Every now and then, we take a break from tracking down the best menswear on the web and direct our finely honed shopping acumen elsewhere: to the best non-menswear releases of the last few weeks. From nifty kitchen upgrades to headache-saving tech, this is all the new gear worth your time and hard-earned dollars.
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Parachute Pillow sofa
Parachute branched out from bed sheets with a line of bed frames, and now it’s going deeper into the furniture realm with sofas, chairs, and coffee tables. Its Pillow sofa feels like the sort of thing you’d want to sink in day into and day out, and it comes in 12 dreamy colorways.
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Momofuku ghost pepper chili crunch
Momofuku’s chili crunch is so good that we spent a whole newsletter raving about it. The original is great, but if you’re craving something hotter (and we mean really, really hot), then there’s a new ghost pepper version of it that’ll melt your face off. It has the same umami-packed flavor of the original but with just an extra kick of heat. It’s worth getting just to know how high your heat tolerance is—and to, of course, spice up everything you eat.
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Knoll Newson task chair
If you don’t know Marc Newson’s name, you surely know his designs. In fact, you’re probably wearing one: the Apple Watch. The industrial designer’s latest release is with furniture brand Knoll in the form of a new office chair. Featuring a floating-style seat, the Newson chair has an innovative tilt feature, which also gives the chair a unique design that has yet to be seen in the office chair world. Plus, it has all the standard customizations—like tilt control, seat depth, arm motion—to make this feel less like a task chair and more like a throne.
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Our Place Traditionware Diwali fry set
Ahead of Diwali on October 24, Our Place released a Diwali fry set, comprised of a cooling rack, slotted spoon, and diyas (or oil lamps). The set expands on Our Place’s Traditionware collection, which features cookware that pays homage to certain cultures and their culinary traditions.
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Caraway food storage set
Meal preppers rejoice! Caraway recently released a new line of food storage containers, which are easy to store and cute as hell, just like the brand’s line of popular pots and pans. Beware that no one steals these from the communal office fridge.
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Haand x Christopher Kerr-Ayer wine glass (2-pack)
Haand has made a name for itself as a purveyor of well-made, hand-crafted ceramics. Now the brand has added glassware to its lineup through a collection of hand-blown drinking glasses designed by glass artist Chris Kerr-Ayer. The current lineup includes a highball glass, a tumbler, and a very sleek wine glass.
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Gir baker’s bundle
Holiday baking season is nearly upon us, so Gir has your bases covered with its new pastry mat, oven mitts, and cupcake liners. The brand is known for its excellent silicone spatulas, and these fully silicone baking accessories are sure to be a winner too.
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Balmuda speaker
If you haven’t heard of Balmuda before, that’s ok. The Japanese brand made a name for itself with an exceptional $300 toaster (true story), and the brand has now released a portable speaker that comes with LED lights which light up in time with your music. The immersive sound in conjunction with the light show makes this feel like a rave in your own home.
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Fly By Jing chili crisp vinaigrette
It’s not hard to make a vinaigrette. You really just need acid and oil, plus some accoutrements to make it taste good. In the case of Fly By Jing’s new chili crisp vinaigrette, its acid is an aged black vinegar, its oil is a sesame oil, and the accoutrement is Fly By Jing’s flagship product, the tongue-tingling Sichuan Chili Crisp. For once, you’ll actually be hyped to eat a salad.
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Vermicular oven-safe skillet
Last year, the Japanese cookware brand released an enameled cast-iron skillet, but sadly it wasn’t oven-safe because of its wooden handle. The brand has since swapped out the wooden handle for an aluminum one to solve that problem. It’s super-lightweight, gets ripping hot, and comes in four sizes for all your cooking needs.
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Tom Gozney Signature Edition Roccbox
Portable pizza ovens are hot, in many interpretations of the word, and Gozney is one of the brands that helped kickstart the trend. It produces some of the best at-home pizza ovens around for pizza parlor-caliber pies you can cook up in your own backyard. Founder Tom Gozney turned to pizza making after rehab, and has since been 15 years sober, which is why proceeds from the new limited-edition matte black Roccbox pizza oven are going to three charities that help people struggling with addiction. Another huge perk: You’ll get some damn good pizzas out of it.
