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A laptop with a next chapter.
Framework Laptop 13 makes replacement parts and repair instructions part of the product. Even its mainboard can have a job outside the original computer.
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THE WHV WORLD
Objects & Useful Technology
Tools, technology and daily rituals with a reason to choose them.
Our perspective on Objects & Useful Technology
THE QUESTION WE BRING
What makes the object exceptional in use, beyond its appearance or specification?
OUR FIELD OF VIEW
- Coffee, tableware and domestic rituals
- Writing instruments and precision tools
- Personal technology and useful systems
Each selection begins with a specific subject, a reason to care and evidence worth examining.
In view.
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The handle that closes the pot.
Richard Sapper’s Alessi 9090 makes a familiar coffee ritual slightly different. Its handle is part of the closing mechanism, not just something to hold.
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Espresso with room for your hand.
La Pavoni’s Europiccola turns a morning coffee into a small physical craft. Its enduring idea is not automation, but keeping the person visibly involved in the work of extraction.
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The jug with another morning in it.
Erik Magnussen’s Stelton EM77 makes a simple serving gesture distinctive. A replaceable glass insert gives the familiar cylinder another practical reason to stay.
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The light with a parts list.
Petromax’s HK500 turns light into a visible mechanical process. Its named replacement components make continued use a more concrete proposition than nostalgia alone.
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The seal between mornings.
The familiar Moka Express keeps its place through use. A replaceable gasket and filter make its maintenance easier to understand.
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A pen for the next bottle of ink.
The Pelikan M800 makes refilling part of the object. The interesting question is not how impressive a pen looks, but what keeps it in your hand.
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A machine for a first draft.
The Olivetti Lettera 22 makes writing a physical sequence of decisions. Its design history matters, but a working keyboard matters more.
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The value of a used tool.
An Opinel No.6 makes a modest proposition: useful material, a legible mechanism and a blade whose life depends on care.
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Namiki: a surface worth slowing down for.
Namiki’s vermilion No.20 turns an everyday gesture into an encounter with Japanese lacquer.
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The tool that can give other things a future.
A bronze smoothing plane earns its place through the surfaces it makes and the skill it invites.
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Turn the world the other way up.
A handmade globe makes the familiar map strange again, without changing the planet.
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