Welcome to Window Shopping, a weekly exercise in lusting over home products we want in our homes right the hell now. This week: a “The Queen’s Gambit”-worthy chess set, a cover to hide your ugly tissue boxes and more.
Shelby Cooper PhotographyVirgil.Abloh.Vitra.Basic.Space
For the first time, US customers have the opportunity to buy a trio of Vitra products co-designed by artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s men’s wear collection (among many other titles) Virgil Abloh. The collection is a follow-up to their first collaboration in Europe during Art Basel in 2019, and will feature the same three products —the Jean Prouvé Antony Chair ($2,789), the Petite Potence Wall Light ($1,789), and a Virgil Abloh-designed ceramic brick ($179) — but in a baby blue colorway. The chair and wall light are limited to 150 pieces each, and the brick is limited to 999 pieces. The idea behind the collection is Abloh’s hope to bring classic design pieces to a new generation. And with so many young people seeking out anything Abloh designs or co-signs, there’s no doubt that a new legion of home and design admirers is about to crop up.
HeatonistHot Ones Nugget Honey
Not everyone can handle their hot sauce. Just watch an episode of First We Feast’s Hot Ones, and you’ll see. The latest release from the web series isn’t a sauce but a hot honey. Hot Ones makes the new Nugget Honey with Barr Hill gin infused with Pepper X, a hot pepper created by Ed Currie, the guy who developed the infamous Carolina reaper. The Pepper X-infused gin is then mixed with pure alfalfa honey from Wyoming’s Wind River Valley. On a heat scale of one to 10, Heatonist rates it at a lukewarm four. So drizzle this on anything that could use a sweet and spicy hit. To sum up the spicy honey best, I’ll quote Def Leppard. “[It’s] hot, sticky sweet.” I just don’t know if I want this from my head to my feet.
Revival RugsRevival The Tabletop Collection
Revival Rugs recently dropped the “Rugs” from its name, and it’s probably for the best. While the brand started out making well-made rugs with beautiful designs, it’s been branching out into new parts of the home. Earlier this year it was furniture, and now it’s tabletop accessories — table runners, glassware and handwoven reed fiber goods. Each piece of the collection is handmade by artisans in either Morocco or India, which is how Revival can keep the prices so reasonable. Every non-rug release from Revival has been keeping us on our toes. As the brand’s co-founder and CEO Ben Hyman told us, “We’re always thinking about building from the rug up. Rugs are our hero product, and maybe the most complex textile to make. In 2021 we’ll be leveraging that experience and adding additional textile products, as well as broadening our selection of table top items and accent furniture.” So until then, we’ll just be decking out our coffee tables, dining tables and, well, anything with a tabletop.
