Objects of Desire

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Object Niacinamide Restorative Cream by Malin + Goetz

£84

It’s London Fashion Week in London and among the line-up of special launches we’re coveting this brand new Malin + Goetz product, launched as part of the London Fashion Week programme at an exclusive party earlier this week. This small pot delivers a big difference: noticeable hydration after once use, for up to 72 hours. It is the brand’s most advanced face cream yet, with other benefits designed to tackle and target the signs of aging. We’ll be reaching for this as the central heating comes on…

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The Wick Culture - Bottega Venta Pencil Case

Object Intrecciato Cylinder Pencil Case by Bottega Veneta

€750

The ultimate back to school moment comes in this Intrecciato Cylinder Pencilcase by Bottega Veneto. Crafted in Italy with black leather with a calfskin lining, its is super supple and sleek, with silver finishes and a single, fuss-free compartment. It is so achingly cool, it almost makes us wish we were going back to the classroom…

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The Wick Culture - Miu Miu Backpack

Object Canvas and leather backpack by Miu Miu

€1,650

A backpack, but make it Miu Miu – this canvas and leather beauty takes cues from a classic school uniform but elevates them with artisanal details and a designer attitude. All of the functionality of a school bag – with pockets galore – and the option of wearing it in different ways to suit the mood. Definitely too good for the playground.

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The Wick Culture - William Morris Notebook

Object Cray Leather A5 Notebook by William Morris

£18.50

September means back to school – and even though those days may be long behind, this William Morris designed, recycled leather notebook gives us the fresh feel of a new term. Available through the William Morris Gallery, the plain pages begged to be filled with sketches and ideas. Cray was designed by Morris in 1884, but remains a timeless, Arts and Crafts classic.

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The Wick Culture - I am. We Are. Liberty by Ester Coen

Object I am. We Are. Liberty by Ester Coen

£80

Iconic London department store Liberty turns 150 this year, and to celebrate this landmark moment in its history, they’ve produced a travelling exhibition and this glorious publication bringing new historical, social and cultural perspectives to Liberty’s past and present by the likes of Thomas Heatherwick, Emma Dabiri, and Grayson Perry. The story begins with founder Arthur Lasenby, who opened his first store on Regent Street in 1875 and winds up in the imagined future. Much more than a conventional book, the publication was conceived with Trolley Books as an exhibition in a box modelled after Duchamp’s La Boîte-en-valise and Andy Warhol’s Index and Photoworks’s Festival in a Box. A true collector’s item and a timeless, engaging slice of British cultural, fashion and design history.

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The Wick Culture - Early Works by Stephen Shore

Object Early Work by Stephen Shore

£55

Stephen Shore’s remarkable, groundbreaking career in photography began aged 6, with a gift. The photographer’s lifelong passion for photography stemmed from his first Kodak Darkroom kit, and has evolved through decades of devoted practice photographing his surroundings, American vernacular scenes, everyday life and culture that often surprise with colour and details. This new book, published by MACK books and available to pre-order ahead of its 1st September release date, reveals some of Shore’s earliest ever pictures, taken as a teen in New York in the 1960s.

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The Wick Culture - I Write to Find Out What I am Thinking by Joan Didion

Object I Write to Find Out What I am Thinking by Joan Didion

£17.99

Out next week is this essential summer read from Penguin Random House, an omnibus edition of late legendary American writer and journalist Joan Didion’s collected nonfiction, including her deeply personal works on parenthood, grief and aging, Blue Nights, South and West, Let Me Tell You What I Mean – the final four books she published – and her bestselling, The Year of Magical Thinking. This is a collection that shows Didion “at her best: bearing witness to our history, illuminating our culture, and shedding light on the human condition.” Didion passed away in 2021 aged 87 but her legacy lives boldly on, as this collection of her brilliant writing proves.

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The Wick Culture - Philip Colbert plush toy

Object Lobster Burger Soft Toy by Philip Colbert

£70

A fun take on the marine theme: Philip Colbert’s smile-inducing Lobster Burger soft toy is a plush take on the artist and designer’s famous cartoon lobster character – Colbert’s playful alter-ego. As the artist puts it “I became an artist when I became a Lobster.” This particular lobster persona represents Colbert’s ongoing fascination with Pop consumer culture.

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The Wick Culture - Breton top

Object Breton Top by Armor Lux

£50

No seaside trip would be complete without an Armor Lux breton top. The French label are the go-to for the classic stripe cotton jersey top, originally designed for French naval officers in the 19th century. Coco Chanel, taking inspiration from fisherman on the French Riviera, adopted the design in 1917 and made it a timeless fashion staple. It has since become iconic with effortless French chic – worn by Pablo Picasso, Audrey Hepburn and Brigitte Bardot, to name a few.

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