Cool Things We Want

We’re a pretty satisfied bunch, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t covetous. Sometimes we see things out there that we just must have. This is an archive of those earthly desires.

Cool Things We Want

We Want an Adventuremobile That Can Drive Across Deserts and Walk Up Mountains

Instead of driving gingerly around obstacles and hazards off-road to find the perfect campsite, what if you could just step over them?

Cool Things We Want / Chinatown

We Want a Big Box of Delicious Happiness from Chinatown’s Pazzo Chow

Got some last minute shopping to do for a friend or loved one? If you really want to show them you care, give them food!

Cool Things We Want

We Want to Drink Whisky Out of These Glacier Glasses

These square-shaped, heavy-bottomed, 10oz rocks glasses have the slipped-edge look of a cracked glacier, and we want a pair.

Cool Things We Want / Main Street

Five Reasons to Hit Up the TOQUE Craft Fair This Year

The Western Front's annual fundraising event is our go-to place to scoop up holiday goodies from some of Vancouver's best makers, and it's happening November 30th to December 2nd.

Cool Things We Want / The Okanagan

We Want a Bottle of the New ‘Bearface’ Triple Oak Canadian Whisky

The small batch whisky is aged seven years in American oak before being finished in French oak and virgin Hungarian oak.

Cool Things We Want

New School in Manhattan Reimagines Education Through Design — And We Want It

Though the new WeGrow school was designed for the benefit of playful children, we'd sooner use it as an office space.

Cool Things We Want

We Want To Have Fun Finding Our Selves With the Locally Made ‘Inquest’ Card Deck

There's no question that this beautiful, tarot-inspired deck is just what we need to help us answer all of our big life questions...

Cool Things We Want

We Want This Layered Wooden Wreath From Henderson Dry Goods

This year we're swapping the traditional pine option for this artsy, mess-free creation by local maker, Alex Henderson.

Cool Things We Want

We Want Local Outerwear Company Baro’s Cozy-Looking ‘Northlands’ Jacket

I've been looking for an insulated waterproof jacket from a local company to get me through the winter. I think I just found it.

Cool Things We Want / Squamish

We’re Heading to Squamish Next Month So We Can Hibernate in These Beauties

The independent, Canadian and female-owned "Flax Sleep" linens company is really making us want to slip back into bed.

Cool Things We Want

We Want This Lunar ‘Orbit’ Light So We Can Play God at the Dinner Table

The collectible piece by South African artist Jesse Ede was designed to mimic the movement of a moon around a planet.

Cool Things We Want / Oregon

When the Smoke Clears, We Want a Weekend Away in This Mountain Lookout

Set in the midst of 160 acres of private land, this mountain lookout was built in 2009, modelled after the early 20th century fire lookouts.

Cool Things We Want / Main Street

We Want to Brighten Our Shelf with Lyndsay Sung’s Adorable New Cookbook

It's physically impossible not to crack the spine of this kawaii cookbook (featuring 30 colourful recipes) without also cracking a smile.

Cool Things We Want / False Creek

We Want to Glide Above False Creek on This Newfangled Beast of a Machine

Developed in Puerto Rico, the Lift eFoil allows its rider to cruise silently above the surface of the water at speeds up to 40 km an hour.

Cool Things We Want

How to Make a Tiny BBQ Out of a Recycled Soup Can

Go ahead and make one, but keep in mind that our Parks Board banned charcoal BBQs in some local parks yesterday. Don't be stupid!

Cool Things We Want

We Want a Robotic Pot That Will Save the Plants We’d Otherwise Kill

Vincross' HEXA interactive companion robot has been repurposed by its creator to carry a potted plant and keep it alive.

Cool Things We Want / West Side

We Want To Try The Brand New Collaborative Brew from Vij’s and Parkside Brewery

The Parkside Brewery ‘Trunkline’ India White Ale reads like it will be delicious, and we want to confirmation of this from our mouths...

Cool Things We Want

We Want This Waterproof, Greaseproof, Powdered Limestone Notebook Designed For Chefs

Unsurprisingly, the Kickstarter campaign for "STONE: The Chef's Notebook" exceeded its goal by almost 200K with time to spare.

Cool Things We Want / North Shore

We Want a Copy of Kaja Silverman’s ‘The Three-Personed Picture’

This is the second in a three-volume series, the first of which inspired the Capture Photography Festival's feature exhibit, 'The Blue Hour.'

Cool Things We Want / North Vancouver

Hell Yeah, We Want a Bottle of This Locally Crafted Blue Curaçao!

The North Shore distillery made just 500 bottles of this beautiful stuff and selling 'em for just $23. Grab one before they're all gone.

Cool Things We Want / East Vancouver

We Want These Conjoined Face Dishes by East Van Artist Emma Canning

It's amazing just how much expression is contained in the chin and lips of these conjoined dishes by this local ceramicist.

Cool Things We Want

We Want the Colour Guide That Assisted Charles Darwin on the HMS Beagle

"Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours" was first printed in 1814 as a guide for scholars and artists. Its has just been republished.

Cool Things We Want

Cool Facet of Old School European Train Stations Reimagined for Home, Smartphones

Those old split-flap thingamajigs that whir and tickety-tick have been miniaturized and iOS/Android enabled.

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Raising the Bar with the Matte Black Collection of Bar Tools from Cocktail Kingdom

Teardrop bar spoons, julep strainers, Leopold jiggers and Koriko metal shaker tins make up the new line from the New York company.

Cool Things We Want

Keeping Warm Under Blankets of Heavily Detailed International Currencies

One good thing about counterfeit money is that it has pushed treasuries to invest in the good designs these blankets have stolen.

Cool Things We Want

It’s Not Too Late to Get a Great Calendar for 2018. Here Are Five We Want

Did you get a couple of days into the new year realising that you had yet to get a calendar for 2018? Yeah, us too.

Cool Things We Want

We Want This Beautiful Blueprint That Maps out the Connections of Hip Hop

From Kool Herc to Wu-Tang, this elaborate 'Hip Hop Love' blueprint reveals the fascinating universe of artistry behind the genre.

Cool Things We Want

Some Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas for the Food & Drink Lover on Your List

If you're cutting as close as we are this holiday season, you might find something good on this short list of last minute gift ideas.