Valentine's Day

This set of four mirrored coasters entitled The Night You Left are by Nir Hod.  Each set includes four different designs lined with digitally printed white powder that has a tactile quality. Decadent and eye-catching these are one of our best-sellers and are easily gift-able. Each set comes in a sleek custom black (gold, silver or pink) or clear acrylic (silver) box.

The title of the set suggests a lonely narrative, a moment of solitude. “There is a certain magic in loneliness,” Hod explains, “you have to be alone to create.” He adds, “It’s not about drugs or glamour—it’s about the inside world, where you can dream and love and seek a greater truth—it’s about a feeling of being connected to something so human."

Created in collaboration with our partners at The Prospect, NY.

DAEM is a Brooklyn-based company that creates luxury watches through world-class design and collaborations.  DAEM watched are manufactured in Switzerland and are a unique blend of fashion, art, and human narratives formed into an original, distinctive aesthetic.  

This DAEM x Jean-Michel Basquiat Collection features three designs featuring the work of the iconic artist blended with DAEM's high-end cultural aesthetic.  The Now's the Time Watch incorporates the artist's iconic work “Now’s The Time" (1985).  The title is a tribute reference to jazz musician Charlie Parker’s 1945 song of the same name and conveys that, despite the precision of time, there's something beautiful in focusing solely on the here and now.

This jewelry kit is based on an original piece featured in a 1941 traveling exhibition of common-object jewelry by Albers and Black Mountain College colleague Alex Reed. Albers believed common materials could look “quite beautiful and even precious.”  The kit is put together by The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation and includes step-by-step instructions.

There’s not much to be said about this classic snow globe design from the duo Ligorano/Reese. It’s the perfect gift for many occasions.

This 100% linen kitchen or tea towel features a digital print from the always popular Scottish artist David Shrigley. We always recommend all the kitchen towels as excellent gifts, but don't forget about the possibility of framing them as art.

Made in collaboration with David Shrigley and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

Our partners at The Skateroom, who collaborated with The Andy Warhol Foundation and MoMA to make this edition, donate a significant part of their profit to support social initiatives that make the world a better place.  For each edition sold, $180 will be donated to support Skateistan, a non-profit that uses skateboarding and education for youth empowerment in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa.  This  amount is the equivalent of learning supplies for their Skate and Create programs worldwide for one week (including art supplies and basic skate supplies).

This jewelry kit is based on an original piece featured in a 1941 traveling exhibition of common-object jewelry by Albers and Black Mountain College colleague Alex Reed. Albers believed common materials could look “quite beautiful and even precious.”  The kit is put together by The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation and includes step-by-step instructions.

Our partners at The Skateroom, who collaborated with the artist's estate to make this edition, donate a significant part of their profit to support social initiatives that make the world a better place. 

This 100% linen kitchen or tea towel features a digital print from the always popular Scottish artist David Shrigley. We always recommend all the kitchen towels as excellent gifts, but don't forget about the possibility of framing them as art.

Made in collaboration with David Shrigley and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

Our partners at The Skateroom, who collaborated with The Andy Warhol Foundation and MoMA to make this edition, donate a significant part of their profit to support social initiatives that make the world a better place.  For each edition sold, $180 will be donated to support Skateistan, a non-profit that uses skateboarding and education for youth empowerment in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa.  This  amount is the equivalent of learning supplies for their Skate and Create programs worldwide for one week (including art supplies and basic skate supplies).

Perfect for coffee talk, this mug features a reproduction of the painting Kvetch, Kvetch, Kvetch, 2010, by Mel Bochner.

DAEM is a Brooklyn-based company that creates luxury watches through world-class design and collaborations.  DAEM watched are manufactured in Switzerland and are a unique blend of fashion, art, and human narratives formed into an original, distinctive aesthetic.  

