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Do you ever get the feeling that all stores are morphing into one giant retail conglomerate? Or that you could walk into a shop in say, Dubai, and find the exact same things you can get back home? Well, not at Partners & Spade, the new retail space and creative branding headquarters started up by Andy Spade and Anthony Sperduti where you can walk away with a custom terrarium for $9500 or beautifully packaged gourmet salts from San Francisco's Boulettes Larder for $20 each.
But make no mistake -- this is no elitist establishment. Yes, there's plenty of art on the walls (or rather, leaning on tabletops), but there are also sketches done by artist friends housed in drawers that sell for about $15. Here's a sampling of some of the other super-cool wares. And we promise, you can't get them anywhere else.
Is it a store? Is it a gallery? Well, it's really kind of both. Photo: Partners & Spade
Shell-encrusted necklaces ($200) by design collective threeASFOUR are unique to the store. Photo: Partners & Spade
Artwork by Rene Ricard is also sold through the store's sister gallery, Half Gallery. Photo: Partners & Spade
A glass-enclosed terrarium on a pedestal ($9500) by garden designer Lindsey Taylor and Atlas Furniture doubles as art. Photo: Partners & Spade
Did you know gorgeous axes even existed? Now you know where to get these custom beauties by Best Made Company (from $250). Photo: Partners & Spade
A series of artists did these whimsical papier-måché cars ($900) for non-profit group Creative Growth. Photo: Partners & Spade
