August 2008

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• Teak Salt & Peppers

  S is for Salt

  08.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  There’s a new posting on the “H is for Home” blog that focuses on collecting modern design salt and peppers.  They have some great photos of the different types of spice dispensers out there, as well as a mention of my book, Danish Pepper. It’s a great blog.  You can find the article here. Almost […]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  3 Mill Collections Right Now on eBay

  08.24.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  I just got back from a weekend of fun in sunny Santa Cruz, CA.  Swam in the ocean, saw a blue whale skeleton and live dolphins, watched my daughter ride the kiddie rides on the boardwalk, and had probably the best Chirashi sushi I’ve ever had.  But enough about me.  There are Dansk auctions to […]

• 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 […]

• Uncategorized

  Don’t Spam me, bro

  08.20.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  The spammers are attacking Teak Pepper in force. I’m getting a fake blog posting every few minutes and it’s driving me crazy. Until I can do something about it, all comments will need to be approved by me before they will go live. So, please don’t hesitate to add a comment – I’ll approve it […]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  Some good auctions right now

  08.19.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  There are 5 great mills up for auction right now on eBay.  You can view one here and the rest are by the same seller.  Check ’em out – all but one are quite rare and all are quite nice!

• design

  New book on Danish Modern

  08.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  There’s a new book out on Danish Modern, and it’s called Danish Modern. I haven’t yet seen it, but it looks pretty good. Don’t know if it talks about Quistgaard or Dansk at all. The book includes photographic surveys of Danish Modern furniture in homes across the Unites States; a market guide with tips, facts […]

• Dansk & Quistgaard

  Wenge Tray

  08.13.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The Jens Quistgaard Wenge Rare Woods tray I won on eBay has arrived. I mentioned it at the end of an earlier post due to the low low price I paid for it, so I wanted to follow up. It is one of the few JHQ Dansk pieces that is signed on the edge of […]

• design

  Good-bye, Rare Woods Guitar

  08.04.08 | Permalink | 12 Comments

  A long time ago, before I even knew who Charles Eames (let alone JHQ) was, I had a guitar made for me by a college friend, Jake Savin. In a example of temporally disjoined hobby convergence, the woods we chose to use were the same woods used by JHQ in his rare woods series for […]

• 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.

Danish Pepper Book

Mark Perlson’s book on Jens Quistgaard’s teak wood pepper mills features photos and illustrations of an amazing collection of mills. Available straight from the author for $24.99 with free US shipping. Learn More about the Danish Pepper book >

Jens Quistgaard DVD

A Saucepan for my Wife is an intimate documentary on the legendary Danish Modern designer. Comes with a 56 page booklet. Subtitled. Buy Now on Amazon >

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