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Apple-inspired hand tool designs that will be every woodworking enthusiasts dream come true!

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As a woodworking enthusiast who always seizes the opportunity to create a niche sculpture, furniture piece, or fencing for the outdoors, the tools used are as essential as the skilled hand. One usually would shirk away from displaying the good old hammer, screwdriver, tape measure, or the plier on the living room table or your desk. But the handmade tools collection by Tej Chauhan crafted in collaboration with Finnish brand Fiskars for Handmade Wallpapers is a refreshing change to that contemporary belief.

Rather than sitting in the toolbox, this set of designer woodworking/hand tools is good enough for showing off when not being used for the next eye-candy creation or simply after a regular handyman task like fixing the kitchen’s leaking tap. The idea here is to highlight the beauty of everyday hand tools like a hammer or a plier in its best form possible. Each design improves the tool, making them the next generation – a version 2.0 of the tools. The pencil has a built-in bubble level to check the straightness of any surface. The hammer’s sharp end gets a more rounded, ergonomic design that helps you pull out the stray nails without causing any self-injury. Even the plier comes with a strap, so you don’t accidentally drop it on your foot. The tools carry an integrated aesthetics, making the wood and metal appear seamless. The powder-coated finish ensures the tool does not rust and become dull over time. In fact, given their minimal look, these tools bring to mind Apple’s design language – making these the Apple of the tool world.

Conceptualized and designed keeping in mind the modern aesthetics that the consumer demands in their every walk of life, the collection is nothing short of stunning. The use of white and fine craftsmanship to shape these tools speaks a lot about how we perceive everyday objects.
Tej has in a way infused new life in the collection of hand tools designed here with the utmost care and attention to detail. When you need to carry them to your next fixing task, the leather carry bag is the perfect accessory to complement the style. So, don’t you already want to have this on your list of things to own? I certainly do!

Designer: Tej Chauhan

These clever oven-trays come with an extended lip that makes them easy to hold

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This is a handle-appreciation post. As someone who’s dropped his fair share of cookies (and one lasagna) because oven-trays aren’t easy to grip, more so when they’re hot and you’re wearing gloves, it seems plain counterintuitive that oven trays, pans, and casseroles don’t have larger gripping surfaces.

The Nest Oven tins feature a simple innovation that solves a familiar problem – removing hot oven dishes whilst wearing thick & cumbersome oven-gloves. A specially designed lip on the front of the tray makes it easier to pull the tray out of the oven, and wide handles on the side let you hold the tray once it’s out of the oven… you know, so you don’t risk fumbling with your tray of food, much like Kevin with his famous chili. And here’s the best part – like all of the products in the Joseph Joseph Nest™ line, the oven tins nest right within each other for easy storage!

Designer: Tej Chauhan for Joseph Joseph

Rado revisits its iconic True Square Collection with a modern yellow watch just in time for Christmas!

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Rado’s innovative True Square collection rocked the world of watches by introducing the first square watch crafted using injected monobloc high-tech ceramic casing to fill out a square-shaped wristwatch, the first of its kind. Today, Rado has collaborated with British designer Tej Chauhan, and together, they’ve designed their own reinterpretation of the iconic True Square wristwatch.

Reintroducing the True Square watch, under joint creative direction with Tej Chauhan, Rado brings a refreshing revamp to the classic timepiece we’ve come to love. Tej Chauhan’s take on the True Square maintains the timepiece’s square case as the basis for the watch but coats it in retro-inspired, lemon yellow drip with a matte-like texture in order to bring the unique touch that only ceramic molding can deliver. Bright, yellow leather cushioning fills out the strap of the watch to offer maximum comfort for every user, while matte yellow ceramic pieces connect each stainless steel element together. The watch is water-resistant for up to 50 meters and operates using the ETA C07.611 automatic movement.

The back of the square case was produced using PVD-coated stainless steel, which ensures the user’s comfort as PVD-coated stainless steel offers the same feeling as liquid metal, landing softly on your wrist and offering a cooling, metallic accent to the watch as a whole. The watch face itself has a concave glass dome that gives the art of time-telling an immersive touch. Etched along the perimeter of the square timepiece are sleek, thin minute-markers, symmetrically interrupted with bolder, thicker hour-markers. Imitating the look of a sonar radar, twelve concentric circles emanate from the timepiece’s nucleus, giving the True Square watch a focal point to inform users of the time of day or date.

Chauhan designed this wristwatch with the user in mind first and foremost. By using an Emotive Industrial Design approach, this new True Square design embraces both user-friendliness and visibly striking design details, offering a watch that’s both visually approachable and enticing for everyone. The latest addition to the True Square collection from Rado is one that’s intuitive in its impressive technological design structure, but also one that’s as classic as it comes. Up-to-date technological features fill out this watch and unbeatable, singular design color and material schemes comprise a watch that’s so distinguishable and attention-grabbing, it’ll leave even the most devout of watch aficionados suddenly asking for the time.

Designers: Tej Chauhan x Rado