Artemide🇮🇹lighting$300-$5,000Technical refinement meets conceptual depth - Tolomeo Desk Lampaluminumsteelfunctional
Autodromo🇺🇸tool$600-$1,500Automotive context without kitsch - Group B Series 2 with bi-metallic case inspired by rally car chassisstainless steeltitaniumminimalist
Balmuda🇯🇵kitchen$200-$400Steam-based toaster and precision kettle with Japanese design philosophypainted stainless steelmatte plasticsminimalist
Baron Fig🇺🇸notebooks$18-$35Analog products treated like tech - iterative design, clean presentation, minimal brandingcloth-bound coversacid-free 90gsm paperminimalist
Brompton🇬🇧ebikes$1,500-$4,000The original folding bike - compact urban mobility since 1975, hand-brazed in Londonheat-treated steelGrade 9 titaniumprecision engineering
Cowboy🇧🇪ebikes$2,000-$3,500App-dependent minimalism with smartphone as dashboard - sleek European designaluminumcarbon beltminimalist
Craighill🇺🇸tools$15-$178Precision-machined keychain tools, knives, desk objects - Wilson Keyring, Lark Knife, Metrolog Rulerbrassstainless steeltactile
CW&T🇺🇸writing$100-$200Architects of the pen - Pen Type-A/B with pneumatic sleeves, tolerance so tight they pop with displaced airstainless steelgrade 5 titaniumprecision engineering
Decent Espresso🇺🇸espresso$3,000-$4,000DE1 - open-source espresso machine with tablet interface, pressure profiling as softwarebrushed stainless steelglazed porcelainprecision engineering
Dita Audio🇯🇵headphones$500-$3,000Audiophile IEMs with titanium drivers - Dream XLS as the reference for portable high-end listeningtitaniumaluminumprecision engineering
Established & Sons🇬🇧american$500-$5,000London collectible design - Drift table, Wrong for Hay collaborations, gallery-grade furnitureVenetian glassplywoodcontemporary
Frama🇩🇰scandinavian$200-$3,000Copenhagen raw minimalism - exposed materials, honest construction, apothecary-inspired collectionssolid oakBaltic birchScandinavian
Grovemade🇺🇸desk$80-$3,000+Handmade walnut and leather products - Desk Shelf System, Laptop Riser from Portland workshopAmerican Black WalnutEastern Hardrock Maplewarm minimalist
Herman Miller🇺🇸mid-century$500-$15,000+The reference point for mid-century design - Eames Lounge Chair, Noguchi Tablemolded plywoodpremium leathermid-century modern
Kaweco🇩🇪pens$25-$150Octagonal pocket pens since 1883 that transform from compact to full-sizebrassaluminumcompact
Lamy🇩🇪pens$30-$400Lamy 2000 (1966) is the Eames Lounge Chair of pens - plus accessible Safari seriesMakrolon (fiberglass)brushed stainless steelBauhaus
Louis Poulsen🇩🇰lighting$300-$15,000+Poul Henningsen's glare-free designs - PH 5 Pendant and Artichoke remain unmatchedopal glassbrassScandinavian
Machine Era🇺🇸tools$40-$150Precision-machined pens and tools in titanium from Portlandsolid brassstainless steelprecision engineering
Medium Small🇺🇸american$$$$Medium Small creates...solid hardwoods (white oak, walnut, black ash)aluminumsculptural
Mode Designs🇺🇸custom$300-$500Luxury modular keyboards - Sonnet with dramatic sculpted profile, mix-and-match copper bottoms and polycarbonate topsaluminumcoppermodular
Muuto🇩🇰scandinavian$500-$6,000New Nordic perspectives with Stacked Storage System and iconic E27 pendant lamppowder-coated steeloak woodnew nordic
Snow Peak🇯🇵japanese$35-$150+Heirloom-quality titanium tableware made by skilled metalsmiths in Tsubame-SanjoJapanese titaniumstainless steelfunctional
Tactile Turn🇺🇸tools$99-$150Bolt-action pens with satisfying mechanisms from Texastitaniumcoppertactile
Teenage Engineering🇸🇪synthesizers$59-$2,199Playful minimalism standard - OP-1 Field, EP-133 K.O. II, TX-6, Pocket OperatorsaluminumABS plasticplayful
Transparent Speaker🇸🇪speakers$550-$1,100Literal transparency with see-through glass panels and modular construction - Sonos compatibletempered glassaluminumminimalist
Twelve South🇺🇸cables$30-$150Apple ecosystem exclusive - ButterFly MagSafe Travel Charger, BookArc vertical MacBook standaluminumvegan leatherminimalist
U-Turn Audio🇺🇸turntables$199-$999Hand-assembled 'simple design, brilliant sound' turntables - Wirecutter's budget pick since 2019magnesiumsolid hardwoodfunctional
Wastberg🇸🇪lighting$500-$3,000Industrial designer collaborations with warm Swedish minimalismbiopolyamidesolid brassfunctional
xBloom🇺🇸pourover$800-$1,200Computational pour-over in aluminum monolith - NFC bean cards with Creative Mode tweaking via appstainless steelaluminumminimalist
