Educational

Inner Child Jigsaw Puzzle 1000 Pieces.

A contemporary collage created in collaboration with artist Cosmic Collage is our latest 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle.

Our plastic-free and mindful jigsaw puzzles are perfect as a treat to yourself or a gift to a friend. Once you've found a moment with your jigsaw, grab a cup of tea, coffee or a glass of whatever you fancy. Let the daily grind melt away and the digital detox begin. Be it some much deserved "me time", or a fun night with friends. Finish it in one night, a weekend, or a little every evening, the Pieces are there for you when you need to reconnect.

By supporting Pieces of The Puzzle, you're also supporting a female-founded company, helping the circular economy, and supporting amazing artists.

All jigsaws will be wrapped in tissue paper for free.

Lucy In The Sky Jigsaw Puzzle 1000 Pieces.

Contemporary surrealist 1,000 piece puzzle. Puzzle pieces are contained within a reusable, cotton drawstring bag and a premium box.

Our plastic-free, mindful jigsaw puzzles are perfect as a treat to yourself or a gift to a friend. This jigsaw puzzle is a challenging one so be prepared! Once you've found a moment with your jigsaw, grab a cup of tea, coffee or a glass of whatever you fancy. Let the daily grind melt away and the digital detox begin. Be it some much deserved "me time", or a fun night with friends. Finish it in one night, a weekend, or a little every evening, the Pieces are there for you when you need to reconnect.

By supporting Pieces of The Puzzle, you're also supporting a female-founded company, helping the circular economy, and supporting amazing artists.

• All jigsaws will be wrapped in tissue paper for free
• Finished size of the puzzle: 66 x 50cm
• Made in the UK using FSC Certified wood and starch-based glue
• CE Warning: pieces are small, please be aware of a potential choking hazard

Cactus Jigsaw Puzzle 500 Pieces.

Contemporary surrealist 500 piece puzzle. Puzzle pieces are contained within a reusable, cotton drawstring bag and a premium box.

Our plastic-free, mindful jigsaw puzzles are perfect as a treat to yourself or a gift to a friend. This jigsaw puzzle has a brilliant surrealist image of a cactus and hot air balloons. Once you've found a moment with your jigsaw, grab a cup of tea, coffee or a glass of whatever you fancy. Let the daily grind melt away and the digital detox begin. Be it some much deserved "me time", or a fun night with friends. Finish it in one night, a weekend, or a little every evening, the Pieces are there for you when you need to reconnect.

By supporting Pieces of The Puzzle, you're also supporting a female-founded company, helping the circular economy, and supporting amazing artists.

• All jigsaws will be wrapped in tissue paper for free
• Finished size of the puzzle: 48 x 35 cm
• Made in the UK using FSC Certified wood and starch-based glue
• CE Warning: pieces are small, please be aware of a potential choking hazard

The Garden Jigsaw Puzzle 1000 Pieces.

Designed by the lovely twin duo, Liv & Dom. It's a beautiful mash-up of gingham, floral illustrations and their classical nude ladies. We don't think jigsaws should just be destined to be completed in the depths of winter. This design celebrates summer like no other. It's the ideal design to be hung up on the wall somewhere after it's finished.

Our plastic-free and mindful jigsaw puzzles are perfect as a treat to yourself or a gift to a friend. Once you've found a moment with your jigsaw, grab a cup of tea, coffee or a glass of whatever you fancy. Let the daily grind melt away and the digital detox begin. Be it some much deserved "me time", or a fun night with friends. Finish it in one night, a weekend, or a little every evening, the Pieces are there for you when you need to reconnect.

By supporting Pieces of The Puzzle, you're also supporting a female-founded company, helping the circular economy, and supporting amazing artists.

All jigsaws will be wrapped in tissue paper for free.

In this practical book, learn how to make beautiful, folk mobiles - also known as 'pajaki' - to decorate your home or event space in show-stopping style. Suspended from the ceiling comes a colourful cascade of cut-outs, pompoms and paper flowers. These richly ornamented chandeliers have caught the attention of interior and design shows across the world and, in her first book, Polish artist Karolina Merska demonstrates everything you need to know to master making these beautiful mobiles.

From the traditional to the contemporary, there are 15 projects for every interior and skill level with step-by-step instructions throughout. Let your imagination run wild, as Karolina shows you how you can make striking pajaki with simple materials including rye or paper straws, yarn and even fresh flowers. The practical section of the book helps you to master the building blocks of pajaki - from intricate paper flowers and geometric decorations to delicate 'kalinka', 'hedgehog' and 'tube' pompoms - before showing you how to recreate Karolina's beautiful designs.

