Blackwing🇺🇸pens$25-$50Blackwing creates...California Incense-cedarJapanese graphiteanalog craft
Critter & Guitari🇺🇸synthesizers$300-$600Organic digital - wooden enclosures and maple buttons, Organelle as standalone music computermaple woodanodized aluminumplayful
Decent Espresso🇺🇸espresso$3,000-$4,000DE1 - open-source espresso machine with tablet interface, pressure profiling as softwarebrushed stainless steelglazed porcelainprecision engineering
iFixit🇺🇸screwdrivers$10-$100Repair tools and toolkits as permission to keep things aliveanodized aluminumS2 steelfunctional
Klein Tools🇺🇸pliers$15-$150American-made electrical tools since 1857 - lineman's pliers trusted by professionalsforged US steelblack canvasfunctional
Knipex🇩🇪pliers$25-$150German family-owned pliers manufacturer since 1882 - always better plierschrome vanadium steelspecial tool steelfunctional
Lamy🇩🇪pens$30-$400Lamy 2000 (1966) is the Eames Lounge Chair of pens - plus accessible Safari seriesMakrolon (fiberglass)brushed stainless steelBauhaus
Proraso🇮🇹shaving$10-$35Four generations of Italian barbershop heritage since 1908, with eucalyptus-menthol formulas that define classic wet shavingeucalyptus oilmentholItalian
Sophie Lou Jacobsen🇺🇸american$$Playful handmade glassware with colorful, sculptural formsborosilicate glasssoda-lime glassplayful
Stalogy🇯🇵japanese$15-$40Systematic minimalism applied to notebooks and organizational toolsultra-thin papercloth coversminimalist
U-Turn Audio🇺🇸turntables$199-$999Hand-assembled 'simple design, brilliant sound' turntables - Wirecutter's budget pick since 2019magnesiumsolid hardwoodfunctional
