July 2008

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• life

  Impact of architecture

  07.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Is it wrong to choose your child’s school based on architecture? Maybe, but the post and beam low slung Eichler-like lines of our girl’s Montessori school added to it’s appeal for me. It’s very cool even on a foggy day.
  It would not have done it alone, but it does reinforce the importance of [...]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  The Rolls Royce of Mills

  07.26.08 | Permalink | 11 Comments

  I don’t want this blog to turn out to be the Robb Report of Quistgaard eBay auctions. Pepper Mills for the Rich and Famous. Nothing like that. But I gotta include this one. I think it’s a record for a mill – at least that I’ve seen. Might even be [...]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  Pepper Mills for Sale

  07.19.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I found a collection of Dansk mills being sold by the high end store Chez Camille in LA. Check it out:

  The collection consists of 23 mills and is being sold for $6,800 – which by my calculations is almost $300 per mill. Maybe if it included a copy of Danish Pepper one [...]

• interactive

  Apple’s Latest Design Award

  07.16.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Apple wins a ton of design awards.  I’m including this one on the blog for two reasons.
  - It is an especially prestigious award
  - It was a project I produced
  I.D. magazine has recognized the best in design in its Annual Design Review since 1954.  This year’s awards were announced, and the redesign of apple.com was recognized [...]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  Awesome Pepper Mill Collection

  07.13.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Since I wrote the book Danish Pepper, I’ve been contacted by several collectors with great collections.  After the jump is one of the best I’ve seen.  It features a great variety of common and super rare mills, including one I’ve never seen before and one so rare I didn’t see it till after the book [...]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  Dansk Auction Watch

  07.09.08 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  A big ending for an early Dansk mill auction on eBay yesterday. The mill pictured below sold for $340. It is a rare early pepper mill (no salt shaker) in great condition. The mill is very nice. It is old and thus not common, but I wouldn’t say it is one of [...]

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