So for me these last few weeks it has been all about the bags. Like many of my fellow Dubs, I cycle into work. It’s a great way to get into the city and also I am loving starting the...
Finally, the sequel to Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls by Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli is here, and I love it! One hundred more stories about (and for) famous girls and famous women with revolutionary minds and heroic actions. Each spread in...
I usually make an effort to try and bring my lunch to work with me most days (or mostly when I remember and am organised enough) and although January is well underway, lovely healthy salads just still aren't as appealing...
Sam and Nessa are living the dream life - carving beautiful creations at their Irish countryside workshop. They grow organic vegetables in the garden. They also have a cat called Dude. They make useful and beautiful wooden homeware products that we...
This week we meet Dead Famous creator Fintan Wall. Fintan is an illustrator living in Dublin. He also creates a range of funny mugs and delightful greeting cards. Check out his Dead Famous prints here. So what is working for...
This week in our Q & A Series we meet Ned Kaar. Ned designs and makes the beautiful Hands Lamp Collection. Rooted in Irish heritage but made of modern materials, Ned uses engineering materials reshaped using traditional techniques to create...
A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex and the Mind (it's a mouthful but it's also kind of fun to say) is a powerful collection of essays by acclaimed novelist Siri Hustvedt. Siri Hustvedt is an...
Sprout pencils have to be one of the coolest new products we have in the store! They're such a simple idea and they're so clever. (and cute!) With a sprout pencil, there's a tiny capsule of seeds where you'd usually...
