FOR THE KITCHEN

1. Perfect for stews, fries, braising, and baking, the Dutch oven from Le Creuset has been a kitchen must-have since 1925.
2. In the 1940s, legendary Hungarian-American designer Eva Zeisel designed the Town and Country tableware collection, complete with these playful “Shmoo” salt and pepper shakers.
3. The Krenit Bowl came about thanks to material scientist Herbert Krenchel’s two obsessions: creating a perfectly thin edge and eating salad.

FOR THE OFFICE

• Enzo Mari designed several calendars, but the Timor perpetual calendar remains relevant indefinitely—both because of its literally lasting design and because of its persisting style.
• Inspired by Japanese fashion, Gothic architecture, Victorian art, and American jazz, the Matsuda glasses are full of experimental, international, avant-garde spirit.
• Richard Sapper’s Static Clock uses a deep pressed aluminum counterweight to stay upright, and its convex glass face eliminates distortions and reflections.

FOR THE BATHROOM

• Many candles smell good, but how many can trace their history to 1643 and the Imperial Court of France?! Trudon does both.
• The smooth, curved wood of the Artek Aalto Stool 60 is an instantly recognizable example of Scandinavian functionalism designed by Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto in 1933.
• The Oxford shirt is the definition of preppy cool—and you can even have it as a robe, lined with terry cloth and emblazoned with a signature Ralph Lauren pony.

FOR THE BEDROOM

• George Nelson designed the first Bubble Lamp in 1952, inspired by a silky Swedish pendant lamp and the mothballed Liberty ships, covered in netting and sprayed with self-webbing plastic.
• The Hudson Bay Point Blanket is perhaps the most recognizable blanket of all. The multistripe colorway of green, red, yellow, and indigo dates back to 1798, making this blanket a true classic.
• Inspired by the lakes of his native Finland, Alvar Aalto’s 1936 vases are modeled after waves—aalto in Finnish.