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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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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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Turn the world the other way up.
A handmade globe makes the familiar map strange again, without changing the planet.
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The detail at the bottom of the glass.
Adolf Loos’s 1931 glassware hides its most elaborate work where you might least expect it.
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