Flowers Hand-Painted Slipware Cheese Board (12.5in/32cm)

Flowers Hand-Painted Slipware Cheese Board (12.5in/32cm)Tradition lives on through Poterie dvires, as each collection is informed by the rich heritage of its home, Haute Savoie. The studio refuses to stand still, so the design language is always fresh and new. But while this aspect evolves, the making formula stays the same: the clay is prepared, turned, decorated, fired, manipulated and glazed, using a wood burning kiln of five cubic meters' capacity and the art of the hand touch. The resultswhich are

with the plexiglass interior serving as the perfect vessel for the pillar candle of your choice

trinkets or something else entirely

By Walid’s intricate woollen needlepoint cushion features floral embroideries backed onto a 19th-century linen – a repurposed vintage fabric that has been modernised by Walid to retell age-old crafting stories

whether it’s embossment or the bounded Dauphin calf leather

a burst of blue contrasts with the transparent glass sphere

could be cloaked individuals creeping closer

Riviere’s Alghero collection comprises a series of bathroom accessories – such as this box – with handwoven leather-covered metal structures

architectural aesthetic to the world of games with this dice set

as do boxwood checkers and dice

She claims to feel moved by its honesty and authentic charm

presenting chess on one side and backgammon on the other

third-generation family business Geoffrey Parker still makes each one of its games by hand