This DAEM x Jean-Michel Basquiat Collection features three designs featuring the work of the iconic artist blended with DAEM's high-end cultural aesthetic. Warrior pays homage to Basquiat's undertaking of primitive portraits to redefine the expectations and realities of heroes, saints, and warriors.

This limited edition lenticular by Ligorano/Reese shifts between the words "for" and "ever" in bright blue and yellow text. It is the fourth piece in Edges, a series of lenticular panels animating words concerned with the limits of space and time.

This porcelain plate features a detail from the 2010 work, "The Golden Years," by Jack Pierson Dishwasher and microwave safe. The verso shows details about the plate and the artist's stamped signature. Fabricated in Limoges, France in collaboration with the artist. Gift-box included.

This 100% linen kitchen or tea towel features a digital print from the always popular Scottish artist David Shrigley. We always recommend all the kitchen towels as excellent gifts, but don't forget about the possibility of framing them as art.

Made in collaboration with David Shrigley and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

DAEM is a Brooklyn-based company that creates luxury watches through world-class design and collaborations.  DAEM watched are manufactured in Switzerland and are a unique blend of fashion, art, and human narratives formed into an original, distinctive aesthetic.  

This DAEM x Jean-Michel Basquiat Collection features three designs featuring the work of the iconic artist blended with DAEM's high-end cultural aesthetic.  The Skull design is an automatic watch that blends two of Basquiat's most powerful works. His Untitled artwork (commonly referred to as Skull) and Undiscovered Genius.  Skull was presented at his debut solo exhibition in New York and captures Basquiat's anxiety and pressure as he worked to be commercially successful.  Undiscovered Genius reflects societal plights facing America. It taps into the auditory quality of Basquiat’s work, using words and rhythmic sounds that can be passed down through generations.

This jewelry kit is based on an original piece featured in a 1941 traveling exhibition of common-object jewelry by Albers and Black Mountain College colleague Alex Reed. Albers believed common materials could look “quite beautiful and even precious.”  The kit is put together by The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation and includes step-by-step instructions.

This jewelry kit is based on an original piece featured in a 1941 traveling exhibition of common-object jewelry by Albers and Black Mountain College colleague Alex Reed. Albers believed common materials could look “quite beautiful and even precious.”  The kit is put together by The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation and includes step-by-step instructions.

Our partners at The Skateroom, who collaborated with The Andy Warhol Foundation and the Art Institute of Chicago to make this edition, donate a significant part of their profit to support social initiatives that make the world a better place.  For each edition sold, $180 will be donated to support Skateistan, a non-profit that uses skateboarding and education for youth empowerment in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa.  This  amount is the equivalent of learning supplies for their Skate and Create programs worldwide for one week (including art supplies and basic skate supplies).

You only live twice… is a limited edition mirror that continues Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese’s investigations into appearance, language, and meaning through the use of light, translucence, and the appearance and disappearance of words. Is this mirror a reflection of happiness or an illusion? The small size makes it a great accent for any space and it hangs easily from one hook. Pair two across the hall from one another to really play on the edition's meaning.

This dinner service consists of six porcelain dinner plates designed by Prune Nourry and JR, and fabricated by Bernardaud. There are two each of three different designs that are printed on both sides of each plate. The verso of each plate shows details of the service, the artist's signature, and Bernardaud's stamp.

In the artist's own words:

"In this project, Prune and I wanted to focus on a man's most essential "tool," his hands, which can function as a drinking cup or as eating utensils. As Darwin put it: "Man could not have attained his present dominant position in the world without the use of his hands." Here, our hands have been photographed.... Prune and I live in New York where we initiated a community of artists that holds big dinners every month. Everybody cooks, everybody brings something. The dinner table is a nerve center where we share a taste for good things, the art of living well!

This 100% linen kitchen or tea towel features a digital print from the always popular Scottish artist David Shrigley. We always recommend all the kitchen towels as excellent gifts, but don't forget about the possibility of framing them as art.

