7 THINGS WORTH KNOWING / 27 October 2026

Little Discoveries

Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words · Food · Cultures & peoples. 7 discoveries in this edition.

Jasper Morrison: the space inside a chair

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Air Chair reveals how a manufacturing technique can shape an everyday object without turning the finished design into a spectacle.

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Ruskin’s phrase shifts attention from owning to living: which possibilities make the things we produce genuinely useful to people?

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The braided trunk of a Pachira comes from cultivation: looking at its leaves helps separate the plant from its presentation.

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A handrail seems to leave its own signature. Chemistry instead reveals an encounter between the metal and our skin.

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The Italian word scrupolo connects an uneasy doubt with careful attention; its documented history begins with a tiny stone.

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Saffron threads are a precise part of a flower: following their journey reveals the work behind a very small quantity.

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In Ukrainian egg decoration, wax protects parts of the shell; a patient technique stays alive through the people who practise it.

Original writing and illustrations made with AI assistance. Each discovery includes its sources. Our editorial method