Seven months of design, fourteen years of wearing the gear
Each week, the act of curation becomes its own quiet philosophy — a claim that attention, applied carefully, can separate the meaningful from the merely available. This week's collection of collaborations, sales, and launches from Australia's Boss Hunting editors spans recycled puffer jackets born from fourteen years of loyalty, hotel escapes priced for the decisive, and a reading device that finally renders colour without the cold glare of a screen. Taken together, they form a gentle argument: that how we choose to spend — our money, our time, our winters — is itself a kind of self-authorship.
- The cold is coming, and two outdoor enthusiasts have spent seven months designing the jackets they always wished Kathmandu would make — now they have, in mustard yellow and recycled black-tan.
- A hotel collective spanning 120 properties is dangling 35% off luxury stays from Ibiza to the Maldives, but the window is narrow: book before June 17, travel before September 7, members only.
- Amazon has quietly crossed a threshold in e-reader history, shipping its first colour e-ink Kindle Scribe in June — a device thin enough to forget and patient enough to last weeks on a single charge.
- Across fashion, whisky, footwear, and horology, a series of collaborations — Laphroaig with Willem Dafoe, JW Anderson with Diadora, Baltic with SpaceOne — each insist that the best things are made when two distinct sensibilities stop negotiating and start colliding.
- The cumulative effect is less a shopping list than a seasonal argument: that summer 2026, approached with intention, has more than enough worth reaching for.
Every week, a team of Australian editors disappears into the internet with a single mandate: find the things worth wanting. What they've surfaced this week feels less like consumer noise and more like a curated case for how to spend the next few months well.
The Inspired Unemployed — an outdoorsy duo with fourteen years of Kathmandu loyalty behind them — have finally designed their own jackets for the brand. The Epiq Falcon arrives in mustard yellow; the Epiq Steele in black and tan. Both are made from 100% recycled materials, and both land just as the cold months approach.
For those considering escape rather than endurance, Dis-Loyalty's hotel collective is offering up to 35% off across 120 properties in 70 destinations — but only for members, only for stays booked before June 17, and only for travel between July 3 and September 7. The roster includes Mondrian Bordeaux, SO/ Maldives, HYDE Ibiza, and The Hoxton Barcelona. The math, as they say, works.
Amazon's Kindle Scribe Colorsoft represents something genuinely new: the company's first colour e-ink device, using a custom display with a colour filter, light guide, and nitride LEDs to render colour without LCD harshness. A new rendering engine makes the stylus feel natural, the glass surface mimics paper, and the 5.4mm device promises weeks of battery life. It ships June 11.
Elsewhere, Orlebar Brown's Spring/Summer collection offers washed linens, boxy knitted polos, and swimwear designed for warm places with no urgent agenda. Laphroaig and Willem Dafoe have produced a limited-edition 14-year-old whisky finished in Oroloso — improvised rather than engineered, exclusive to Selfridges. Jonathan Anderson has reached into Diadora's 1975 archives to reimagine a road-and-track shoe with leather, suede, and his signature lace medallions, crafted in Italy.
Finally, Baltic and SpaceOne's Seconde Majeure watch replaces conventional hands with sapphire discs and a jumping-hour module developed by watchmaker Théo Auffret — housed in 904L steel, finished in either brushed or the labour-intensive charbonné technique. It is the kind of object that only reveals itself to those willing to look closely.
Every week, somewhere in an office in Australia, a group of editors disappears into the internet with a simple mission: find the things worth wanting. This week, they've surfaced a collection of collaborations, sales, and launches that feel less like random consumer noise and more like a curated argument for how to spend the next few months well.
Start with the Inspired Unemployed, the outdoorsy duo who've spent the last seven months working with Kathmandu on two new puffer jackets. The Epiq Falcon arrives in mustard yellow; the Epiq Steele in black and tan. Both are built from 100% recycled material, and both carry the weight of fourteen years—that's how long the pair have been wearing Kathmandu gear before deciding to design their own. The timing is deliberate: these are winter jackets landing as the cold months approach, and if the mustard yellow catches on, Bodriggy is about to look very different.
If you're thinking about escaping the cold entirely, Dis-Loyalty—a hotel collective spanning 120 properties across 70 destinations—has just announced a sale that feels almost too well-timed. