Current Obsessions: The Maker Report

Long live the human-made: This weekend we’re noting not one but two ceramics pop-ups, a flower arranging workshop, a cohort of great makers, and more. Read on:

• “Will never tire of gawking at the homes of artists,” writes Fan. “This one is particularly good.”
• Currently browsing Goodee’s Anniversary Sale, with up to 65 percent off finds for the home and garden. (P.S. Have you entered our Goodee giveaway yet?)
• We love sculptor-designer Simone Bodmer-Turner’s debut tableware designs. (“She’s one to watch,” reports Margot, who stopped into Simone’s NYC popup at 109 Thompson Street.)
• Speaking of ceramics pop-ups, SIN has a temporary storefront at 135 Wythe Avenue in Brooklyn, now through May 25.
• TOAST’s New Makers were just announced (we particularly love Hannah Watts’ sfgraffito wares).
• Audo Copenhagen’s high-style showroom opens stateside.
• No surprise: Tracee Ellis Ross has great taste in kitchens.
• One of our favorite shops is now open in Brookline, MA.
• We’re all eyeing Ikea’s fun new PS 2026 collection, which is in stores now and online May 22.
• “10 ways to garden for the planet.” (And while you’re at it, here’s how to grow an organic lawn.)
• Summer trip planning: Did you know you can tour the French Laundry’s culinary garden?
• Poppy Okotcha sings the praises of forget-me-nots—and we’re totally sold!  Perfect for the cottage-core garden.
• Stressed? Let this excellent slide show of pretty Tuscan courtyards soothe your nerves.
• Upstate New Yorkers: Troutbeck is ending May with a flourish of outdoor events: a flower arrangement workshop tomorrow, a barbecue May 23, and an indigo-dying course May 24.
• And! Our nomination for “the plant we’re seeing everywhere these days.”