Lifestyle

As fall approaches, and the leaves begin to hit the ground, I’m suddenly more aware of all the surfaces I walk upon on a day-to-day basis. In such a pedestrian…

A quick word on a small thing that makes a big difference… Steve and I are HUGE packaging nerds. Well designed boxes and bags gives a product an added special…

Lately we’ve been getting a lot of inquiries about the donabes we have in the shop, the top question being how to “season” your donabe? The first thing you’re going…

Rediscovered a love for hiking this past Labour Day long weekend. Angy and I are no strangers to it. We’ve been on some fairly strenuous hikes in the past, one of them being…

Sometimes you can precisely reference a day from your past because it had a strong impact on you. For me this occurred on my first day of Art Fundamentals class…

Earlier this week we released wood canisters and containers designed by Mute Studio for Hatashikkiten. We’ve always loved these products for their charming colours but fell even harder for the…

The other day we posted a roundup of Part 1 from our trip to Japan. Here’s the second leg starting with an incredible road trip with Takashi Tomii to visit his…

While Steve and I were in Japan during this last trip, we crammed every day with meetings and activities. Steve had a head start and flew out a few days…

We’re back from a recent buying trip in Japan and our withdrawals are setting in as usual. It was such an amazing trip catching up with old friends, meeting new…