place story craft culture
place story craft culture
Contraband for the aesthetically restless.
No scrolling, no choice — you just commit and wait. One day a parcel arrives. It’s half treasure, half love letter. The full pleasure of not knowing what’s inside.
Objects with a story
Made by locals, for locals, not mass-produced for export. Think artwork and prints, hand-thrown ceramics, textiles, small-press books, music. Remarkable things, you can only find if you know the right places to look.
how it works
There’s only one rule: buy in advance, sight unseen.
Choose how much you want to spend and tell me what moves you. I find unique pieces that resonate — and send them wrapped in a story.
The latest edition of Design Parcel is November 2025 in Spain.
Pre-orders for the España edition have been sourced and prepared for delivery. Parcels are in transit and will arrive before December 12.
A little something. Modest, but not meaningless. A first spark, enough to say: you’re in. The kind of object you’d pick up abroad just because it caught your eye. A first step into the unknown.
Small enough to bring back on a flight home. Big enough to change the feel of a room. Something unexpected that makes you pause, laugh or re-arrange your whole shelf to make space for it.
Curated by locals. You’ll sense their fingerprints, their knowledge of what matters. What arrives will have weight — in story, presence, or craft. The beauty and meaning born of the place.
Where the magic lives: rare finds, show-stoppers, things that should’ve cost more. Unwrapping this is less transaction, more ceremony. It’s the parcel you’ll tell friends about: I didn’t just buy this. It found me.
Unpacked : EspañA
Every place has a palette. In Spain, you can see it across century-old buildings and current art and design. Here's a sense of what caught my eye on a recent Design Parcel trip and what it told me about the culture beneath the surface.
ARCHIVE
ARCHIVE
I started Design Parcel to share the thrill of finding beautiful, unlikely things while travelling. The kind of things that help you understand a place better.
The archive is a sample of what has caught my eye — textures, shapes, and stories from past journeys - along with the people and places I’ve met along the way.
CUSTOM PARCELS
Every Custom Parcel begins with intent — a brief, a mood, a place in mind.
It’s a slower exchange — a dialogue.
Tell me what you’re seeking (or what draws your eye), and I’ll set out to find fitting objects, made by locals with story and substance.
Together, we create a parcel that feels deeply personal — something discovered, not produced.
To get started, send me a message using this form.