Octaevo is a Barcelona-based studio designing paper vases, home decor, tableware, and stationery inspired by the vivid colours, ancient philosophy and quiet mystery of the Mediterranean. Every piece is considered and restrained, balancing craftsmanship with quality materials to create objects that feel good, function well, and fit naturally into everyday life. Made to last and sourced with care, Octaevo's collections bring a sense of Mediterranean warmth and story into the home.

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Miró Paper Vase - Main à la poursuite d’un oiseau

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Miró Paper Vase - L’Or de l’azur

Miró Paper Vase - Femme, oiseau, étoile

Emporio Paper Vase

Janus Paper Vase

Dolce Vita Cocktail Picks (Set of 4)

Pasta Party Cocktail Picks (Set of 4)

Candy Crush Cocktail Picks (Set of 4)

Tutti Frutti Cocktail Picks (Set of 4)

Lucky Charm Cocktail Picks (Set of 4)

Patio Mini Paper Vase

Sicilia Ceramic Trivet

Giza Ceramic Tray

Giza Mini Paper Vase

Giza Paper Vase

Patio Paper Vase

Templo High Tray

Riviera Napkins, Fine Stripe (Set of 4)

Riviera Napkins, Wide Stripe (Set of 4)

Paloma Coasters (Set of 4)

Paloma Placemats (Set of 2)

Double-sided Tablecloth Paloma

If there’s one person who deserves a Christmas present for all those dinners they’ve hosted, it’s the one who’s been feeding everyone else. A new set of cocktail napkins, a rather lovely serving bowl or a tablecloth for the next time they have friends over. Gifting for hosts is about finding something they’ll bring out whenever people come round, and hopefully put to good use over Christmas, too.

Gifting for Hosts

Surfer Ainara (@ainaraymat) lives in Zarautz, twenty minutes along the coast from San Sebastián. We followed her between the two, from the coffee bar she starts the day in to a pintxos counter where nobody sits down. These are the places she keeps going back to, and the ones most visitors walk straight past.
With Magic Capture on Google Pixel 11 Pro, she films the wave and pulls the stills out afterwards, so she can watch the water instead of the screen.
Watch Ainara’s guide to San Sebastián on Instagram.

San Sebastián and Zarautz Guide

The kitchen is the room that gets used hardest and shopped for most carelessly. A peeler from the supermarket, a chopping board that came free with something, glasses that survived the last move. The 17 brands in this edit are the case for doing it on purpose: chopping boards cut in a Dartmouth workshop, enamel that has kept its blue rim since the 1920s, glass mouth-blown in Poland, hand-painted plates made in Portugal for a Belgian label. Some of it is built for the hob and some of it for the table. Here's who to save.

17 Kitchenware Brands to Follow

Stylist and fashion writer Johanna Lager (@johannalager) lives and works here. We followed her through her Stockholm, from the bakery where her order never changes to a 1920s cinema with a night sky built into the ceiling. These are the places she keeps going back to, and the ones most visitors walk straight past.
With Magic Capture on Google Pixel 11 Pro, she gets the video and the stills in one go, and stays in the moment.
Watch Johanna's guide to Stockholm on Instagram here.

Stockholm Guide

Hot Takes is a new monthly series on the things that make life better. Our creative director, Laura Jackson’s lends her lens on a tightly edited selection of what’s worth knowing about. First up: Bags Made for Living.

Laura Jackson’s Hot Takes: Carry Your Life

The drinks matter. The room matters more than anyone likes to admit.
A good bar is a piece of set design. The lighting is low, the seating is arranged so everyone can see everyone else, and the bartender stands where the eye naturally lands. Here are seven rooms that would hold up with the lights on. Nobody has checked.

Some of the World's Most Beautiful Cocktail Bars

Our Monthly What's On is a curated round-up of the exhibitions, restaurant openings, residencies and gigs we're making plans for. From gallery shows and design fairs to new tables worth booking, cultural moments to catch, and the under-the-radar events you'll wish you'd heard about sooner.
Think of it as your cultural compass for the month ahead: a considered edit of art, food, music and design, chosen to inspire weekends well spent.
October is the month London stops pacing itself. Frieze lands mid-month and drags the entire art world with it, the film festival runs for twelve days either side, and the big autumn exhibitions open in a cluster in the first fortnight. Book the things that need booking now, and leave a weekend free for the ones that don't.

What's On In October

Our weekly Nice Things Edit is a curated Monday round-up of what we’re loving right now. From our favourite pieces on Glassette to a recipe, a watch, a read, a place to visit, a restaurant, and a gift worth bookmarking.
Each week, every member of the Glassette team shares their current favourites, whether that’s new arrivals, pieces we’ve spotted trending, or timeless finds we can’t stop thinking about. Think of it as a weekly dose of joy, discovery, and design inspiration, handpicked by the Glassette team.

Nice Things This Week

The supper club sits somewhere between a dinner party and a restaurant. You eat what you're given, at a time someone else has decided, usually next to people you've never met. What you get in return is a menu nobody had to make commercially viable: a chef testing an idea, a format that would collapse across a full service, food that arrives in the middle of the table because there's no other sensible way to serve it.
The 11 below run out of home kitchens, a decommissioned Victoria line carriage, a 200-year-old cotton mill on the River Goyt and a lakeside restaurant in the Cotswolds. Some seat 32 people four times a year. Some are built on the assumption that you're coming alone. Prices start around £30 and go to £140, and the only constant is that someone else has decided what you're eating.

The UK's Best Supper Clubs

Struggling with your winter table setting after Christmas? This Glassette guide explains how to set a winter table that feels calm, modern and intentional - without festive leftovers. From colour and texture to lighting and proportion, learn how to reset your table for winter properly.