Northern Comfort takes a close look at some of the Nordic region’s most inspiring and insightful ideas and individuals.

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The Ferm Living Dora Towel Stand is made from powder-coated metal, making it rust-resistant and suitable for use in damp conditions, like your bathroom. And the Dora Towel Stand's simple yet functional design allows you to hang several towels at once, as well as to provide you with extra storage space below.

Dora Towel Stand

Color

Hair & Body

The warm, cozy light from the Menu Column Table Lamp makes any space more inviting. And best of all, it's cordless and can be recharged via a USB charger. So you can try out in all your favorite places.

LED bulb

3 brightness settings
Designed by Norm Architects

Column Led Table Lamp

Table Lamps

The Menu Torso Table Lamp, designed by Krøyer-Sætter-Larsen, is gently rounded for a soft expression. And the understated sculptural base has a timeless feel that's instantly at home in any setting. Its tactile shade diffuses the light to create instant ambiance, and the brass touch dimmer allows for a personal setting.

Dimmer placed on top of shade with three dimming levels.

Torso Table Lamp

Designed by Nina Bruun, the Houkime Rug is classic in its expression, woven in a ribbed pattern from plush cotton and tencel for a tactile finish. The timeless colors works with every interior style, adding elegance and warmth to spaces large and small.

Houkime Rug, Midnight Blue

Size

Scandinavia Dreaming illustrates today’s evolving story of Nordic design: one that is equal parts elegance, function, and tradition.

Scandinavia Dreaming

The Menu Duca Candle Holder gets its name from the Latin word for "extend" by doing exactly that: by loosening the screw on its slender stem, the height of the design can be adjusted as the candle burns. Cast in polished or bronzed brass and detailed with rattan enfolded around its lower half, the simple yet impactful design brings a sense of intimacy and warmth to its surroundings. A small screw on the side of the design allows you to adjust the height, extending or shortening the telescopic stick to the desired effect.

Duca Candle Holder

Finish

Candleholders

Designed by Nina Bruun, the Houkime Rug is classically woven from plush cotton and tencel for a tactile finish. The timeless colors work with every interior style to add elegance and warmth to spaces, large or small.

Houkime Rug, Beige

Spaces Designed for the Senses
People say beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. In The Touch, Kinfolk and Norm Architects present an alternative: that good design is not only visually appealing—it engages all of the human senses.
The Touch presents five essential building blocks of human-centric design—light, materiality, color, nature and community—and welcomes you into over 25 spaces that exemplify how haptic design elements can provide a more luxurious quality of living. This new collaboration between Nathan Williams of Kinfolk and Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen of Norm Architects offers a wealth of inspiration through stunning photography, philosophical essays, and practical tips from the minds of design industry leaders.

The Touch: Spaces Designed For The Senses

An everyday staple piece, this oversized throw is made for movie nights, afternoon naps, and mornings on the patio. Woven in a rich blend of cotton and lambswool, the Ferm Living Herringbone Blanket presents an updated classic with the traditional herringbone pattern.

W: 47.24 x H: 70.87 in

Made from 50% lambswool and 50% cotton

Dry clean only

Herringbone Blanket

Modern and chic, the Ferm Living Liba Watering Can is made entirely from recycled plastic. Its attractive and streamlined form recalls classic clay water pitchers. And it's lightweight, making it easy to carry around for your gardening needs.

Holds up to 5 liters
W: 7.87 x H: 15.35 x D: 7.28 in

Suitable for outdoor use
Made in Denmark

Liba Watering Can

The beautiful Hasami Porcelain Bowl in black is handmade in small batches from a unique blend of local stones and potter's clay, producing a grainy texture with a matte finish that's also stain-resistant and highly durable. The collection is modular, where each piece is stackable with others of the same diameter.

Stackable
Dishwasher and microwave safe
Made in Hasami, Japan where ceramics have been the primary craft for the past 400 years

Bowl In Black

Serving Bowls

The Ferm Living Herman chair is elegant, well-designed, and comfortable enough to hold you for hours and hours. The lightweight design and the welcoming look make it suitable for both dining room tables at home and large conference facilities.

Stackable
Rounded backrest doubles as an armrest, and also allows you to hang him from a tabletop.
Designed by Herman Studio

Herman Chair Chrome

Chairs

Full of writing, reports, and recommendations, The Monocle Guide to Better Living is original, informative, entertaining and comprehensive. This is not a book about glitz but rather an upbeat survey of products and ideas built to treasure and last.

The Monocle Guide To Better Living

A child’s room must be fun both for its smaller inhabitants and for the parents that arrange them; it’s here that budding young minds first begin to explore the world. These rooms have plenty to do, acting as playrooms, places to sleep, reading nooks, and spaces for young minds to concentrate and let their creativity unfold. Years can be spent playing and learning in a child’s room; a sibling might move in, making it a space for laughter and sharing. Setting up a children’s room can be a wonderful challenge. Little Big Rooms is here to offer inspiration to parents, full of exciting tips for new rooms or spaces in need of an update, as well as furniture and accessory recommendations sure to please everyone in the family.

Little Big Rooms

The light diffuses evenly across the unworked stone, left raw to allow the light to highlight its natural imperfections, revealing shadows and an intriguing color play that seems to stem from the base itself. Fitted with a dim-to-warm LED light source, the Reverse Lamp casts warm light on a bedside table or subdued light on a cabinet surface, making it an elegant and characterful solution to a multitude of lighting needs.

