Massif spins. Zebra pops. Tiro pulls. The Egg hatches. 🌞 #75

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

Two days ago I finally checked a long-saved pin: Cedar Coffee in Woodstock.

I’d saved it thinking it was a café—turns out it’s the roastery. Even better. We bumped into Winston (one of the founders), talked roasting, running a coffee brand, and all the tiny choices that make things feel human.

Raw, grounded, quietly ambitious—like the neighborhood.

More trip notes later.

The spaces we visited in South Africa got me thinking about a short blog I wrote a while back: The Hide-And-Seek-Test for Great Design. The gist: good rooms have edges, pockets, little reveals—places a kid could start a game.

Does that resonate with your own experience? Ever loved a place without knowing why—then this lens suddenly made it click? Hit reply and tell me one example. I’d love to learn from it.

If you’re new around here: Every week, I share 5 of the coolest products from Europe I’ve discovered in the past 7 days.

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

With love 🌞
Jakob

P.S.: Missed the last edition? The Basic Planner No. 137 from Marjolein Delhaas was last week’s most-clicked piece.

Massif is basically a tiny architectural column or totem for your kitchen—solid oak up top, powder-coated steel below, and a smooth 360° swivel that makes “just one more espresso” inevitable. Designed by Anderssen & Voll—the Oslo-based studio—for &Tradition in Denmark. I like the Ember finish because it reads like late-autumn light: warm, a little moody, easy to pair with stone or stainless.

Spin the Massif AV39

A poetic object with a built-in drumroll: tuck a note or tiny token inside, set an opening date, and it hatches right on time. Conceived by Kevin Guive Echraghi & Ferdinand Barbier under the Mejnoun collection and edited by hérétique—made in Paris, app-programmed, and re-usable (locks for up to 5 years). Best part: it’s not sold out (yet)—you can buy it directly from the artists.

Start the countdown

Don’t get fooled by the look of the website: I first found these on Friday in a little designer clothing shop in Cape Town. François Morel has been hand-crafting them since the ’80s in Drôme/France; each call comes in a pencil-case-style box with a printed guide—plus friendly “do/don’t” icons, including models they limit for bird safety. The insert is a sweet reminder not to blast away during breeding season; use them respectfully so you don’t crash a mating schedule.

The best part? Morel demos each whistle on YouTube—watch his cuckoo call and tell me it’s not oddly moving.

Choose your call

Okay, maybe I’ve seen a few too many safari vibes in South Africa lately—but Frama’s new Petit Rond Stool in zebra fabric actually hits a sweet spot. Designed in Copenhagen, it’s small, sculptural, and just eccentric enough to make a room feel alive without tipping into “themed interior” territory. The polished stainless-steel base keeps it crisp, while the zebra upholstery adds that playful, almost Art Deco rhythm. I’d pair it with vintage wood or brass—because full-on safari lodge? That’s a bit much.

Not one of the big 5: the zebra

A pendant with a party trick: a coloured glass “pull” lets you raise or lower the anodised aluminium shade, so the light follows the action. Designed in Germany by Studio Brynjar & Veronika for Padua-based From Lighting, it’s available in two quietly-bold combos—Terracotta/Yellow (powder-coated) and Silver/Azure (anodised). I like it because it feels like a tiny kinetic sculpture over the table.

Adjust your glow

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