From the field

Stories

Reports from the workshops, quarries, mills, and fields where our objects are made.

The Last Weavers of Bruges

Inside the workshop where 600-year-old loom techniques meet contemporary design. A conversation with the three remaining masters of Flemish linen weaving.

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Material

March 2026·5 min read

On the Origin of Cognac Leather

Why the finest leather in the world still comes from a town of 22,000 people in south-west France. The answer is in the water, the bark, and the patience of the tanners.

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Object

February 2026·6 min read

A Table Stays in the Family

The design philosophy of making furniture that outlasts its maker. A conversation with Danish furniture maker Lars Bundgaard on material honesty and the ethics of lasting things.

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Material

January 2026·8 min read

The Wool That Survived the Atlantic

How Shetland sheep, salt wind, and century-old jacquard looms produce the most weather-resistant cloth in the world. A winter visit to the Outer Hebrides.

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Maker

December 2025·5 min read

Clay and the Wheel

Ceramicist Hélène Morin on the ethics of imperfection, the politics of the handmade, and why the fingerprints stay in the clay.

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Philosophy

November 2025·4 min read

The Slow Season

An argument for buying less, keeping more, and treating the objects in your life as collaborators rather than consumables. The case for the considered purchase.

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