Collections of objects

The city is full of animals this time of year

Along with billiard balls, combs were some of the first items made from plastic. The first plastic combs were made from nitro-cellulose or celluloid and later the "unbreakable" comb arrived in the 1940's made of nylon. We find combs and brushes almost every time we go to Kehoe. Some of the very first combs were used not for grooming but mainly for hygiene. Nit picking. Getting parasites out of the hair. Fine wood and silver combs for this purpose have been dated to 5000 years ago and it's…

Organize your spices in a periodic table (by botanical taxonomy) to maximize potential for clear, scientific, delicious seasoning.

Stylist: Aliki kirmitsi

A COLLECTOR spent a lifetime collecting teapots – some 200 years old – but did not actually like tea.

This is a vintage thread cabinet with 12 drawers. Each is full on vintage plastic, Cracker Jack prizes, beads, etc.

We’ve all got ’em…in the garage, in the basement, on a piece of newspaper on your work table behind you even though you finished that project two weeks ago…

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Je suis assez fascinée par l’effet que peut produire l’accumulation du plus banal objet. Comme une invitation à le redécouvrir, elle souligne sa singularité, sa beauté. Qu’il soit un trésor du quotidien oublié ou tombé en désuétude, une rareté s’échangeant entre collectionneurs ou une vieillerie dont la plupart douterait qu’il...

In mostra alla Triennale di Milano No Name Design, mille oggetti selezionati da Franco Clivio che celebrano la bellezza e l’intelligenza del design

Top tips for collections to covet - the key is not what you collect, or the size of your collection, but how you choose to display it.

This kitchen tool is used every single day in Sweden. Cheese slicer (osthyvel) also called a cheese plane, was invented by Thor Bjørklund in 1925 in Norway.

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