Made by Hand, On Purpose
It is not that hands are better than algorithms. It is that certain materials contain problems that can only be solved in person, and the solving of them produces knowledge that cannot be abstracted without being lost.
The Object
Design, scent, material culture, things worth owning
The Last Time You Notice
A Paris steakhouse on its final lease, a Le Creuset orange that no longer exists, and the kind of attention that only shows up once. May We Suggest — five things worth noticing, once..
THE IMPERFECT SURFACE
On what handmade objects carry that mass-produced ones cannot — and what we owe them in return.