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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 style […]

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 close for a Dansk item, […]

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 could justify […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 the super rare […]

The website Apartment Therapy features a great blog posting on an article from the June 2008 issue of House Beautiful magazine.  The article is a feature on the California home of landscape designer Jay Griffith, and has a great photo of his Dansk pepper collection. I don’t recognize that mill directly to the left of […]