Perfect for curious kids, this kit provides everything needed to teach children to grow flowers, herbs and vegetables right from seed. Each kit contains a grow tray with seed-growing pellets, reusable tea bags, three seed packets and easy-grow instructions.

Alexa Harrison Public Relations Director

This stainless steel cocktail set from Cocktail Kingdom contains: one Seamless Mixing Glass, one Hoffman® Barspoon, one Japanese Style Jigger, one set of Koriko® Weighted Shaking Tins, and one Koriko® Hawthorne Strainer.

Sturdy and squat, the Brown Betty teapot is a British classic. This redesigned take is the result of years of research by ceramicist Ian Mcintyre, who reincorporated long-lost features such as a no-drip spout and a locking lid. 

Anne Ewbank Senior Associate Editor, Gastro Obscura

A picture frame that uses an optical illusion to make objects—in this case, two feathers—appear to move in graceful slow motion.

This clock uses an ingenious system of geometrical masking to convert the sun’s angle into a digital read-out of the time. Though the math for this sundial was worked out in the 1990s, it took the more recent advent of high-resolution 3D-printers to bring this magical device into being.

Joshua Foer Co-Founder

A wall clock pared down to the essentials. Hang it as-is in your minimalist living room, our surround it with family photos for a different looks entirely.