Brand Spotlight: Check These Out
Shoppe Object plays host to the most compelling representation of the home and gift market — from industry icons to niche makers. While impossible to choose favorites, each week we introduce you to brands you need to know now. Let this serve as a guide on your never-ending but ever-fruitful quest for the beautiful, the inspired, the innovative and the well-made.
MUNGO
Mungo is a family-run homeware textile company based in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. Behind each product is the accumulation of thousands of hours of experience, carefully sourced natural fiber yarn, traditional weaving machinery, history and knowledge both learned and passed down. It is Mungo’s mission to shape and uphold the standards of sustainable production while manufacturing a quality product that is made to last.
SGW LAB
SGW Lab is a ceramic studio founded by the artist Yuta Segawa in 2018. The mission of SGW Lab is to think about the significance of craftsmanship, the worth of human labor, and to explore and practice the beautiful possibilities created by handicrafts. SGW Lab has a slogan — "The Art of people” — from a lecture delivered by William Morris in 1879 at the Birmingham Society of Arts and School of Design. Morris explained the importance of craftsmanship during the Industrial Revolution, saying, "Art which is to be made by the people and for the people, as a happiness to the maker and the user." He led the Arts and Crafts movement, seeing art as an expression of pleasure in labor.
BARESSENTIAL ART OF SOAP
Baressential Art of Soap is an artisan skincare company established in 2014 in the heart of rural Ireland. Their products are 100% natural, all crafted by hand in small batches, combining the finest raw ingredients sourced ethically and with respect for the environment. They believe that working in harmony with nature is a potent source of healing for people, the planet, and the future.
TANTUVI
Tantuvi is reimagining what handmade in India can be. They design contemporary rugs inspired by art and architecture and produce them in close collaboration with seventh-generation master weavers — the gatekeepers of India’s cultural craft methods. The community that makes Tantuvi’s rugs use panja hand looms that achieves a much tighter weave using smaller spools of cotton, which results in finer design details and unparalleled longevity. Each rug takes a single artisan between two weeks and two months to finish, and can consequently be enjoyed for a lifetime. Tantuvi’s rugs begin as designs created in the company’s Brooklyn studio, under the shared creative direction of founder, Arati Rao and artist Adam Sipe.
Devi Arts Collective
Devi Arts Collective is a women-led jewelry brand born from a desire to connect. They create bold, confident, and vibrant accessories made with recycled and refined silver and gold and ethical gemstones. Sustainable values and a commitment to making a positive difference anchor the ethos of the brand. All pieces are handmade in Vancouver, Canada.
APUNTES
Established in 2015, Apuntes offers notebooks and journals handcrafted in Mexico City. Each collection is inspired by sober colors, minimal designs, and the beauty found in simple things and daily surroundings.
