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We are very excited to have been included in the latest Insider Recommendations on Find.Eat.Drink. Thanks are due to Robin Dorian and Nick Bumstead at F.D.E. who tracked us down and kept going until they got to some of our very best tips on food, drink and design. Hope you guys enjoy the read – and, of course, we’d love to hear what you think of our recommendations!

The Avva Felt Breadbasket is made of 100% wool felt and extends the core theme of complementary angles consistent with our entire Avva series. Designed by Josh Jakus (Berkeley, CA) and made exclusively for Teroforma by Buffalo Felt (Buffalo, NY), the breadbasket ships flat; then, when two tabs are tucked into slots, easily transforms into a gracefully curved bread server. The thickness and friction of the felt surfaces keep the assembled version upright, even when the front is opened for access to the contents. It will hold four bagels or equivalent size breads. After the meal, it can store flat or remain assembled and displayed as a decorative object. Available for Spring in soft white, spring green, deep brown and quiet grey, with an Autumn palette to be offered later in the year.

Previously known as h(y)r collective, the Vancouver, BC based trio of Ryan Willms, Owen Parrot and Simon Roe have recast their efforts into a fantastic new magazine concept called Inventory. In their own words:

“We value products and clothing for more than just their appearance, admiring how they’re made, by whom, and why. It’s through this passion and attention to detail that we view the things in our lives from a different perspective. With a hunger and willingness to learn, we search for the rare, unknown and new, while always remembering tradition and the past.”

The video above is the first they have posted under the Inventory name, and I think it says it all.

As early supporters of Teroforma, the guys in Vancouver tracked us down for an interview earlier this year. It became quickly apparent that we share a central conviction – knowing the story of the people and processes behind the product mean appreciating it even more. With a marketplace full of companies selling the least offensive alternative at the lowest possible price, it is heartening for us to know that there are others out there who place the same kind of premium on thoughtfulness and craftsmanship as we do. We also know a bit about shooting for the top with a very small team. Any day, it ain’t easy – but to make it look this good with the first issue is an amazing achievement. So Happy Birthday to Inventory from Teroforma. Do yourself a favor and check out the next big thing.

As the days grow shorter and the weather turns colder, we find ourselves eyeing the fireplace anticipating the crackle of perfectly dried wood as the season’s first fire comes to life. It’s that feeling of contentment as you settle into a favorite chair after a great meal with friends while the conversation keeps going and the glasses get filled. Outside is just the reason to be inside – everything that matters is right there.

We designed the Whisk(e)y Lover Set with just this type of occasion in mind. While we could not fit a fireplace, friends, a great meal or a favorite chair into the box, we are pretty sure the Set will start you off in the right direction – it contains two mouthblown, non-lead crystal Avva Series small tumblers (dishwasher safe) and six Whisky Stones with their muslin storage bag. Just open the box, chill the stones, line up your favorite single malt and you are ready to go!

The Whisk(e)y Lover is now in stock and ready to ship!

Our good friend Maria Lintott is a super-talented designer and ceramist. Having worked with her a few years back to develop the patterns for our Oyyo Petal and Avva Fern bone china collections, we are huge fans of her talent and are overjoyed that her work has recently caught the attention of the style mavens at Daily Candy London. Working from her Hertford, England studio, Maria brings together influences from both town and country in a beautifully varied collection of fine bone china mugs and bowls. She is one to watch – and her recently launched website is one to check out.

After an amazingly hectic summer – evidenced by the near total neglect of our beloved blog – it seemed like the right idea to tie our new resolution to get back to writing with the first glimpses of fall color. This picture was taken first thing this morning from the little deck outside our back door with a cup of coffee in hand.

We’re here late packing up for the 1st Annual Makers Market to be held this weekend at Socrates Sculpture Park near the Noguchi Museum in Island City, NY – right across the East River from Manhattan.

Here’s what the packing looks like so far…

So far, so good. It’s a great group of participants so, rain or shine (the former being far more likely), we’ll be in our tent this weekend livin’ the dream. If you’re in the area, please do stop by and say hello – we’re in tent three (just click the top image here to go to the Makers Market website for details). Full report next week. Ciao.

Teroforma has been tapped to work with Aman Resorts’ latest temple to the harmony between man and nature – Amangiri. Sitting in its own private valley, among 600 acres of high desert canyons at the foot of a 400-foot rock wall, Amangiri is located in Southern Utah, near Lake Powell.

While not the first custom commission Teroforma has undertaken, this is the first project we’ve done for a client that has their own canyon. We’re kind of excited and, frankly, have spent some time wondering if they would be willing to offer a free vacation in lieu of payment. Only kidding…or not.

Given Aman’s amazing stable of unique resorts all over the world, we have no problem recommending Amangiri site unseen – sadly, we are not in the high desert very often. If you go, take special note of the glasses!

We had our first Teroforma warehouse sale this past weekend. Leading up to it, we were worried that we didn’t really have any sort of useful countertop where people could stack their selections without lugging them around while they shopped. One of the drawbacks of operating your own warehouse is the profusion of shipping palettes that build up over time. Turning negative into positive, the picture above is what Andrew did to solve both the counter dilemma and the shipping palette plague: 24 palettes, 57 sq ft of 5/8 plywood, 23 2.5″ woodscrews, some swearing and a band-aid = Teroforma’s Eiffel Counter. The sale was a hit and at least one person asked us who made our cool checkout countertop. I’m pretty sure Andrew has added it to his bio somewhere

Our recently launched Loft Table Tools are ready to ship. Anna, Teroforma’s co-founder, is just finishing up the handmade linen sleeves that go along with each set. She had very particular ideas about how they should look and decided – for this first batch anyway – to make every single one of them herself. We’re proud and thought we’d share some pictures of the process.

Teroforma co-founder Anna Hellman sewing the prototype batch of Loft Table Tool linen sleeves.

Anna tends to be meticulous...

Once the structural stitching is done, she makes sure the fabric is flat before stitching the divider seam.

The finished product...

...ready to go.