The Living Cube | Bern (SWZ)

If your living space is on the small side, it's likely that you've tried all manner of arrangements to challenge dimensional dilemmas. However The Living Cube, created by Swiss designer Till Könneker and constructed by Remo Zimmerli provides an antidote to cramped living and limited storage.

Functional, useful and minimal, the Living Cube combines form with function and the unit boasts the capacity to hold a flatscreen television (up to 42” inches), as well as shelving units, coat hooks, a queen-sized bed and plenty of interior storage. Custom built, this handcrafted furniture for the discerning urban dweller remedies the confines of city living with a sustainable, eco-friendly construction using the finest materials and craftsmanship.

Photography by Rob Lewis.

Shinola x Public Supply Pencils | Detroit (USA)

Public Supply is a New York based store producing high quality writing, art and office essentials that provide public school teachers with resources to help support creative work in the classroom.

With a belief that every student has the right to an arts education, Public Supply have collaborated with Detroit watchmaker Shinola to create a limited run of 500 pencil sets in Shinola's signature orange colour. The set of 12 classic pencils includes a rubber eraser and standard No.2 graphite core; a percentage of all profits will support creative arts classrooms in Detroit Public Schools and each box has a hand-stamped tracking ID that allows its owner to locate the exact classroom they helped to fund.

Available from Shinola.

Closed Cities by Gregor Sailer | Tyrol (AUT)

The phrase 'closed city' was a term originally coined for restricted soviet settlements that remained off the radar and removed from any maps until the beginning of the century. Using the idea of a closed or restricted space as his starting point, Austrian photographer Gregor Sailer began his Closed Cities photo series in 2009 and travelled to areas sealed off by politically and geographically hostile landscapes.

The Closed Cities book, designed by Manuel Radde, documents images from regions in Siberia, Azerbaijan, Qatar, Chile, Algeria/Western Sahara and Argentina. Although no people appear in Sailer's photographs the shots are mainly taken in inhabited urban zones such as private residential areas, military sites and refugee camps. The series contains traces of everyday existence that undo the sparse and desolate nature of Sailer's imagery; if you look closely you can see laundry hanging outside concrete desert shelters and graffiti sprawled across the communal eating area of a factory.

Towards the back of the book sits a map that identifies the cities by their respective function; Diamond City, Refugee City, Oil City, Gas City, Copper City and Gated New Town alongside three short essays written by Margit Zuckriegl, Walter Moser and Wencke Hertzsch. The essays discuss Sailer's photography as a form of investigative art and also examine the sociology behind closed living.

The Hillside Spring 2014 Lookbook | Brookyln (US)

Nothing says spring quite like fresh flowers and the Corsillo brothers' location in New York's flower district is the ideal backdrop for The Hill-Side's Spring 2014 lookbook. The Brooklyn-based label present their seasonal collection of ties, handkerchiefs and scarves alongside additional items including bags, shirting and Japanese-made sneakers in this colourful set of images by NYC photographer Josh Wool.

Available from Peggs & Son.

Vintage Map Schoolcharts | Amsterdam (NED)

This beautiful assortment of vintage school charts (106cm x 85cm) depicting Belgie en Luxemburg, Azie and Donaulanden are the perfect addition to that lonely wall you've always been meaning to decorate. 

Available from Six and Sons.