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Matteo Thun watches for Jaques Lemans

Leather bands, fabulous colors.

Available from Questo Design.

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CB2 stainless steel water pitcher

$29 from cb2

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Erik Magnussen for Stelton coffee thermos

Gorgeous coffee thermos comes in 11 great colors, including stainless.

We recommend purchasing from a lovely small company, designstore.com

in LA at OK , 8303 W 3rd street

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Nooka watches

More intuitive ways of telling time. Retro look.

http://www.nooka.com/

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Mark IV rocket chandelier

design by artisanmodern.

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NYT article on slow homes & products

The New York Times
January 31, 2008

The Slow Life Picks Up Speed

By PENELOPE GREEN

While Slow Food is now in its third decade, an established global movement with an official manifesto and about 85,000 members in over 100 countries, Slow Design is still in its infancy. … Other objects for the home are being designed to operate like speed bumps for those who may be living life too fast: … A rattan basket designed by Alastair Fuad-Luke, a British sustainable design facilitator, as he described himself recently, will tip over if filled too quickly, “thus momentarily slowing you down as you rebalance it,” explained Mr. Fuad-Luke. In a world on hyperdrive, science is proving him to be right. A 2005 study sponsored by Hewlett-Packard showed that the I.Q.s of workers who responded quickly to the constant barrage of e-mails they received during the day fell 10 points, more than double the I.Q. drop of someone smoking marijuana. “Fast isn’t turning us into Masters of the Universe,” Mr. Honoré said. “It’s turning us into Cheech and Chong.” …In any case, evangelists for the movement are coming to New York, America’s fastest city, on Feb. 25. On that day, members of the Art of Slow Living, an Italian civic group, will be handing out symbolic speeding tickets to frantic pedestrians…

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John Talbot woodworks

wooden bowls from fallen California trees

http://www.jctwoodwork.com/

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Windline cutting boards

cutting boards by Windline made of standing deadfall Hawaiian woods

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annabuilt roosters and earrings

roosters & earrings made from tin packaging by annabuilt

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Menswear locally designed and made

Nick Brown Menswear

397 Bourke Street Darlinghurst

Shipped everywhere

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Keith Foskin

Dear ferocious gentle friend, Keith Foskin 1956-2008.

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George Martin P.J.

Color and composition master, Geoge Martin P.J.

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need wings?

Up From the Ashes makes faerie wings, dragon wings, bird wings… ready to go or custom.

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masks

leather mardi-gras style masks for every occasion. comfortable!

http://www.masksbymorgan.com/

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Isaiah Zagar’s mosaic murals

Start at the Magic Garden South Street between 10th & 11th, then wander the neighborhood watching for light and color transforming a neighborhood.

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plant edible landscaping

Forestfarm sells many varieties of usual and unusual edibles as bare-root trees.