me grin.

chrisd.com

Starcuterie board with 3" ramekin

2023 CreativeMornings Gift Guide

Some goodies in here. Oodles more over on Kottke.org’s Gift Guide. Dig that both lists favor independent and small sellers. I’ll add as I find more. Update: Chris Coyier has a nice collection.

creativemornings.com

CreativeMornings Gift Guide

Life on Mars play set

I think this goes beyond a kids play set. This is shelf art! Plus also cats in space suits.

shop.uncrate.com

Wooden play set with space theme and cat astronauts

Nokbox

A "Next Of Kin" file box with folders and checklists to organize documents, estate documents and directives — a supplement to a Will to help those sort through all the things in difficult moments. I've been starting this process but a system like this feels like a very good investment.

thenokbox.com

File box for organizing life documents

Foldable Coat Hangers

Save space by folding things in half. Another fine Kickstarter by Simone Giertz.

kickstarter.com

Foldable coat hangers

Commercially Available Chairs in Star Trek

In addition to the Starship Database, Fleet Charts and Treknology Encyclopedia, Dr. Bernd Schneider has collected a list of off-the-shelf office chairs, lounge chairs or car seats that have appeared in Star Trek productions. / via Chris Martin

ex-astris-scientia.org

Modern chair in mauve

Barbie Stevie Nicks

Mattel sold these out quickly, but I'm just happy that Barbie Stevie Nicks exists.

creations.mattel.com

Barbie Stevie Nicks

Turn old greeting cards into a book

Send in greeting cards and postcards folks have sent to you and get a book back. (There's an option to get all the originals back.) As a hoarder of such things, this intrigues me, and has a tiny vibe of Nick Bantock’s Griffin & Sabine.

cardsbyartkive.com

Handwritten postcard copied to a book

Beflo Standing Desk

I would consider trading in my desk for this beauty.

swiss-miss.com

Standing desk

Polaroid i2 Camera

Manual and automatic modes, a sharp lens (not glass, but sharp) and oodles of options that can all be managed in camera (like long and multiple exposures) without the need for an app. This YouTube review by In An Instant makes this latest rig look like a real winner.

i2-camera.polaroid.com

Polaroid i2 Camera with rainbow graphic emanating from lens

BlockFace – A Stamp Kit to Explore Typography

Another fine Kickstarter project by Martin Schneider bringing Will Mower’s type to many. This set of geometric stamps can form all sorts of letters and whatnot.

kickstarter.com

Blockface geometric stamps that form letters of the alphabet

Ghost Golf Belts

I don't golf, but I love the notch-less belt I got here. I count it among my better investments in life. (Got the “Bubba” but they have oodles of variants.)

ghostgolf.com

A belt without notches

A Mid Century

This poster from Eaton Print Shop made me chuckle. / via Chris Streger

eatonprintshop.com

Mid poster

Electronic Materials Office Keyboard

I'm not a keyboard person, but this Altar 1 ultra-low profile, wireless mechanical one forged from sustainable materials might sway me. / via Gastón

electronicmaterialsoffice.com

Designy keyboard

Simple Mortgage Calculator

Trying to answer the simple question of how much house can we afford is made difficult by awful search engines. Shawn Hickman made this spreadsheet for non-financial experts and it looks quite good and worth the price. His overview video provides insight.

sofahq.gumroad.com

Screenshot of a simple mortgage calculator spreadsheet

Vulf Stuff

Vulfpeck made their merch Open Source—anyone can make goods and split the profits with the band (details). Andrew Neyer ran with it with delightful results.

andrewneyer.com

Hockey Puck that reads Vulf

Trying patch

Dan Sinker wrote about trying. He’s now made a patch to remind himself to do so.

dansinker.com

A patch that reads TRYING

Pat Kim x Hanji Edition

This moiré woodcut print is enchanting. (Watch the short video) / via Scott Boms

hanjiedition.com

Moiré woodblock print

Frank Lloyd Wright Racine Collection

Steelcase is opening up orders on a line of desks and chairs re-imagined from Frank Lloyd Wright designs. On all my trips to FLW places, furniture was scaled for shorter folks and frankly, not comfortable. The pieces are not boring though.

store.steelcase.com

Steelcase Frank Lloyd Wright desk and chair

CAMP Wooden Block Set

Young Jerks designed the blocks and packaging. (And tho they didn't design it, this woodie station wagon in the CAMP store by Candylab is also pretty darn awesome looking.)

camp.com

Colorful wooden block set

52 Clutter Free Gifts

Kathryn texted this list and I found Becoming Minimalist have expanded it to 99 ideas. But I like the easily digestible image version for starters.

reddit.com

A list of 52 clutter free gifts that include experiences, consumables, classes, memberships and gifting your time

The Soundburger is back

We celebrated this portable record player back in the day. And now it's back and with Bluetooth to boot! / via Tom

audio-technica.com

A very portable record player

Big Blanket

I too find that most blankets never have enough coverage. Filing away for gifts. / via @dansinker

bigblanket.com

A dog wrapped in a large gray blanket

Feltright

I've linked to these felt wall tiles before, but I really like the simplicity that Jeff Sheldon employed.

feltright.com

Beige vertical wall tiles made of felt with items pinned to them

Customize a Hawaiian shirt with your pet

A convergence of things I appreciate very much

geckocustom.com

A Hawaiian shirt with cat faces tucked behind palm leaves

Hasbro Selfie Series

It's pricey ($60), but just the fact that it's possible to get a good 3D scan from a phone and get an action figure made is really neato. It'll get cheaper.

gizmodo.com

A person smiles and holds an action figure with a 3D printed model of their face on the toy

Golden Gate Bridge in type

Lovely letterpress print by Cameron Moll coming soon. Pre-orders of the limited edition open now.

cameronmoll.bigcartel.com

Golden Gate Bridge artwork made of typography

The Ones

CW&T's favorite things based on guiding principles of simplicity, timelessness and long lasting design. / via belong

theones.cwandt.com

A hand holds a 10 outlet power strip

Lego Galaxy Explorer

Agreeing 100% with Greg Storey that I'm here for Lego revisiting classic themes. Related: The upcoming Lion Knight Castle.

lego.com

A Lego spaceship superimposed over a real photograph of stars at night

The New Walden

A hardcover edition of Thoreau’s book, annotated, designed and illustrated.

steelbrothers.shop

A book with a design that has these words on the cover "Henry David Thoreau - When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, Ilived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which Thad built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. I lived there two years and two months. At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again."

