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Zone Inu Vase close-up showing mouth-blown glass texture and colour variation
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Zone Inu Vase: The Danish Mini Vase That Doubles as a Candleholder

The Zone Inu Vase is proof that a small object can carry a lot of craft. At just eleven centimetres across, this mouth-blown glass vase from Danish homeware label Zone Denmark looks deceptively simple — until you notice that no two are ever quite identical, a quiet reminder that a human glassblower, not a machine, shaped the one that ends up on your shelf. It is a modest object with a genuinely considered backstory, which is what makes it worth a closer look before you buy.
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Ester & Erik Candles hand-dipped in a range of colours
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Ester & Erik Candles: The Danish Family Business Still Hand-Dipping Every Taper

Most candles on a shelf were poured once, into a mould, and left to set. Ester & Erik candles are built the slower way — dipped by hand roughly two dozen times each, in a Danish factory that’s been run by the same family since 1987. It’s a labour-intensive process for something as ordinary as a taper candle, and it’s exactly why the brand’s candles have developed a following well beyond people who just need something to light at dinner.
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