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Tetra: A Designy Smoking Shop

Many people around the world still smoke and there are a lot of collectors who appreciate the beauty in the products and culture that has been created around smoking. Beyond cigarettes, there are pipes, cigars, and (where legal) marijuana… and then with these, comes the paraphernalia used in this ritual of relaxation.

However, where does one find a beautiful contemporary ashtray or a unique modern smoking-themed gift item?

09.22.15 | By
Tetra: A Designy Smoking Shop

Tetra is a new online shop by Sight Unseen’s Monica Khemsurov, Eviana Hartman and Su Wu of I’m Revolting.

Tetra will offer smoking items for the design enthusiast from contemporary pipes, lighters and ashtrays to snuff boxes, storage pouches, incense burners and more. The designers who are creating products for Tetra’s launch is impressive: Apparatus, Fort Standard, Ben Medansky, Joe Doucet, Crescioni, Katie Stout and Sean Gerstley, The Principals, Object + Totem, and more. Plus, they’ll stock some existing pieces from Tom Dixon, Anna New York, Normann Copenhagen, Tsubota Pearl, Pax, Amuna Mundi, and Lake + Skye.

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Highlights of the collection include a very luxurious ashtray coated in 24-karat gold by Joe Doucet, an exclusive ashtray/pipe-stand version of ceramicist Helen Levi’s popular gilded hand, and a cast-glass ashtray that changes colors depending on the type light it’s under, by Andrew O Hughes.

Ben Medansky

Ben Medansky

Object and Totem

Object and Totem

Joe Doucet

Joe Doucet

Recreation Center

Recreation Center

Cinnamon Projects

Cinnamon Projects

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Jaime Derringer, Founder of Design Milk, is a Jersey girl living in SoCal. She dreams about funky, artistic jewelry + having enough free time to enjoy some of her favorite things – running, reading, making music, and drawing.