Design District

Ring in the New Year with Global Finds

Love decorating your surroundings with unique pieces that remind you of your travels or inspire you to travel more? Look no further than some of these brands that offer fabulous handcrafted or artisan-created goods.

If redecorating or sprucing up your personal space is on the agenda, then you are sure to find something from these curated treasures!

NOMA Collective’s Home Goods

Committed to socially responsible and sustainable home furnishings, NOMA Collective partners with artisans from around the world, blending today’s modern style with their time-tested techniques, offering a selection of decor items that are consciously designed, ethically sourced, travel-inspired, and stylish yet simple.

NOMA Indian Linen Napkin Set in Rose

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Each purchase helps women’s cooperatives, family-run businesses and other artisan groups to generate social and economic opportunity for hardworking people around the world.

NOMA Oaxacan Coasters

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Olive wood

Made by Kenyan wood carvers who craft these intricate pieces from sustainable wild olive wood. The olive wood tree is sacred to Kenyans and appreciated for its beautiful grain patterns. Each purchase helps preserve millennial craft traditions, provides economic empowerment to artisans, and contributes to social programs for artisan communities.

Kenyan Polka Dot Salad Servers

Olive wood salad servers carved by Kenya’s Kamba wood carvers. With extreme precision, these talented artisans draw beautiful serving pieces from the rich grain of this East African hardwood. Adds natural beauty to any tabletop in minutes.

Luna Coasters

Delicately textured and handcrafted coasters are made by groups of artisan women in intimate communities across Rwanda. They weave together grass and raffia using a sewing needle to achieve incredible pieces of art. They are made in an ethical, fair-trade environment.

Oaxacan Marble Coasters

Natural beauty shines through these matte stone coasters – ideal for cocktail hour with friends. Every piece is individually made by artisan hands and features simple lines and clean edges.

Indian Linen Napkin Set in Rose

These soft linen dinner napkins in a beautiful rose color add warmth and elegance to any table setting. Come in a set of two and have been ethically hand crafted in a village in southwest India.

Olive & Linen Soft Turkish Towels

Olive and Linen soft turkish towels

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Bath and Kitchen Bundles

Each towel in the set is individually packaged making them perfect for gifting and includes four hand towels, available in Bodrum and Herringbone. Perfect addition to your master suite or guest bathroom and loomed from yarn-dyed, 100% long-staple premium Turkish cotton. Finished with hand-knotted fringe for added effect.

Turkish Terry Towel Sets

Beautiful and practical, these heirloom quality towels become softer and stronger over time and hand-loomed from the finest long-staple Turkish Cotton. Extremely versatile, works beautifully as a towel, throw, scarf, shawl, or sarong and the set includes one bath size and one hand size towel in coordinating color. Available in Terra, Elements, Bliss, Tassle Dot, and Lush Loom designs.

Throws and Blankets

Designs include solids, prints, and stripes and are a perfect addition to a sofa or bed. You can even take the throw on your next trip as a beach blanket!

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