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  Looking up for up&up

  05.23.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Over the last year, Target has been rolling out their new “in-house” brand of home products called up&up. And I’m obsessed with them. Somehow Target has managed to laser in on multiple areas of interest for me and came up with a killer combination. First of all, I like good, consistent design.  I really like [...]

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  Cocktail Shaker Auctions

  04.25.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Before I collected Quistgaard’s work, before I collected other Danish Modern, I collected Martini Shakers. My collection started in the mid-to-late 90s when I was living in New York City, making very little, and getting interested in mid-century design.  There were a ton of cool stores in NYC and flea markets every weekend and I [...]

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  Pantone Pepper Mills

  01.21.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  I rarely post about pepper mills besides Danish Modern pepper mills because, frankly, I don’t care too much about grinding pepper per se.  But, these are some cool new ones put out by the nice people at Pantone. Pantone is famous for defining colors for designers and anyone else who needs colors accurately defined.  They [...]

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  JanSport Heritage Series

  01.08.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Although I am more often found on my sofa these days than hiking in the back country, I have always had a love for the outdoors, and an even greater love for outdoor equipment design.  This started back in the day when I was a Boy Scout and got my first backpack.  I did a [...]

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  Vintage Electronics Soccer Ball

  11.14.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Super cool soccer ball with illustrations of vintage electronics found at Old Navy.  Includes a boom box, turntable, synth, mixer, floppy drive, and much more.  Enjoy the photos.

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  Hacking some IKEA Stools

  11.12.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  IKEA is one of my favorite stores, I love it each and every time I go there.  With each visit comes infinite ideas.  Sometimes it’s just about using their products in my home, but often they are about how one could change or improve upon their products to make them more fun, higher quality, or [...]

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  Herman Miller Tops

  11.04.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  For the second year in a row, the Herman Miller Select program has come out with a special, limited edition product just in time for the holiday season.   Last year it was the cowhide Eames LCW chair.  This year it’s a set of 3 tops.  Inspired by the Eames Walnut Stools that have been popular [...]

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  Danish Modern Glass for Sale

  09.19.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I have listed several pieces of Danish Modern glass and some other items on eBay right now.  If you are interested view the auctions now >

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  Wall of Sound – From the pages of Ready Made

  09.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I was going through old files and found a nice scan of the 1st article I penned for Ready Made magazine.  It’s the “Wall of Sound” CD rack.  With it you can hold about 1,300 CDs in a very small space.  The article was from 2003, but I built this in 1999, when it was [...]

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  ShelterPop interviews Mark Perlson on Danish mills

  08.01.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  There’s a nice article about collecting Danish teak pepper mills on AOL’s ShelterPop site – which is a cool online magazine about DIY interior design.  It features a short interview with me and a photo of that amazing collection in LA.  Read the Mark Perlson interview here.

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Teak Pepper is the blog of Mark Perlson, author of Danish Pepper. It is focused on collecting Jens Quistgaard and Dansk, but also covers design, politics, music, media, and other topics.

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