Unique Finds

aspire Gift Guide 2024

Peppersoup Apron

Designer Samiat Salami collaborates with local artisans in Nigeria to create the products for her brand Oye Abeo. Each piece of fabric is meticulously stamped with digital designs, then hand-dyed, boiled over a wood fire, and sun-dried, all within the natural ecosystems of Africa. 

Annie Sloan Stencils

The stencil collection by Annie Sloan sees inspiration drawn from Annie’s travels across the globe, and the Iron Orchid Paint Inlays use Annie’s designs and unrivalled Chalk Paint colour range to stamp decorative art directly onto the surface of your furniture or walls.

Bonbonniere

Ceramicist Anne-Marie Krogh creates these whimsical, decorative containers — inspired by folklore and poetry — from her studio in Copenhagen. Perfect for small treasures and made to last for generations, each piece is handmade and unique.

Rocking Horse

The story of the Rocking Horse began with a discovery in Fritz Hansen’s archives by the heritage team in 2021. They uncovered two photographs of a unique rocking horse prototype from 1946, a long-forgotten treasure. Unlike typical rocking horses, its rocking mechanism was ingeniously integrated into the horse’s body, adding both a sculptural quality and complexity to the project.

Ziggurat & Zulma Needlepoint Kit

A collaboration with London’s The Fabled Thread led to this extraordinary needlepoint kit, which is popping with color and inspired by Schumacher’s Ziggurat and Zulma patterns along with the still-life paintings of Matisse, Mary Fedden, and Paul Aïzpiri.

Vintage Nobel Prize Books with Picasso Cover Art

These books, which are sold individually, are part of a set of 60 featuring the work of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1901 to 1963. The set was produced by the Swedish Academy and the Noble Foundation from 1963 to 1965. Each book has an original drawing from Pablo Picasso on the cover with color illustrations inside.

Salvador Dalí Gold-Plated Eye Drop Earrings

Barcelona-based, family-owned jewelry brand Joidart designed the 24k gold-plated matte metal eye to frame a handmade Murano glass eyeball. Inspired by the symbolic elements of artist Salvador Dalí’s Project for “Spellbound.”

The Vinyl on Paper

A smaller version of artist John O’Hara’s famous vinyl painting is now available to own! Commission your favorite song as the text is hand drawn by O’Hara on an archival pigment print. Paper is recycled velvet cotton rag 310.

Chinese Guardian Figure Bookends

These bookends take their design from a pair of imposing stone figures that stand guard at The Met. Created in the fifth century, these fierce hybrid creatures have a lion’s head and body adorned with decorative wings.