You'll be guided throughout by straightforward instructions and the projects intensify in skill level and complexity as your confidence grows. Start by constructing a small beginner's mobile or mini Christmas decorations, then try your hand at more detailed projects including a fresh flower mobile that's perfect for weddings, a geometric pajak that any interior designer would covet, and a giant pajak with serious wow-factor. So hang your mobiles high and proud; combining history, heritage, time-honoured techniques and bright modern designs, you'll fall in love with making mobiles.

• Format: Hardback, 192 pages, Over 100 photographs and illustrations
• Publisher: Pavilion Books
• Size - 275 x 351 x 23 (mm)

Bicycles are the new cars. Whether custom-made, sleek, playful, or electric, they are not only means of transportation but also have cultural value. Velo 3rd Gearintroduces the world’s best bikes along with their makers and related products.

As more and more people see bicycles as the best way of getting around, bikes have evolved. Today, e-bikes power past urban traffic. All-wood bikes bomb slopes. Cargo bikes haul gear and goods. Handlebars sync with phones and GPS buzzes through grips, enabling no-look navigation. These bikes, their makers, and their riders are defining the pedal-fueled future.

Velo 3rd Gear is a showcase of today’s most covetable bicycles, the latest designs and technologies, and truly stylish bike-related clothing. It shares compelling perspectives, stories, and experiences from the growing community of cyclists worldwide and introduces a wide range of products and accessories to satisfy its diverse needs and discerning aesthetics.

Long-distance trekking, short day trips out of town, an extended weekend escapade—Wanderlust USA has it all.

America is a hiker’s paradise: a patchwork of diverse wildlife, breathtaking vistas, and once-in-a-lifetime challenges, woven together by the nation’s countless trails. From the depths of the Grand Canyon to the slopes of Denali, the continent’s highest peak, Wanderlust USAtakes you to the trailhead of 30 unforgettable hikes. Follow long-distance adventurer Cam Honan as he guides the way through each trail’s terrain, ecology, and history. Ranging from day trips to extended backcountry excursions, there are hikes to suit both the experienced trekker and the enthusiastic newcomer. With expert advice and tales from the wilderness, overview maps, spectacular photography, and a bonus section highlighting 20 additional trails from around the country, Wanderlust USA is the ultimate guide to the great American hike.

Described by Backpacker Magazine as “the most travelled hiker on earth”, Cam Honan has trekked in 61 countries across six continents, logging more than 96,500 km (60,000 mi) over the last three decades. He documents his journeys on his blog, The Hiking Life, and has authored two bestselling titles for gestalten—Wanderlust and The Hidden Tracks.

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.

Monocle is one of the most successful magazines to be developed in the past decade. Armed with an unmistakable sense of aesthetics and journalistic tenacity, its team—led by editor in chief Tyler Brûlé—has created an intelligent publication that continually inspires a global readership who are interested in everything from diplomacy to design. For its first-ever book, the editorial team looks at one of their core themes: how to live well.

The result is The Monocle Guide to Better Living, an original, informative, and entertaining collection of writing, reports, and recommendations. This is not a book about glitz but rather an upbeat survey of products and ideas meant to be treasured and last.

Monocle-founder Tyler Brûlé is a former war correspondent, founding editor-in-chief of Wallpaper*, and columnist for the Financial Times. Based in London and acclaimed the world over, Monocle delivers a unique global briefing on global affairs, business, culture, and design. Alongside the magazine, Monocle has created a 24-hour radio station, a film-rich website, retail ventures around the globe, and cafés in Tokyo and London.

An illustrated map of Brighton.

We absolutely love this beautifully illustrated map of Brighton by the brilliant Tonwen Jones.

Check out more of her amazing work here. 

What we love: Tonwen Jones is an illustrator, collage and map maker. Tonwen studied Illustration at Central Saint Martins and more recently completed her MA in Sequential Design & Illustration at Brighton University.

Tonwen works as a freelance illustrator and has recently moved to Newhaven where she can see the ferries coming in and out of the harbour from her studio. She also has a cosy attic studio in Seaford who she shares with other fellow illustrators and designers.

If she's not creating hand drawn maps, then she's creating collage work, often referencing her large collection of 50's magazines in which she searches for images, objects and textures to manipulate her surrealist creations, revealing her comical take on everyday life. She also likes to draw complex pattern motifs in ink or pen mixing styles and techniques.

