The Art of Caviar

The Art of Caviar

We are excited to announce our inaugural Poet and/the Bench salon series, The Art of… Our first gathering will be The Art of Caviar.
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Muses: Art + Community

Muses: Art + Community

We went to an ArtSpan panel on “Hyperlocal Art & Community: Collecting Art in the Bay Area.” Important issues were raised and we wanted to pass on some of the inspirations and a few on-topic new ones.
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Conversations with an Artist: Matthew Schildkret of Late Sunday Afternoon

Conversations with an Artist: Matthew Schildkret of Late Sunday Afternoon

Matthew Schildkret is the founder of Late Sunday Afternoon, his brand and retail store in Venice, CA. Matthew sews his line of scarves, ascots, pocket squares and bandanas from locally sourced dead-stock fabric; benefitting the planet and with limited edition styles, gets us all coveting each new launch. We love these yummy accessories and how Matthew and his team are a force for good in the world. We're happy to have discovered Late Sunday Afternoon.

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Conversations with an Artist: Maddalena Bearzi

Conversations with an Artist: Maddalena Bearzi

Maddalena Bearzi is a jewelry designer, scientist and author. We love that in Maddalena’s jewelry, you can see the influences of her work in the natural environment. Her textile jewelry and one-of-a-kind metal jewelry are organic, earthy, elegant and with that right bit of edge.
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Sarah Hanna_Calligraphy_Poet and the Bench

Celebrate Love & Happiness

Saturday Feb 10
1-4pm

Join us for live custom calligraphy Valentines with Sarah Hanna and shop new designers. Come play!

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Conversations with an Artist: Marja Germans Gard

Conversations with an Artist: Marja Germans Gard

Marja Germans Gard is the creator of the MGG Studio jewelry collection. She is a dynamic female founder, small business builder and a maker who has a passion for working with her hands. We love her streamlined silhouettes and constantly evolving and inspired collections. 
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Hello the Sun Luxury Organic Tea | Poet and the Bench

Hello the Sun

Our new luxury tea will put a little sparkle in your morning. We spent months sourcing just the right ingredients and Jeffrey blended over 40 different recipes until we landed on a perfectly refreshing union of flavors.
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Conversations with an Artist: Moebe

Conversations with an Artist: Moebe

Moebe is the Scandinavian design brand of cabinetmaker Anders Thams and architects Nicholas Oldroyd and Martin D. Christensen. We found their objects in stores in and around Copenhagen and were coveting their clean, modern design. Serendipitously, we found ourselves at their showroom. We are thrilled to be one of the first US stores to carry them.
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Conversations with an Artist: Kaja Skytte

Conversations with an Artist: Kaja Skytte

We discovered Kaja Skytte and her studio when we were walking through the Vesterbro neighborhood of Copenhagen. The Galaxy Globe mobiles hanging in the window captured our attention with their modern, jewel-like elegance resembling small solar systems. Her Planteplaneter are based on a traditional Japanese technique and we loved the way they made the plants heroic in their suspension. We're excited to share Kaja's Galaxy Globes, Halos and Hangers.
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Conversations with an Artist: Kirsty Badenoch

Conversations with an Artist: Kirsty Badenoch

Artist collaborations show us the multidimensionality of art where interpretations of a body of work share a mutual obsession but differing interpretations. We loved that our meeting Kaja Skytte in Copenhagen led us to architect and artist Kirsty Badenoch.
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Travel to Copenhagen. A Copenhagen City Guide by Poet and the Bench

Travelogue: Copenhagen

We had high hopes for our discovery trip to Copenhagen and wow did we ever fall in the love! The design and culture inspiration blew us away.
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Nordic Pop Up

Nordic Pop Up

Join us and shop new designers, vintage items and other super fabulous objects we discovered in Copenhagen and from around Scandinavia. We're also debuting a few new local designers. Come play!
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