Minimalux, a London based design brand, got some lovely items in their collection. Modern collections of desk objects, table objects and accessories all with great simplicity and splendor, made out of premium materials and lustrous finishing. Our favorite is definitely this ballpoint pen made from a single fluid sleeve of lasting solid brass. The pen is not plated or lacquered in any way, thus allowing its surface finish to change with use and age – eventually developing a rich natural patina and becoming uniquely personal to its owner. We very much like that!

The last ‘Monday Must Haves’ before Christmas shows a curated selection of goods by Tenue de Nîmes together with Miscellaneous and Red Wing Shoes Store Amsterdam. This week with the Red Wing Shoes store exclusive Beckman Moc 9030 Antique Cigar, the Edwin Holcomb Beanie Navy, a lovely set of wooden accessories (Teak 4GB USB stick, Hacoa Black Walnut iPhone Cover and the Hacoa Black Walnut Business card holder), Momotar’so Europe Label ER007-2B Tight Fit Straight jeans and the absolute must have in your library: Hollywood and the Ivy Look.
Happy Holidays!

Since years already, we’ve been a huge fan of the Japanese-American brand Postalco. Kaufman Mercantille is now selling a very selective amount of products by Postalco and we can only hope they will continue, and many others will follow.
This handsome, functional and made to last, leather calendar is everything you want time to be. The accordion-style calendars made to fit into this lets you view time the way it’s experienced: zoom in on a single afternoon meeting, or scale back to see how well you’ve spent the past two months.
The calendar case comes in either blue or brown embossed calfskin leather and are made in Tokyo, Japan. I’d almost skip my iPhone calendar for it. Almost…

Travelteq released three new products today. A lovely Florentine Vachetta leather pencil holder to store 19 Bruynzeel Sakura color pencils, and these two Travel Towels. The beach towels are made from lrish linen and comes in two colors, navy blue and light blue, with two very practical compartments to hold your wallet, ipad case or the book you are reading at the moment. Or just for your swimwear after a day at the beach. A must have for next summer!

Illesteva teamed up with Dasha Zhukova on two models of tortoise-shell sunglasses, both hand-made in Italy. Only 100 pairs are made of each model and a part of the sales will be donated to Restoring Vision, which provides glasses to people in need all over the world (available at Illesteva , Opening Ceremony New York/LA, Colette Paris, Browns London, The Webster Miami Beach and Net a Porter)

Sweden based branding & communication company Blixt & Dunder  launched their third autonomous project called Kniven. After a limited edition bow-tie and an iPhone app they’ve just released this beautiful hand made pocketknife with a weatherproof rosewood handle, broad, curved blade and decorative brass ornament and rivets. Kniven is a classic nautical knife, made by the German manufacturer Otter-Messer for Blixt & Dunder in a limited run of just 60 knives.

Our friends at Arcademi teamed up with New York based illustrator Katrin Wiens to create AFFAIR No.III with nakedheel. A beautiful limited edition of 35 silk scarfs to commemorate the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. ‘People for Pelicans’ wants to help the struggling water birds by supporting the not-for-profit organisation International Bird Rescue through dedicating parts of its profit. Get yours here >

My favorite accessories brand Travelteq teamed up with Tenue de Nîmes to create this limited edition Laptop Bag. Hand made in Italy from Florentine Vacchetta leather combined with a characteristic Japanese selvage Chambray the bag contains 8 compartments of which 3 zipped, plus one for a cigar and one for your 15″ laptop. This collaboration is limited to 50 pieces, all produced at the Travelteq factory in Tuscany, Italy, and available here >
This august I was fortunate enough to visit this lovely small factory and shoot these images for the ‘Made in Europe issue of Journal de Nîmes.

The second in a row, our monday’s addition to Another Gift Guide, is the ‘Monday’s Must Haves’ by Tenue de Nîmes, Miscellaneous and the Red Wing Shoes Store Amsterdam. This monday with the super warm Red Wing Shoes Work Gloves, the Nudie Jeans Tight Long John Tour Used Indigo, the lovely Travelteq x Tenue de Nîmes Limited edition Laptop Bag, a beautiful Roberu Iphone 4 Case in blue, and the very nice Tabi Bookmark by Maison Martin Margiela. More next week.

We very much like this beautiful  bright red oilcloth cotton bag, inspired on a WWII army bag, by Nigel Cabourn. The bag is made in Scotland where the fabric was originally developed for the British Fisherman who used this fabric for its water repellency against the harsh British Seas and is now re-used in a beautiful way by Nigel Cabourn in accessories and jackets.

Two beautiful bags by The Good Flock: The Weekend Bag and the Tokyo Bag. Both handcrafted in the USA using domestic waxed canvas and hand burnished veg tanned leather. The Tokyo Bag has four internal pockets, four external pockets and one large chamber and can be worn comfortably over the shoulder or in the hand. The Weekend Bag has four large internal pockets and one extra large chamber. Simply beautiful.

We love leather accessories, especially when they are really well made. The relatively young Danish brand Verivinci is already well known for their lovely small leather goods, lanyards and small purses, and so deserve a place in Another Gift Guide. These Black Grenade Purse and Round Natural Purse are definitely our favorites, and without question, make a good present under the tree. (available here – in dutch -)