A painting, a poncho, a pen & a travel cheat code 🌞 #79

Welcome to this week’s installment of what’s hot in brands and products.

Best thing about traveling is still the old-school move: stare out the window and let your brain idle. But when it’s dark, bumpy, or you actually need to get something done on your phone, that’s when this new iOS feature becomes interesting.

I don’t really get full-on carsick, but I do get that slight “ugh” feeling if I scroll too long. With this setting on, tiny dots float on the screen and move with the car – and that little nausea just… doesn’t show up. Try it.

If you’re new: every week I share 5 of the coolest products from Europe I’ve found in the last 7 days.

I scout, you explore. Let’s get to it!

With love 🌞
Jakob

P.S.: Missed the last edition? Most-clicked piece: The Culinary Calendar from Edition Julie Joliat.

French artist Alexia Winterhalter paints dreamy, colour-soaked landscapes from her home in the Italian Alps. This “Ocean” piece from her Our Planet Week series looks like a memory you haven’t made yet. Love the vibrant colors.

Give this a spot on the wall

Amsterdam illustrator Timo Kuilder covers this Rainkiss poncho in his slightly wonky dancers, so you look like walking artwork every time the sky opens up. It folds down small and slips into any bag.

Make rainy days a bit less annoying

Berlin studio kolor bends a strip of metal into this tiny Z-shelf – perfect as a landing strip for keys, spices, perfume, or that one object you keep losing. The shelves are minimal, bright, and makes even a hallway feel a bit more “design shop” than “dumping zone”.

Take a look at the shelves

The friend who’s always helping out: extra seat, side table, bedside stand, plant throne. French brand TIPTOE designed LOU to move around with you – small footprint, strong personality.

See more of the LOU stool

Pocket-sized pen, main-character energy. Kaweco has been making pens in Germany since the 1880s, and this Liliput “Kolibri” shrinks all that history into something that disappears in your coin pocket but flashes like hummingbird feathers when you take it out.

Check out the Kolibri pen

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