• Giclée print of an illustrated map of Brighton.
• Printed on high quality archival watercolour paper stock, 220gsm
• Signed by the artist
• A3 - 42cm(w) x 29.7cm(h)
• A2 Available from our Lewes store

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

The nuanced realm of Nordic design has two personalities. On one side, there sits the open, light, friendly, and democratic constituent. And, on the other hand, is its moody counterpart: sleek and sophisticated; timeless and traditional; and deeply rooted in the sensations and juxtapositions of nature. Within the lines of tile-covered roofs born from the existence of nearby clay deposits and large windows that let in light during the shorter winter days, insight into this special thread of skilled craftsmanship awaits. Scandinavia Dreaming presents dazzling interiors, architecture, and products that show the richness, variety, and intensity of contemporary Nordic spaces.

Artisans fresh from design school breathe new life into the wonted usage of tile, wood, glass, ceramics, and other customarily Nordic materials. Profiles of brands and personalities that have influenced and, arguably, brought Nordic threads to the forefront of design conversations, tell an intriguing story: an aesthetic and historic journey through a vast world of style and heritage. Design firms such as Hay, Ferm Living, and Frama are highlighted and extolled for the new layer of warmth and energy that they bring to contemporary Danish design while honoring Scandinavian aesthetics and a space’s need to be both livable and logical. Finnish home textiles by Klaus Haapeniemi and Kustaa Saksi prove that the categories of art and décor are not mutually exclusive. Be it the painstaking searches of Copenhagen’s Gubi design house for neglected furniture that needs a well-honed touch before becoming pieces of the current design narrative or the tantalizing sculptures of Oslo-based designers Kneip that illustrate and investigate the phenomena of nature whilst reflecting the gentle coexistence of Nordic architecture with its surroundings, there exists a seamless pairing of the aesthetic and the historical within this iconic tale of design.

The projects within Scandinavia Dreaming translate to any four walls and readily invite transformation from page to reality. Told through anecdotes from those who live in them and from those who exist in other sectors of the creative community, Scandinavia Dreaming tells of a design school that has a worldwide reputation for its effortless combination of classical restraint and warm materials.

This book has been printed in Germany. FSC™️ (Forest Stewardship Council™️) Certified.

• Editors - Angel Trinidad & Gestalten
• Release date - September 2016
• Format - 24cm × 30cm
• Features - Full color, hardcover, 288 pages
• ISBN - 978-3-89955-670-4 

Great inspiration for small spaces! Petite Places presents clever solutions for compact living.

From living rooms and kitchens to bedrooms and bathrooms, small spaces can offer immense possibilities, if only the interior is well considered. By showing a variety of projects in different styles – from reduced and pragmatic to cozy – Petite Places delves into how small homes are being designed today, delivering insights from interior designers and architects. Floor plans will allow you to translate inspirations from the book into your home.

Living in small spaces is not a new phenomenon. By looking at pioneering projects from times gone by, one starts to understand where modern living concepts draw ideas from. Clever furniture and storage solutions create more room to cook, relax, read in a comfortable nook, or work from home. Explore how you can add striking changes to your modest home with only a few tweaks.

• Editors - Gestalten & Tessa Pearson
• Authors - Essay by Dr. Klaus Klemp
• Release date - September 2018
• Format - 21cm × 26cm
• Features - Full color, hardcover, stitch bound, 256 pages
• ISBN - 978-3-89955-953-8

The title says it all: one man, one bike, one long ride, the adventure, the pleasure, and the pain. It is simultaneously a travelogue and visual journey.

Martijn Doolaard traded the convenience of a car and the distractions of daily life for a cross-continental cycling journey: a biped adventure that would take him from Amsterdam to Singapore. Leaving behind repetitive routines, One Year on a Bike indulges in slow travel, the subtlety of a gradually changing landscape, and the lessons learned through traveling.

Venturing through Eastern European fields of yellow rapeseed to the intimate hosting culture and community in Iran, One Year on a Bike is a vivid chronicle of what can happen when the norm is pointedly replaced by exceptional self-discoveries and beautiful sceneries. Doolaard shares the gear and knowledge that made his trip possible alongside the passionate curiosities that served as his impetus.

• Editors - Martijn Doolaard & Gestalten
• Release date - January 2017
• Format - 24cm × 32cm
• Features - Full color, hardcover, 368 pages
• ISBN - 978-3-89955-906-4