Made in collaboration with David Shrigley and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

This beautiful, porcelain table centerpiece doubles as an oval platter and features complimentary images on both sides. The top shows two hands interlaced together, palms up. The underside shows the same hands interlaced but palms down.

In the artist's own words:

"In this project, Prune and I wanted to focus on a man's most essential "tool," his hands, which can function as a drinking cup or as eating utensils. As Darwin put it: "Man could not have attained his present dominant position in the world without the use of his hands." Here, our hands have been photographed.... Prune and I live in New York where we initiated a community of artists that holds big dinners every month. Everybody cooks, everybody brings something. The dinner table is a nerve center where we share a taste for good things, the art of living well!

The Artist Towel Series features limited edition towels by an incredible selection of internationally known artists. They are 100% cotton, machine washable and because of their large size are great for a variety of uses including the beach, the bath, a picnic, or as a tapestry to hang on your wall.  

Artists who have participated in this collection include Yayoi Kusama, Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Peter Doig, Julian Schnabel, Jasper Johns, Barbara Kruger, Tracey Emin, Yoshitomo Nara, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Ed Ruscha, Kehinde Wiley, and Rirkrit Tiravanija and more.

The porcelain plate series by Kehinde WIley includes six designs featuring details from paintings spanning 2008-2012. The six different faces -- 3 male and 3 female -- are cropped against colorful, vibrant backgrounds so the plates are equally decorative and functional. The back of each plate has easy holes for hanging, and they are microwave and dishwasher safe.

Each coupe plate is 10.75" and shows a stamped signature on the verso. The plates are individually boxed.

Kiki is the new fragrance from contemporary artist Kiki Smith, designed in collaboration with the award-winning French fragrance designer, Christophe Laudamiel. Kiki is a study of balance and contrast and is unabashedly green and fresh while deeply and unexpectedly, lush, warm, and dynamic. The fragrance evokes Kiki’s most significant olfactory memories: musks, boxwood, patchouli and sandalwood next to fresh, ripe foliage, and fig leaf notes. The uniquely soothing, enveloping warmth and herbaceousness of blue chamomile and the bright and summery smell of narcisse create an incandescent, satisfying and fearless scent that is diffusive and illuminating.

The Broken Juice Glass is a limited edition set of four different glasses conceived by Roy McMakin, exclusively for Artware Editions. For this edition, the artist has taken the simplicity of four small glasses and imposed on them a complex reworking of the aphorisms “THINGS CHANGE” and “CHANGE THINGS”. Because of their transparency and shape, McMakin is able to use the seriality of the glasses to play out a conceptual progression: the first glass is clear, on the second the phrasing is shown in its entirety on the front of the glass, and on the third and fourth the text is printed in a band around the glass but appears to be illegible. One must perfectly line up the fragmented text (a greater challenge from the third to the fourth) from the front through to the back of these to make sense of the parts. When the glasses are full, the front text appears incoherent but as the glass empties things change and all is clear.

McMakin’s art practice explores how functionality influences meaning within the medias of sculpture, photography, design, and architecture. He has had recent solo exhibitions at such prestigious venues as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York. He lives and works in Seattle.

It's true that there's no real function to David Shrigley's Swan, but it aligns with our sense of humor and we just couldn't resist. It's the right size to place anywhere in your home -- side table, coffee table, bathroom, shelf -- and is one of our favorites for gifting. Each example is initialed by the artist and labeled on the bottom.

Jeff Koons's Tulips coupe service plate is a 12.5" limited edition porcelain plate fabricated by the famed porcelain maker Bernardaud in Limoges, France. It is packaged in a presentation box and is dishwasher safe but not microwaveable.

‘‘It is about a calendar year and how we may perceive different things within the course of a year. You can look at the Tulips painting or the sculpture Tulips and maybe it will make you think of Spring. I have always enjoyed flowers. Since taking art lessons as a child, I have had flowers in my work. I always like the sense that a flower just displays itself. The viewer always finds grace in a flower. Flowers are a symbol that life goes forward.’’

