smiling at the mxyplyzyk store

For those who are wondering the store is pronounced mix-ee-pliz-ik.  The name is inspired by an early superman character. It is an actual shop in New York’s Greenwitch village as well as an online shop that you can find here. It first opened in 1992 and is gathering interesting items from all around the world, from furniture and lighting to homeware and gifts.  

MIO beautiful-affordable-sustainable

MIO is a brand of sustainable products founded in 2001 by the Salm brothers, Isaac (the numbers guy) and Jaime (the design guy). They created MIO, with the dedication to educate consumers through the design of sustainable products that are both beautiful and affordable. Today, MIO is still committed to their founding principle, which was the creation of what the Salm brothers call Green Desire. Green Desire aims at consumers to actually crave products that are sustainable and responsible. 

Dinosaur does it all

Dinosaur Designs is an Australian company with handmade design items from homeware to jewellery. The company was founded in 1986 by three young designers who were experimenting with clear polyester resin, the characteristic material of the brand till now. Soon they went on experimenting with a seemingly endless range of colors, forms and patterns, virtually reinventing the medium as their interests evolved.

clay, wood and cotton and more...

Clay, wood and cotton is an online shop that wants to make and gather all the best of the handmade designed, home objects.  Kristen and Kristy, the owners, united in their love for handmade things and now sell them through their shop here but also created a real life shop in Beacon, Kristy's hometown.

french bull bowls and more

French bull is a homeware company that was created on 2002 by the Parson’s School of Design graduate, Jackie Shapiro. She had a different, young approach to melamine, marking its return but with a pop twist. The line begun with kitchen products but has gone into the needs of all the rooms of a modern home. Here are some pictures from their site and you can look around yourselves here.

Add some spice to life with Rice

Rice is a Danish based homeware and accessories company that was founded in 1998. They are known for their colourful melamine, handmade baskets and storage and our hand glazed Italian tableware. They describe their sping summer 2011 collection as a mix of rainbows, floral peace signs, love birds and a lot of kissing.