Kind of a cool concept: eclectic independent film company A24—who created films like Mid90s, Ex Machina, Lady Bird—partnered up with Joya to create a scented candle collection inspired by six classic film genres: Horror, Western, Thriller, Noir, Adventure and Musical. Each genre has a unique scent profile comprised of natural ingredients and essences. Each 7-ounce candle burns for 50-60 hours.
Getting a Christmas ornament as a gift is usually right up there with that sweater from your aunt. Not this year. Smirnoff figured it out. They filled their festive holiday baubles with vodka. Each of the 6 different designs is filled with 750 milliliters of the brand’s triple-distilled No. 21 vodka. The ideal elixir for quality time with the family. Celebrate responsibly, LOL. Available wherever Smirnoff is sold.
Combining convective, conductive and radiant heat, the Portable Gas Pizza Oven Box from Bakerstone quickly reaches the temps of a real wood-fired pizza oven. Reaching over 800º f in just minutes. Powered by propane, it is fully portable with travel-ready fold-up legs, so it’s good to go for making proper pizza anywhere you choose.
Give your kitchen or office an extra little twist of style with the Twist Shelf. It’s a 2-in-1 shelf and magnetic board made of solid oak. The magnets hold your kitchen knives at the ready and the shelf will hold spices & other cooking tools you want to keep handy. It measures just over 27 inches in length & mounts easily to the wall with 2 screws.
This sinister-looking device is actually a handy kitchen utensil; one that allows you to inject marinades, brines and other flavorings into your meat and poultry. It is faster & more effective than traditional marination. The device holds 2 ounces of liquid and features BPA-free & stainless steel parts. It also comes with an assortment of needles for handling both thicker & thinner injectables.
Made of laser-cut birch plywood, the Moon Puzzle is a never-ending, tiling jigsaw puzzle with no edges so you can assemble in infinite ways. Within the 186 pieces there are 3 special puzzle pieces shaped like an astronaut, space shuttle, and a lunar lander. Once assembled, the puzzle shows the moon’s actual surface, based on an icosahedral projection.
The Taliesin armchair, designed by iconic American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1940s, is now available again. Designed at Talisien, his creative compound & atelier outside Scottsdale, Arizona, the chair was created for use in his own home but has been out of production for the past 30 years. Now it is being re-released in a limited edition by Italian manufacturer Cassina SpA.
The Masterpans were designed to cook everything & anything. They feature a divided design and raised ridges on the cook surface to keep grease and fat out of the way while producing legit grill marks. They’re also non-stick, with a double layer PFOA-free coating. The handles are removable for easy storage and portability and the pans feature an energy efficient induction base that distributes heat evenly.
In late November, Sotheby’s will host the 2nd Annual Space Exploration Auction, offering a wide array of space program memorabilia from both the Untied States and the Soviet Union. From a complete Gemini space suit to a Soviet sample taken from the moon to technical equipment, original artwork and images, the auction gives anyone with a worthy bid a shot at owning their own piece of original space exploration history.
This is real film buff stuff. The Directors Collection celebrates the cinema icons who made the greatest films of all time. They are 16 X 20in. fine art Giclée prints on textured, acid-free paper in limited, hand numbered, signed, and embossed editions of 200. Kubrick, Spielberg, Scorcese, Lynch, and many more.
Here’s a convenient way to keep your daily Amazon Prime deliveries safe & secure until you get home. The BoxLock is a keyless padlock that lets your package delivery person scan and drop off your packages into a locked box. The system essentially watches for a shipping event and then waits for the right barcode before opening. Once the delivery person scans the package, the lock opens, the delivery person sticks the package in a box or shed (not included) and locks it back up. You can then go and grab your package at your leisure.
Designed to deliver killer homemade pizza, the Smart Oven Pizzaiolo from Breville is a compact countertop oven featuring an innovative Element IQ system that reaches temps of up to 750° and maintains them to produce perfect pies. A variety of settings allow you to create the ideal baking environment to suit your needs for cooking frozen, Neapolitan, or thick crust pizzas. The oven also comes with a stainless steel pizza peel, & a carbon steel pan with a removable handle.
The Balvenie Bar Cart, designed by Mats Christensen, is the perfect vehicle and showcase for your favorite whiskeys. Made from reclaimed barrels, with a rustic wood exterior and charred interior, the cart celebrates the craft of distillery and blurs the line between furniture and art.
There are lots of choices these days for the smart lock that will make your points-of-entry more secure & easier to monitor. And the Secure Smart Lock from Lockly looks like a solid option. It uses a 3D fingerprint scanner and algorithm-generated passcode that can store up to 99 fingerprints. The lock supports wi-fi but doesn’t require connection to operate. And if it is connected, the algorithm security features prevent the possibility of hacking.
Bike Box 24 is a dedicated garage for your motorcycle, quad, bikes, & other toys. Designed and made in Germany, it provides reliably secure storage & protection against weather, UV exposure, theft, & vandalism. Requires no building permit & is approved by insurance companies. It features an overhead swinging tailgate with hydraulic springs and constructed of galvanized metal & plastic. Lockable, waterproof, and ventilated.
Juniper Books works with authors and publishers to create premium, hardcover book sets from your favorite writers that look better on your bookshelf. With original art & printed jackets, color-matching collections, and even options for creating your own custom sets, their products can transform your wall of books into a unique visual statement.
Since it first introduced the Roomba way back in 2002, iRobot has been steadily improving their little floor cleaning ’bot. The latest is the Roomba i7+ and two new features really stand out. For one, it can empty itself. When it returns to its charging dock the dirt inside is automatically sucked into a hopper that stores up to 30X its on-board capacity. Secondly, improved mapping means it memorizes & stores the layout of every room in your home to clean floors efficiently as possible, every time.
Locky is the world’s first smart key overlay, giving you the features of a smart lock with no door modifications. Merging the functions of key trackers and smart locks, it allows you to monitor your door status anytime from anywhere and it tracks your key usage, sending the data to a dedicated mobile app, so you’re in control 24 hours a day. Fits 90% of keys. A funded Kickstarter.
Combining Japanese steel with polished Damascus blades, the Shiroi Hana kitchen knife collection includes 10 premium quality knives that cover the full range of duties for a commercial kitchen. Recommended by Michelin Star chefs, the blades consist of 67 layers of premium steel, over an AUS-10 Japanese steel core. From the perfectly balanced 4” pairing knife to the 10” Magnum chef knife & everything in between, the collection is designed for durability & supreme sharpness. A funded Kickstarter.
Keurig has made their virtually effortless K-cup system into a household name around the world. Now they’re stepping up their caffeinated offerings with the introduction of K-Café, a countertop cappuccino and latté machine that’s every bit as easy. It uses the same coffee pods to make your cappuccino and features an on-board milk frother. The water tank holds 60-ounces of water and it can also make regular 6-, 8-, 10-, and 12-ounce cups of coffee. For cappuccino drinkers who don’t want to deal with a real machine, this is a great alternative.