E for Efforts Twist Tie Ring is sterling silver and each size is a unique shape cast from an original mold designed by the artists. The duo behind E for Effort, artists Beka Goedde and Rachel Ostrow, have created a series of objects that is both nostalgic and timeless. Their collection includes eraser head earrings and rings, as well as notebook paper tees and totes among others. You can learn more about Beka and Rachel's work by visiting their websites: www.bekagoedde.com and www.rachelostrow.com.

This ultimate garden set includes a cotton apron screen-printed with details from Louise Bourgeois’ Untitled (Tools), 1986, an aluminum trowel and fork, and a pair of durable garden gloves. The tools are printed with details from one of Bourgeois’ textile designs. 

From our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

E for Effort has done it again with Eraser jewelry. The duo behind E for Effort, artists Beka Goedde and Rachel Ostrow, have created a series of objects that is both nostalgic and timeless. These comfortable rings made with real eraser heads are available in pink, red or green and mounted in sterling silver. Matching earrings are also available. You can learn more about Beka and Rachel's work by visiting their websites: www.bekagoedde.com and www.rachelostrow.com.

From our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

Craig Damrauer's "New Math Collection" includes kitchen towels, mugs and now this new durable cotton apron. featuring the artist's humorous text pieces in the form of equations. The apron features the phrase "Chef = Cook + Authority" and is 100% cotton, machine washable and has a front pocket.

Made in collaboration with the artist and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

The porcelain plate series by Kehinde WIley includes six designs featuring details from paintings spanning 2008-2012. The six different faces -- 3 male and 3 female -- are cropped against colorful, vibrant backgrounds so the plates are equally decorative and functional. The back of each plate has easy holes for hanging, and they are microwave and dishwasher safe.

Each coupe plate is 10.75" and shows a stamped signature on the verso. The plates are individually boxed.

This linen, embroidered tea towel by Louise Bourgeois is great in the kitchen or as a hostess gift. Loosely translated, the writing on the petals reads "Loves me, loves me not (passionately, crazily, not at all, with love, a little, a lot."

Made in collaboration with the artist and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

Finally, the ever-popular Shrigley "Swan" has been made into one more ridiculous must-have, now in the form of a stress toy.  It's packaged in a great peek-a-boo box and you can squeeze this toy in wonderful ways to make it crude and love-able.

This dinner service by Sophie Calle consists of six porcelain dinner plates fabricated by Bernardaud. Each plate tells a portion of a story told by Calle entitled, "The Pig." When read in sequence the story is told in full and makes for a unique dinner party experience. The verso of each plate shows details of the service, the artist's signature, and Bernardaud's stamp.

This service is available in French or English. Dishwasher safe.

The story reads:
It is a silly story. I was about thirty. A man phoned to say that he and I were making similar work and should meet. I always worry I might miss out on something so I agreed. When he arrived he told me his art consisted of stopping women in the street and asking them to sleep with him. Well, he said, wasn't one of my projects all about getting strangers to spend time in my bed? He told me he was taking me to a barbecue. I spent the whole evening playing the maid, grilling sausages, serving and cleaning up. Time goes by faster when you're busy. Later he dropped me off outside my door. He leaned into me and saught my lips. I pushed him away. "What makes you think I'd want to kiss you?" I protested. "Well, anyway," he answered, "you eat like a pig." Even today, after all these years, his words haunt me. I can't remember a thing about him, yet he's still sitting at my table.

Do Ho Suh’s work explores the relationship between the personal and the collective, particularly in the context of increasing internationalization. For this bowl, Suh has made an impression of his own outstretched hands in its base.

The bowl becomes a symbol of the gift of his creativity, an offering of something deeply personal into the social realm. This bowl is a beautiful table top object and works well as a gift for a wedding, birthday, house-warming, or any other kind.