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Gomi
Power banks and speakers made with recycled waste plastic and powered by repurposed batteries - handmade in their Brighton studio.
The Art of Soil
Woman-owned, soil-based ecologically considerate watercolors,
@theartofsoil
We Will Become Jaguars
Cattle, gold, oil, timber… The Amazon Rainforest is buckling under the pressures of powerful interests, taking us to an irreversible ecological tipping point. We must unite to respect and protect the Amazon rainforest, indigenous autonomy and territorial defense. It’s now or never.
Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo has emerged as one of the most forceful voices in climate change activism after she spearheaded the alliance of Indigenous nations across the Upper Amazon and led her people to a landmark victory against Big Oil, protecting over a half million acres of primary rainforest.
In her book We Will Be Jaguars, she partners with her husband Mitch Anderson, co-founder of Amazon Frontlines, to dig into generations of oral history and uproot centuries of conquest.
Copito
Founded by Clara Infante, a natural dyer and multidisciplinary maker and artist based near Barcelona, Spain. Copito creates beautiful one of a kind natural crayons made with plant and earth pigments and beautiful natural wax candle creations.
How to Make Yourself Agreeable to Everyone
“Cameron Russell’s How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone is an unforgettable book. Fiercely intellectual, deeply vulnerable, and unapologetically honest, Russell reads through the layers of gender, race, capital, and exploitation in the fashion industry. Through her personal journey, she unpacks how inheritances, commitments, and dreams can both inspire and distort our paths. A voracious reader and critical thinker, Russell reveals the complex dance of an industry that punishes even as it rewards. Her story of being a supermodel and groundbreaking activist is particular, but the lessons she shares apply to us all. She teaches us how to move away from being accomplices to our own suffering and toward being loving witnesses for one another. I highly recommend this powerful work.”—Imani Perry, National Book Award–winning author of South to America
The Guide to Becoming Alive
The Guide to Becoming Alive is part manifesto, part memoir. It includes lessons from the garden, and candid conversations with Richard’s heroes and friends.
Together they talk about work ethic, sex, love, purpose, food, exercise, technology, politics, design, plants, and dogs. There’s plenty of great images and lots of words to live by. In a world that feels chaotic, this is a roadmap.
The Overview: Meditations on nture for a world in trasition
The Overview illuminates the wisdom of the Earth and its many teachers. An anthology of meditative essays from Atmos Editor-in-Chief Willow Defebaugh alongside immersive photography of ecosystems around the world, it’s a pathway for reconnecting with nature through reverence, balance, evolution, and healing.
Slowing
“In a day and age where ‘busy’ is a badge and productivity is paramount, Rachel Schwartzmann’s Slowing is an enchanting and soulful examination of what matters most: time, joy, creativity, and feelings. This is a beautiful book, filled with optimism and light.”
—Debbie Millman, author of Why Design Matters and host of the podcast Design Matters
Barefoot Living
In this book, Natalia Swarz of HOTEL Weekend explores the concept of barefoot living through her personal lens, exploring the destinations where she has found herself living her best-unrushed life: the Mediterranean coast, island life, the countryside and in the city. The pages are filled with inspirational photography and interviews, inviting you inside homes, guest houses, and boutique hotels belonging to those who are embracing a barefoot, slower pace of life. This book aims to inspire you to live a more mindful life, starting with your own home.
A Dictionary of Color Combinations
The color combination book that has been used for generations. Derived from the original 6-volume book from the 1930s, this book offers 348 different beautiful color combinations.
Back when Japanese culture was absorbing and getting influenced by western culture, Sanzo Wada was quick to recognize the importance of color and laid the foundation down for color research, creating his 6-volume series, “Haishoku Soukan”. There is an index of CYMK Color Codes, lists of where each color was featured, and also has cutout color chips, making it an ideal book for designers who enjoy being inspired by new color combinations.
The Beauty of Everyday things
In an age of feeble and ugly machine-made things, The Beauty of Everyday Things is a call for each of us to deepen our relationship with the objects that surround us. Inspired by the work of the simple artisans Yanagi encountered on his lifelong travels through Japan and Korea, this now-classic book is a heartfelt defence of modest, honest, handcrafted objects, from traditional teacups to jars to paper—objects that exemplify the beauty of everyday things.
Uprise Art
Uprise Art is an art gallery featuring original artwork by contemporary artists for the spaces where you live, work, and gather.
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