Summer seemed to have asked a lot of everyone. This issue is for whoever's still behind on sleep and on all the parts of life deferred until "after summer." As usual, we went looking for the corners of the internet and the world that are building something beautiful. Some places for rest and inspiration, some pieces to make your home a more peaceful place. Here's what we found.
fall cabins, dnd
We curated a running list of the quiet, foliage-adjacent spaces we love for the fall season, from both hinter and beyond; places built for disappearing for a few days. It's live on ddriftt now.
a london exhibition that slows down the mind
Amar Kanwar — Serpentine North, London. Opens September 23. Kanwar’s film and video installations turn the gallery into a meditative visual and sonic environment; a unique show built for a slow down.
the one we have our eye on
Na Praia — Carvalhal, near Comporta. A decade in the making by José António Uva, the same family behind São Lourenço do Barrocal — with Studio KO (Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty) on architecture and Thomas Doxiadis on landscape. Uva scaled back the approved construction by 80% to protect the dunes. “the landscape gives us our architecture,” Marty says. “we don’t want to impose ourselves.” 113 keys, five restaurants built around hyper-local Alentejo, opening this spring. Not bookable yet, but we’ll tell you when it is.
from the studio
hinter’s first-ever city showroom is in Lisbon. It’s a lived-in space for the objects and furniture we love. The xBloom Studio, is an engineered object doing the work of three — 48mm conical burrs, a scale accurate to 0.1g, three pour patterns, water arriving at the perfect temperature. Works with whatever beans you already have, or their own pods, whichever you prefer that morning. It’s the kind of object that makes you stand still for four minutes on purpose and enjoy the moment.
the last wood-fired pottery kiln in portugal
Redondo, Portugal — Alentejo. Five hundred years of pottery in one small inland town, now down to six working studios from a peak of forty. Olaria Poço Velho still fires its kiln the old way; the last wood-fired oven left in the village. Olaria Pirraça, a family workshop around for four generations, stays true to its 1930s maximalist floral style. Seems to be a hidden gem, with no tourist infrastructure to speak of, which is exactly why it’s worth the detour if you’re anywhere near Évora.
Bonus: If you’re planning a trip to Portugal, here’s a curated design and food focused guide. Lisbon, and other places in the country are full of little secrets, design spaces and incredible food. Emily, from hinter has curated her selections, after living in Lisbon for over a year. Plus, some secret beaches, art galleries, shops, wellness experiences and more.
mios collection
MIOS New York — a ceramics-and-lighting studio working in porcelain, stoneware, and terracotta, every piece handmade to order. Just picked up Best of Lighting at ICFF Launch Pad 2026, recognizing immersing design and innovation within the field. The kind of object that makes a room feel more intentional, and importantly, more inviting.
for the one planning a wedding
Some of you are deep in the journey of organizing a wedding which comes with a hundred different decisions. Tara, by Pawan Sukhedo (@worldxtara) is a New York-based wedding planning and design studio. They focused on the story behind every couple, and weave it into the design behind every wedding and event. "Beauty is important," she says. "how people feel is unforgettable."
hanging on to the sound of summer
Martin Brugger — The Shell — Squama Recordings, Munich. Squama was started by Brugger and designer Maximilian Schachtner after they met hosting a community radio show. The label's whole ethos is following their gut feeling and is visually indebted to the old ECM jazz aesthetic. The Shell is lowercase ambient, tape-warped and somewhat falling apart at the edges; press has called it the soundtrack to a summer already fading. Exactly the in-between feeling we are feeling right now.
shell-phones
What if we let something be useless on purpose? Katerina Shukshina, based in the Russian countryside has no formal art training and gets her inspiration from whatever’s growing nearby: a zucchini becomes a pair of Chanel ballet flats, a jacket stitched from cabbage leaves, is photographed once, then fed to her chickens. Her organic creations barely survive the day. Her seashells hold up better, as she’s turned them into wired earbuds, Shell-phones.
What we’re dying to know… if you put them on, can you hear the ocean?
your turn
What's the thing you let yourself do for no reason at all; nothing to show for it after?
The coffee you make slowly and only take a mental photograph of, or the art you made just for yourself. If you’re willing to let us into your little secret, leave it in the comments.
The future is bright. ⍋
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