Buonasera from Merano.
This is edition 99.
I didn't plan for it to become a thing. I just wanted to show up every week.
99 weeks later, that's still the whole game. Five links. Same format since day one.
Somewhere it became a bit more than just a list. It’s where my obsessions overlap: design, taste, branding, hospitality, interiors, objects. Why some things feel considered and most don't.
I've also been reading a lot of newsletters. Some are sharper than this one. Some are nerdier. Some are just fun to open on a Tuesday morning.
If you like what happens here, these are the newsletters I'd recommend to someone who does.
Dense Discovery is one of the few curated link newsletters that still feels calm, thoughtful, and properly edited. I've been a subscriber for seven years.
Hans Lorei writes the kind of (interior) design newsletter that makes you pay closer attention to buildings, rooms, and why some spaces just work better than others.
Vivid Red is product discovery with a clear point of view, also shipped from Europe but globally curated. Five more products a week, different corners of the world.
For Starters makes starting a small business feel a lot less abstract and a lot more doable.
I can’t afford this but maybe she can started as an Instagram account, has a newsletter now, and is exactly the kind of name you click once and keep coming back to for objects you definitely do not need.
If you’re new around here: Every week, I share 5 of the nicest products from Europe I’ve discovered in the past 7 days.
I scout, you explore.
With love 🌞
Jakob
P.S.: Missed the last edition? The space lowboard from HKLiving was the most-clicked product.
CASO KitchenEnergy kitchen scale 🇩🇪
A kitchen scale from German brand CASO that works without batteries. You twist the little wheel, it powers itself, and suddenly a very ordinary object becomes weirdly satisfying.
© Click n Tile
Click n Tile 10x10 tiles 🇩🇰
Danish brand Click n Tile makes wall tiles that click together a bit like Lego, which is a sentence I did not expect to write this week. The result looks surprisingly clean and design-forward, and the Instagram demo explains it in about three seconds: How it works
© Minimum Design
NU 05 Modular Vase by Minimum Design 🇫🇷
Minimum Design’s NU 05 Modular Vase is made from five stackable parts, so you can rearrange it depending on your mood. Made in France from recycled wood fibres and corn-based bioplastic, it’s part vase, part low-stakes flower styling experiment.
© Kenkō
Aerobic Dumbbells walnut by Kenkō 🇩🇪
Walnut dumbbells from German brand Kenkō that look more like design objects than fitness gear. VVD.RED featured them too, and fair enough, they make normal dumbbells look deeply depressing.
© KLEKKS
KLEKKS – No. 26 cotton blanket 🇩🇪
A cotton blanket designed in Berlin that sits in the sweet spot between graphic and cozy. The kind of thing that can save a boring sofa without trying too hard.
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