Brand Spotlight: One's To Watch
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.
EIGHT THOUSAND MILES
Eight Thousand Miles is a sustainable and ethically handmade clothing line for kids, adults, and home. Their fabric prints are hand drawn in New York; meticulously carved onto wooden blocks to be hand-stamped on soft cotton fabric by heritage textile printing families, and sewn into apparel by small, vocationally trained, women-empowered sewing collectives, in India. Every eight thousand miles' product is uniquely designed and handmade in fair-trade working environments while contributing directly towards the social impact of hard working artisan communities.
CANDYLAB
Candylab has a clear and enthusiastic mission: to make the absolute best wooden toy vehicles on the market. They’re gear-heads, designers, engineers, parents who have banded together to become toymakers, with an unflinching commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. They believe in the extensive use of natural materials and unique craftsmanship and pride themselves in being a sustainable brand, with products that are non- toxic and made from sustainably sourced, bio- degradable materials! Throw in some deep love for vintage automotive design, and there you have it: Candylab DNA. Loved by children and collectors alike.
ECO-KIDS
Eco-kids products aim to simplify children’s toys, remove gender and race biases from children’s products, and increase the sustainability of toys’ design and packaging. Their toys create time and space for a child’s inner journey, emphasizing the joy of discovery, creation, imagination, and learning.
WRITE TO ME
Write To Me began in 2009 when two sisters came together to create a handmade journal business inspired by the sentimentality of handwritten documentation. Motivated by treasured letters from loved ones, baby books, and family recipe books, Write to Me aims to build a movement of life stories captured in handwriting.
WE MIGHT BE TINY
We Might Be Tiny is a carefully road-tested kids tableware range adored by clever families in 40+ countries. Designed in Australia, they focus on a minimalist style that ticks the box for both the young and young-at-heart.
EEBOO
eeBoo makes beautiful products that develop a child’s creative, social, and intellectual potential. eeBoo believes that children deserve constructive and engaging alternatives to time spent in front of a screen—activities that get them down on the floor to play, providing wholesome pastimes that can bring together generations around these shared values. They use 90% recycled board and vegetable inks, never use wood or paint, and have carefully designed their entire product line to minimize plastic use and unnecessary packaging.
