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• Dansk & Quistgaard, life

  It’s been a year…

  01.30.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  A little over a year ago, on Jan 4, 2008, Jens Quistgaard died at 88. I found out a few weeks later while finalizing the research for my book, Danish Pepper.  I was scouring Danish design sites late at night using a free online translator to see if there were any additional biographical facts I [...]

• life

  Change

  01.20.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Yes we can!  And all that!!! What a great day for the US.  Amazing speech, amazing day.  I can’t wait for the change to start… Did you see the new whitehouse.gov?  That was quick, and there’s even a blog.

• life

  Danish Modern Gift Ideas

  12.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  There’s not too many shopping days left in this holiday season, so I just wanted to make sure people know they can find the perfect gift for the Danish Modern lover at the Danish Pepper Danish Modern Store that I put together.  It’s full of books about the era and accessories from Jens Quistgaard and [...]

• life

  Rare Woods Guitar – It lives!

  11.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One of my most popular posts was about the amazing guitar I had built in 1991 by Jake Savin and my plans to rebuild it into a more traditional Stratocaster type guitar.  Many commenters decried the “destruction” of such a unique instrument and I defended my decision the best I could. However, I was amazed [...]

• life

  Yesterday. Wow.

  11.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  What an amazing day for our country.  I’m proud of us.

• life

  Fun in the sun

  09.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  If any of my readers were worried about all the rain on my vacation – they can breathe easy. After a massive thunderstorm Wednesday night it’s been beautiful. Only problem is that after all the rain, I was trying to make up for lost time and stayed the water for over two hours and got [...]

• life

  Tropical depression

  09.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  They say a tropical depression is causing the rain, but I won’t let that depress me. I’m here in the Dominican Republic on vacation for the week. It should clear up tomorrow so I can get back to enjoying this beautful island. That is the view from my room.

• life

  Teak Divedends

  09.20.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  After last week, I’m glad I have my money invested in something with tangible value: teak pepper mills. For me, the S&P 500 stands for “salt and pepper.”

• life

  A little publicity for moi

  08.21.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle has published a nice profile article about me and the journey I took to arrive at my current position of Danish Pepper prominence.  My grandfather was the editor of the Chronicle back in the day, so it’s nice to see a photo of me in the paper he was so involved [...]

• design, life

  Mad Men Mod

  08.01.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The second season of Mad Men just started, and I’m glad have an outlet to write about it. From the awesome graphics of the opening credits through the scandalous plot lines, the show is nothing short of amazing. The scenes at Don Draper’s office are peppered with moments of marketing genius – he’s the kind [...]

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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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