1. 14 years together and counting towards forever, 5 countries, handful of jazz bars and too many miles to count. 2. love using this from manhattan toys while thinking of shapes and space.
Tough to pick, but either my Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Watch or my Mode Sonnet Mechanical Keyboard
Not sure if one best but a few products I love using on a daily basis: Shun chefs knife, my mechanical keyboard, my guitars, cast iron and copper cookware. Common thread between all is weight and materials in all feel solid and well built and also age gracefully
Teenage Engineering OD-11 speaker goes hard
Besides apple products, I think Atoms Series 000 or maybe kindle paperwhite
This is an awesome question. Just thinking about it has been rewarding. There are so many physical objects I take for granted.
Probably this thing https://www.cannondale.com/en/bikes/road/race/supersix-evo/supersix-evo-carbon-disc-ultegra/2020
I keep trying to think of electronic things but my mind keeps coming back to furniture.
Voigtlander Bessa R3a Gives Leica a run for it's money.
- Rolex GMT Master II and Deepsea - Tom Ford tuxedo - Victorinox Money Clip Alox - the Sausalito chair designed for Google by my grandfather
I absolutely love my iKamper rooftop tent. It delights every person I've shown it to. Even prior who don't typically enjoy camping.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804548387919.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt The Chinese umbrella company Zuodu makes the best umbrella I’ve ever used. 10/10 would recommend. Also has lasted the longest.
My road bike https://www.specialized.com/ca/en/tarmac
Harman Kardon Wireless Bluetooth Speaker ONYX Studio 6 Grey Black Blue https://a.co/d/dsJONmi
Wall control pegboards (I have 22 panels of it mounted in my house)
gozney roccbox, easy to use, no thorough cleaning needed.
if you lift heavy things, Rogue has some exceptionally well designed stuff (also made in 🇺🇸) small but satisfying example:
Now sold at the MoMa store! https://store.moma.org/products/waterrower-rowing-machine-model-300-s4-in-walnut-wood
Engraved titanium pen type-b from CW&T. It doesn’t roll. It’s precession machined. It’s lovely. Engraving says “First, principles.”
OXO makes really well thought out tools, and I love pretty much all my outlier clothing
Been building Gunpla for several months now. I’m always amazed by Bandai’s injection molding prowess and how they can get a 3d model broken down into those plastic kits. https://youtu.be/yVHI7nKMqlE?si=yeKRA4-6kQHcyZBF
Don’t own it, but hopefully one day: https://clockclock.com/collections/clockclock-24
my favorites are those that I use frequently Darn Tough socks $24 KAI 7320 scissors $60 Hario V60 olive wood dripper and carafe $70 Mininch Spinner screwdriver $70 Leaf razor $84 Männkitchen Pepper Cannon $160 Miele Classic Plus dishwasher $1400 Cannondale Synapse Neo ebike $4200 Klipsch Forte IV $4900
Besides the Apple products, and I own a lot of them…. The Rubik’s cube. 50 years old design, still rocking.
Teenage engineering. Anything from them is just perfect. Stance socks. Fujifilm.
• Quick Mill 0820 coffee machine Bought it second-hand years ago and it was already 15+ years old by then. It has one job and does it well. • A Leatherman-like utility knife. I got it from my girlfriend's father. I don't even know the brand but it's really solid.
Might actually be my Galaxy Buds Pro. But then I'm a sucker for things that come in purple.
The Travertine tiles we had installed front of our house (not the one pictured) on what was previously just a drab concrete slab. I still get pleasure studying all the natural variations in colour and size and the overall patina this creates.
I’ve always been totally enamoured with the dash of my e46 bmw (pre the first tv screen) with its orange dot fonts. It’s also the last pre tracking tech :) . I can’t sell it - it’s in storage.
In terms of tech vs. utility ratio, pouches for splitting and packing clothes in suitcase when travelling
What surprised me was how well designed UniFi networking equipment is. Super thoughtful hardware and packaging. Software is great too.
Moccamaster Both the Glass Carafe and the Cup-One Brewers are excellent.
Royal kludge rk96 with factory lubed yellow switches and I replaced the key caps with YMDK PBT in sunset colors and put a bit of tape under the space bar A budget build close to $100
Tough call, but, excluding Apple products (lol, there's an important caveat), probably my Creality Ender 5 3D printer. Solid construction, customizable with a wide range of aftermarket parts and upgrades, reliable, and, most importantly, the print quality is excellent for an FDM printer.
First item that came to mind was my google mesh router. Random, I know.
Broke my arm, I still ❤️ it Bianchi Pista