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Alberto Meda, brass, chrome, Colombo Design, door handle, durable, handle, Pegaso, Pegaso handle, precision tooling, quality finish, scratch-resistant

The Pegaso Handle by Alberto Meda for Colombo Design

It’s funny, but after looking at the recent profusion of images of Colombo Design’s new Pegaso door handle on its recent sojourn through Bangkok, it seems this lovely artifact of the new millennium is designed to open everything but a door. Read more

25 colorways, Camira Fabrics, fabric, green, Hemp fabric, recyclable, sustainable fabric, textile, wool fabric, wool hemp blend

Explore the Future of Textiles with Camira’s Hemp Fabric

If any readers out there aren’t familiar with the Richard Linklater film Dazed and Confused, I’d suggest they dial it up stat. Among the gems from this 70s coming of age pic, is this stoner’s hypothesis of the life of our first President: “everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.” Read more

Antonio Citterio, Cini Boeri, door, office door, sliding door, TRE-Più, TRE-Più doors, wing door

A TRE-Più Door Makes a Powerful Statement

One of the great things about a TRE-Più Door is that you know it will withstand the test of time. Loosely speaking—and at great risk of doing injustice to the company’s eclectic collection—Tre-Piu’s line is divided into two kinds of doors, classical and technically innovative. Read more

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appliance, efficient, efficient wood stove, green, heating, heating appliance, local materials, sustainable, wood-burning, woodstove, Xeoos Twinfire, Xeoos Wood Stove

Go For the Burn with the Xeoos Twinfire Wood Stove

Finding it difficult to shake the chill of winter? Wondering when our cantankerous climate might settle down and begin to show some consistency? Well, you and about six billion other people. Read more

gold canopy, hand-painted, lamp, light, metalized porcelain, pendant lamp, pendant light, Ruskii, Ruskii Twist, silver canopy

Ruskii and Ruskii Twist by Enrico Zanolla for Viso

When one can use the expression “Ruskii” as a friendly homage, it must signify that we’ve come a long way, geopolitically speaking, that is. Read more