Explore what it means to be an icon and what makes something iconic in this quarter’s Letter.

Iconic people - past and present - whose contributions have forever altered the world. Join them at ENSEMBL's dream dinner party.

A roundup of iconic architectural achievements from around the world.

Known for her her polka-dotted Kabocha Squash, Yayoi Kusama turned the fruit into an iconic symbol of her art. Inspired by her obsession with the squash, we've put together a list of Kabocha squash recipes that are sure to impress.

While the soft glow from a fireplace or the calm flickering of candles is undoubtedly one way to create “hygge”, it is by no means the only way. Thankfully, the Danish lighting designers mastered the art with soft, glare-free artificial lighting that we now consider to be some of the most iconic lighting designs of the 20th century.

Dominic Lamirande AKA Dom Cooks shares everything from his go to comfort food and catch phrase to his experience on Cook at all Costs on Netflix.

How does our cookware get used we are not cooking with it? Learn how Stackware is designed for more than just meal prep.

Everyone has 24 hours. How do you use them? Read about five business concepts that transition from day to night to create electric spaces and boundless opportunity. 

Make these on the weekend. Enjoy them during the week.

As we start the year, we reflect on one of ENSEMBL's founding principles: a desire to reimagine the familiar.

Exemplifying the way to transform and transition a physical space.

Short-life products end up in the landfill, just like plastic. Let's start treating them like plastics. And work to eliminate short-life products in favour of products built to last.

Based on your zodiac sign, what do you need to start 2023 with gusto? It all comes down to securing the right piece(s) from the the Stackware Collection.

Our founder and CEO, Kate Swanson, sat down with Scott Kerr from Facing the Giants podcast to discuss her journey from attorney to entrepreneur and how our radically redesigned cookware competes with the high-end rivals.

The National Post describes ENSEMBL as "award-winning cookware that challenges the sustainability status quo."

Domino recommends Stackware in their Black Friday Favorite's Guide

We presented ENSEMBL at ELEVATE: The Future of Business, hosted at the Design Museum in London on November 23rd.

If you're searching for gift inspiration this holiday season, look no further, and find out why ENSEMBL makes the perfect gifts for everyone on your list.

A collaborative dinning experience in our San Francisco Showroom.

Form meets function in the kitchen.

Exhibition: ENSEMBL brings Stackware to San Francisco.

Get the recipe for this Steamed Lobster, Shrimp + Corn with your copy of Together With Us: A Guide to Modern Living.

Cleaning up can be a dirty business

How a simple staircase radically transformed Montréal.

Sustainability is built into ENSEMBL’s DNA, but we’re always pushing ourselves to be better. In 2022, ENSEMBL is joining Positive Luxury’s Accelerator Program to measure and improve our sustainability practices.

For over 60 years, the Red Dot Design Award has been a mark of distinction for brands leading the way in design and innovation. In 2022, Stackware became a recipient of this prestigious award.

In the midst of conflict, it's easy to forget what's really at stake: people. Presenting a showcase of the unique and resilient culture of Ukraine through the work of ten creatives we admire.

For millennia, mushrooms have been revered for their medicinal and spiritual uses. Now the fungi are finally getting their due.

Dispelling the myth that preserved foods are inferior - when in fact they just may be the best option, for you and the planet, during winter months.

What to cook when love is on the menu? 6 recipes featuring aphrodisiac ingredients sure to put you (and whomever might be joining) in the mood.

How can we design cities that not only embrace, but excel at winter? An examination of the physical and social infrastructure that allows citizens to take the cold in stride, so much so that people actually look forward to the dark season.

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, have selected Stackware for the 2021 GOOD DESIGN® Awards.

Barbora shares her wisdom from a life of design, entrepreneurship, and urban parenting - and why she'll always call the city home.

Cabbage season is here. And we are here for it. (With recipes and inspiration.)

Bay Street Bull features ENSEMBL and Stackware in its 2021 Women of the Year Issue.

Stackware Classic4 makes the perfect gift for the festive foodie in your life this holiday season.

For the cook who prizes orderliness, WSJ recommends Stackware this holiday season.

As consumer expectations of products change, the new demands require innovation - but the way we approach that innovation must change, too. Join us for a fireside chat on the future of innovation in consumer products.

Whether you’re hosting or bringing a dish, streamline the holidays with multifunctional cookware.

The serial entrepreneur and mother of three talks to ENSEMBL about cooking, work-life balance, and the meaning of home.

The ENSEMBL: Stackware Removable Handle has received a utility patent.

In the 1930s, two industrial designers thought the world would be better off if we engineered products to be thrown out and replaced. A hundred years later, we’re still trying to undo the damage of throwaway culture.

Let's celebrate The Return of the Dinner Party. Tips for planning and hosting your next great dinner party as we once again look to spending time together indoors.

Cook with us. Learn to make Ontario Corn + Leek Dumplings - an unexpected combination so addictive you'll most certainly need a double batch.

Cook with us. Learn to make Hot + Sour Soup - packed with flavour and a bevy of mushrooms, make it in advance; this is a dish that really shines when served on the second day.

Cook with us. Learn to make Milk Tea Panna Cotta - a delicious, make-in-advance dessert that will simultaneously wow guests and simplify your next dinner party.

Bees are essential to the survival of all species, but in our attempts to make them a part of city life, have we missed the mark?

By looking to the past and innovating for the future, better design can help humanity thrive in the century of the heatwave.

Modern life allows work to consume our free time. This long weekend, we’re taking it back.

Stackware wins House Beautiful's Small Space Awards as the "most clever kitchen storage trick" + is featured in the August/September 2021 Kitchen Issue.

Shop Stackware in-person at Sundays, Toronto's beloved furniture brand.

Solitude in the midst of unpredictable chaos enables us to rethink our own lives for the better. As we head toward a vaccinated reality, we’re reflecting upon what it means to build the world anew.

Architectural Digest tests Stackware and says it is "stackable cookware that saves space and cooks like a dream."

ENSEMBL's first film, Life is Full, captures the moments that make modern life full - the moods and motion, beauty and chaos.

Stackware is coming to Chicago’s beloved French Quiche Cafe for ENSEMBL’s first ever retail popup

JustLuxe Magazine features Stackware in Father's Day Gift Guide.

The ultimate gift guide for Father's Day. Advanced Essentials for the design-forward, innovation-obsessed, tech-curious dads (and fatherly figures) in your life.

Stackware is featured in California Home+Design as Product of the Day.

From healthcare to highways, the possibilities for improving our cities are endless. The pandemic brought a renewed attention to the pitfalls of Western healthcare design, recreation, roadways, and the potential of smart city technology to serve and protect citizens. Read on for five design predictions for post-COVID cities, from the experts.

A year after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, public spaces are still the arena in which citizens fight for social change.

Asian food has long been defined through a Western lens. What happens when we flip the script?

The last twelve months have rocked our institutions to their core. At home and in the workplace, women are steering us to better waters. This International Women's Day, we recognize the contributions of women - the unsung heroes of the pandemic.

Black creators are behind some of the most influential work in the worlds of architecture, industrial and product design, and food. Learn how their innovations have shaped your life.

If you were stranded on an island, what would you bring to put in your pantry? Maggie Spicer, an institution in the San Francisco food scene, teaches us about the essentials - and how to get the most out of what we have.

How are environments and the objects within them related? What does it mean to bring the “right” things home? ENSEMBL discusses how to create space with award-winning architects and founders of MABU Achitecture, Matt Burgermaster and Lucy Stoll.

In the same year SpaceX launched its first crewed mission, a new generation of graduates are going back to live in their childhood homes. Bedrooms are becoming classrooms, dining rooms are offices. It’s a year of examining how our spaces function for us, reconsidering them, and making space for what matters.

The act of photographing food and photographing sex have a lot in common. From allowing us to live out guilty pleasures, showcase excess, and portray unrealistic expectations - just like its sexual counterpart, #foodporn is here to stay.

Coconut Milk: the perfect encapsulation of spring? It just might be. 

No city encapsulates small space living better than Hong Kong. But how are millennials coping with the sky-high prices and small spaces?

Where did the delicious, coconut milk-based soup originate? The exact location is hard to pin point, as we learn Tom Kha Gai knows no borders.

Pine & Ginger: a sweet and spicy cocktail, an island smooth song, and the words that got us thinking: how do we really cope?

When it comes to purchasing products, what is a sustainable consumer? What is a conscious consumer? And what are we actually looking for when we say we want meaning in the products we bring home?

Old status symbols fade and luxury takes on a new form. Making the most of our time — or rather, using time to make something tangible — is today's ultimate luxury.

A round up of the each month's best finds from across the world and sensory-scapes.