tools/wares

Metallic Makeup Becomes Ephemeral Jewelry

Annals of Everyday Invention: Magnet Pin Cushion Sculpture

Scraps, Wilt & Leaves: Sublime Trash Cooking with a Michelin Chef

Hi/Low: Round Porthole Mirrors for a Haiku-like View

Apparel for Living: Roz Chast’s Survivalist Cargo Pajamas

Live Rose Jackets and Other Lovely Flower Apparal

The Value of Objects I Can’t Afford

Solar Eclipse: How to Experience the Awesomeness + Free Safety Glasses

Beauty You Can Carry on a Bicycle (Loes Heerink, Emily Dickinson)

Unleash Your Inner Beast (Theo Jansen, Ted Hughes, Luo Zhihai)

How to Live Wisely With Your Phone

A Cheap Chic Black Bag to Rival Ikea’s and Balenciaga’s Tote

Honey from a Weed: Simple Rice or Risotto with Dandelion (or other Greens)

Drape Stuff, Like That Scrap of Beautiful Fabric or Vintage Rug

The FlexiSpot Sit Stand Desk Changed My Life

We’re Not Advertising Anything, Damn It!

Catalogue of Possibilities and Very Cool Tools

HomeMade Modern: Smart Stylish DIY with a Mission

Essential for Powerful Emergency Fixes, Plumbing + Otherwise

‘Crisis is a Hair’ (Hair Poetry, Visual and Otherwise)

Find: Red Steel Bookends (via FIT)

Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies via David Bowie

Trompe l’Oeil and Conceptual Art Necklaces DIY

Size Matters: Jumbo Paperclip as Liberating, Minimalist “Purse”

Divine Roasted Sesame Oil + Down n Dirty Ginger Scallion Sauce

Last-Minute, Inexpensive, Artisan-Made Gift (They Won’t Throw Out)

Gift: Spring Bulbs for Effortless Blooms + Magic

Saying NO to Holiday Gift-Giving Guilt (Mira Keras)

Gift: The Essential Rumi’s Poetry and Wisdom

Improvised Life’s Thoughtful Un-Gift Guide

String Light Wreaths, Trees and Freeform Decorations

Overpainted Nails (Why Stay Within the Lines?)

Simplest Possible Curtain Tie (And Hotel Room Strategy)

Tasting Spoons: Essential Kitchen Tool and Welcome Gift

Gifts for Eaters and Cooks via Sally and The Splendid Table

Ripped Linen Room Divider, Tablecloth, Napkins…

Morph Your Ancient Laptop (even Macs) into a ChromeBook

DIY or Buy: Kitchen Knife Holder

Artful DIY Minimalist Aprons

Martin Margiela’s Philosophy of Art, Creative Process, Life

Nature Becomes Clothing and Adornment

Dressing for Camouflage or Self-Expression w Rumi

Clothes to Draw, Write, Paint On

Survivalist’s Essential Tool (and Gift): Trees

Bent Copper Tubing Lamp Sculpture DIY (after Anna Fasshauer)

Hungry for Cool Design Ideas? Check out The Art of Things

Dollar Bills and Other Found Bookmarks

Microscopic Silk Poems Meant to Live Inside the Body

The Many Surprising Uses of a Kitchen Hammer

Re-envision Time to Have More of It

LED-Illuminated Chairs, Tables, Beds

Favorite Kitchen Tool: French-Style Universal Pot Lid

Hammocks for Healing, Indoors or Out

$4 Adventures in Artisan Perfumes

Matthew Sporzynski’s Aluminum Tablet Stand

Iron-Skillet Smoked Salmon

Tried-and-True: Cool, Crisp Percale Sheets

To Manage Projects (or Your Life) Do a Quarterly Review

Poetry Vending Machine DIY, with Mary Oliver, Rumi, Anne Sexton

Ancient Trees: Portraits in Time, Change, Survival

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