The suitcase you'll never check in, a modular kids vehicle and Portugese paper goods 🌞 – #58

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

Every week, I share 5 of the coolest products from Europe I’ve discovered in the past 7 days.

This week’s haul includes:
– a warped centrepiece that looks like modern art but holds bananas,

– a kids’ engineering kit for 71 (!) electric vehicles,

– and a notebook system that’s basically modular stationery for grown-ups.

I scout, you explore. Let’s dive in!

With love 🌞
Jakob

P.S. There’s a tiny 1-click feedback poll at the end now…

A collab between Vitra and Rimowa is like Bauhaus on vacation.
They took the classic Rimowa stool and gave it a Vitra glow-up. And then there is also the Vitra toolbox from 2010 that now looks like something you'd find in a Wes Anderson film — carried by the overly stylish repairman. Limited run, obviously (stool: 1000 pieces for 2200€ // toolbox: 100 pieces for 550€).

see it here

Not just a notebook — more like a notebook system. Pick your cover, mix and match refills, build it your way. Lines, dots, blank, planner — all in one if you want.
Made in Portugal. Built to last.

See the full setup here.

From a family-run ceramics studio on a farm in Devon.
I’m usually not big on mugs with handles — but this one? The proportions just feel right.
Delicate without being dainty, thin-rimmed but solid enough for a flat white. Looks great.

Shop the mug here.

Originally designed by Fundamental Berlin for the Centre Pompidou gift shop. This warped-grid tray bends color and shape depending on how you look at it — sci‑fi meets architecture. Made in Italy, assembled in Berlin by hand. Some sculptures like this easily hit higher price tags than €299.

See how the gravity shifts.

Infento is what happens when Dutch parents take LEGO way too seriously. The Ultimate Kit lets kids (and/or their parents) build 71 (!) rideable electric (!) vehicles from scratch. Think scooters, go-karts, trikes — all real, all DIY. Also doubles as a crash course in engineering.

See what 71 rides looks like.