Reverse Table Lamp

The Kinto Aroma Oil Warmer produces a pleasant scent throughout your home. Its design is reminiscent of coffee equipment and adds warmth to your interior space. And the heat-resistant glass cup and stainless steel stand have simple structures that are easy to maintain.

The candle cover elegantly integrates the candle with the stand. The hole on the bottom makes it easy to exchange candles.
Silicone rubber on the bottom acts as a cushion and protects your table from the heat of the candle.
The glass cup detaches easily from the stand for washing and maintenance.

Aroma Oil Warmer

Scented Oils

KANSO Gift Cards are the perfect choice for last minute gifts or when you’re not sure what to give. Let them choose something timeless and unique from our thoughtfully curated assortment of home goods.
Our gift cards have no additional processing fees and do not expire.

Gift Card

Amount

Luggage & Travel

Designed to feel great in your hand, the Delfonics Mechanical Pencil's familiar hexagonal shape is made from natural wood to resemble a classic pencil.

Uses .5mm lead
Embossed logo
Made in Japan

Mechanical Wood Pencil .5mm

Pens & Pencils

Made of solid brass, this Incense Holder is made in Takaoka City, a Japanese city known for its copper, brass, and metalware craftsmanship. With each piece cast and polished by hand, they are small in stature yet well-made.

Perfectly fits the Hasami Porcelain incense

Solid brass
0.8" (2 cm)

Brass Ball Incense Holder

Incense Holders

The Menu Echasse Bowl reimagines the classic elegance of glass vases and bowls. The Échasse Series brings a minimalist silhouette with a distinguished, playful edge to modern and traditional spaces. Designed by Theresa Rand, this playful concept beautifully interprets the word “échasse”: French for “stilts”. The slender, stilt-like supporting legs delicately suspend the glass forms, creating a sense of lightness while ensuring stability. The Échasse Bowl is available in two sizes in smoked glass and brushed brass, offering a modern, centerpiece-worthy take on the traditional serving bowl. Simple and purposeful, this is counter- and tabletop storage that is both modern and elegant.

Echasse Bowl

Home Decor

Crafted from solid ash, the Ferm Living Insert Side Table is a sturdy, yet sculptural side table. It expresses the meeting of the substantial cylinder base and the light oval top, seemingly floating on the small, geometric joint. The table is a subtle piece of art in your home, and the small size makes it perfect for rooms of all sizes.

Insert Side Table

End Tables

The Phare Lamp from MENU is crafted out of aluminum for 100% recyclability, durability, and lightness; it's also simple to transport. Meanwhile, the lamp's sphere/shade is made from injected plastic, offering long-term durability. Its design results from a reduction process focused on adding all necessary parts without adding too much. Instead, by omitting superfluous or decorative elements, only its function gives it its formal language.
Phare transforms into a daily companion that you can freely place, hang, or take outside as long as conditions are dry according to need. Whether standing or hanging, Phare is not a lamp to be utilized in merely one spot but celebrated for its versatility.
Important usage information: To keep the internal battery healthy, only leave the Phare lamp plugged in during charging, with the lamp off. Do not leave plugged in while in use.

Phare Portable Led Lamp

Lighting

The Ferm Living Ripple Carafe is a beautiful, mouth-blown carafe that heightens everyday life. Fill with water, juice, or your favorite drink and pour it into the matching set of glasses for a stylish way to serve.

Dishwasher safe

Ripple Carafe

Carafes

Sturdy, natural, beautiful. This extraordinary kind of brown marble makes every Scape Bowl by Ferm Living unique, each with their distinct natural expression of the stone. As a large centrepiece on the dinner or coffee table, it leaves a strong and beautiful touch of nature in your home.
Please note: As marble is a natural material, slight variations from product to product may occur

Scape Bowl

Designed to be touched and held, the New Works Aura Table Mirror picks up the surrounding light, creating different reflections through a combination of hard flat surfaces and long curves.

Made from solid, polished aluminum in Denmark

Aura Table Mirror

Table & Vanity Mirrors

The Ferm Living Poufs have two levels to form a graphic element, which combines softness with a modern interior. The rounded lines shape the distinct design in line with our fascination of geometry and emphasize its simple and natural form, producing a more organic expression in your home. The poufs are made of high-quality faded velvet, creating an exclusive and durable seat.

Pouf Round Faded Velvet

Leadtime

Poufs

Designed to serve as a desk, counter, or shelf to store books, hang the Rail Desk at any height you choose to fit neatly into living areas and bedrooms where space is at a premium. Designed by Japanese designer Keiji Ashizawa, MENU’s new Rail Desk explores how we use space and how design elements can be adapted to serve different functions.

Rail Desk

Desks

As versatile as it is timeless, the Menu Marble Plinth serves the dual purpose of being a beautiful, sculptural piece on its own and highlighting whatever objects rest upon it. Though the lines of the plinth are sharp and clean, the marble's naturalness is at the forefront of its visual identity, creating an intriguing contrast within each piece.
Each piece of carefully selected marble is assembled by hand to ensure that the sides line up perfectly.

Handcrafted in a small factory in Portugal
Tables are hollow to make them easier to move

Marble Plinth, Low

Furniture

The New Works Rise & Shine Wall Mirror features a softening oak center point allows the mirror and brass components to push and pull against each other, providing an ever-changing point of reflection. Whether employed for different functions or to create an intriguing interior sculpture, the Rise and Shine Mirror provides a centerpiece full of balance and movement.