[weekly dust]: One meter

Measuring length is still a mostly analog matter. A basic tool of wood, plastic or metal calibrated by an official length keeper is all what is needed to have precise measurements. Place found: Gen...

[weekly dust]: Faber Polygrade Blei

  Writing instruments were not always so omnipresent as today. Especially industrially engineering and design changed the availability of pens and pencils as we can read in the excellent book o...

[weekly dust]: A letterpress: WAM model B

A letterpress is one of those objects which make the transition of a craftsmen utility to an artist tool. To revive analog over digital, to resist plastification etc. Indeed only few objects ke...

[weekly dust]: Bicolor pencil

Is there still a place for pencils? Certainly. And for duo tone pencils? Has there ever been? The need to have blue and red colors in one hand is linked to some professions. School teachers corre...

[weekly dust]: Milano Toast Roma

This vintage toaster from italian brand MilanoToast is the classic panini toaster. Easy but functional design. ...

[weekly dust]: Santos coffee grinder

This is a vintage style coffee grinder still seem frequently in French bars and cafés. Lyon based Santos continues to build this heavy but beautiful grinder. Quality is very good. A beautiful juicer ...

[weekly dust]: hp 41C (RPN) with moon rocket lander

This RPN calculator satisfies our standards for built quality, interface design and functionality. It even has a magnet card reader (on this picture with the game (!) moon rocket lander. For all my li...

[weekly dust]: Sony ICB-350W

Weekly Dust starts with communication. Here is a vintage (1970s) talkie walkie on cb frequencies. Few is known about the device on the Internet but beside its great look and timeless design the device...