Snakes of Wrath

Young Jerks sure can build momentum. This is one of the most striking landing pages for a future Kickstarter game I've seen.

snakesofwrath.com

An illustration of game tiles with red and black snake sections

Jean Jullien Monograph

I'd display this book with the cover exposed. It's so delightful. And then there's the insides!

phaidon.com

An orange book with cover with a minimal illustration of a face with a bright and curious expression

Whimbrel Stamp Alphabet (and font)

Alex Tomlinson developed a font based on a 1940's Bird Lore magazine and a set of stamps to boot.

alex.gd

A bird for each letter of the alphabet illustrated on different stamps

Lego Optimus Prime

Srsly just had to catch my breath reading these words while waiting for the page to load. / via jasonsantamaria

lego.com

A Lego robot made of parts of a semi truck

National Parks Poster

by Steve Wolf Designs. Dig.

stevewolf.co

Yellow and black poster with icons for U.S. National Parks

GO Logic 1100 Model

As John Maeda put it, “Prefab homes have come a long way.”

gologic.us

A modern prefabricated home with solar panels at dusk.

Every Day Goal Calendar

Simone Giertz has a new store and one of the products is this electronic goal tracking calendar that was previously a Kickstarter project. She also has a fun white puzzle and some other items of note!

yetch.store

A person touches a date on an electronic wall calendar that displays every day of a year in rows of months and lights up when you select a day

Hyundai IONIQ 5

Need to pay off my current ride and drive it for many more years. But I like to dream of what the next vehicle will be and this new EV from Hyundai presses a lot of buttons (and kept a few important controls as real knobs).

hyundai.com

The rear view of an electric vehicle with LED brake lights

TX-6 Field Mixer

I have little idea what this device does, but I want to press all the buttons, slide all the sliders and turn all the knobs. I also want Teenage Engineering to build a car.

teenage.engineering

A hand holds are small electronic music mixer with various buttons, sliders and knobs

Imago’s Thingery

Borrow instead instead of buying. This Cincinnati thing-ventory has garden supplies, tents, tools, tiki torches and more. / via Kathryn

imagoearth.org

A logo made up of gardening tools with the words "The Queen City Thingery"

VanMoof S5

The latest version of their electric bike, with better visibility, security, powertrain and design.

vanmoof.com

An electric bike

ID. Buzz

This long dreamed about VW moves (slowly) into production (for Europe). The front design is busy, but the rest of the package is compelling.

vw.com

An orange and white electric van of the future from Volkswagen

Charley Harper’s Cool Carnival

Celebrate the Year of the Tiger or a certain football team going to a Super Bowl.

charleyharperartstudio.com

A tiger face illustration on a gray t-shirt

Believe blanket

Stunning type design by Valentina Casali / via Jessica Hische

typophrenic.com

A black and white blanket with ornate type that reads BELIEVE

A Grand Unified Theory of Buying Stuff

Lots of links to this piece by Paul Ford for good reason: the payoff at the end is inspiring when we consider experiences we hope to achieve when buying stuff.

wired.com

A illustration of a man shopping for electronic devices

606 Universal Shelving System

Fell down a rabbit hole and filing this away as I'd not heard of Vitsœ before (but I'd certainly seen this shelving many times). Fodder for dream space. Design by Dieter Rams in 1960.

vitsoe.com

A rendering of a bookshelf with drawers

NightWatch Magnifying Clock Dock

I already have enough clocks and a charging solution for my watch. But if I didn't I'd totally consider this beauty. / via smartpeopleiknow

yankodesign.com

A magnifying glass for your Apple Watch

West Elm Mid-Century Desk

There are a ton of configurations for this workstation. It's over-priced with veneer wood, but it inspires me to dig around some second hand shops to find something scuffed up

westelm.com

A fake mid-century modern desk

Luka TV Stand

My friend SwissMiss loves this piece dearly and I must say, it's a lovely twist on a TV stand.

castlery.com

A TV stand with vertical slats

KOOKOO Birdhouse

A contemporary twist on a cuckoo clock that features field recordings of real birds and goes to sleep at night.

ikookoo.com

A modern cuckoo clock

Carta Bench by Burrow

This will be the first of many links where I gather ideas for home furnishing. Sorry if you came for cool stuff. I don't use Pinterest and I don't plan to start.

burrow.com

A modern styled bench

Tattly Stickers

Tattly expands beyond temporary tattoos to these repositionable vinyl stickers by artists, illustrators and designers.

tattly.com

A wide array of colorful vinyl stickers by artists and designers

Tangled Puzzle

I feel like I could (happily) complete this puzzle by Vratislav Pecka

shop.design-milk.com

A puzzle made of colorful lines intertwined

Toyota Tacozilla

Sadly, this camper truck concept is not real. But I can dream.

caranddriver.com

Toyota Tacoma Tacozilla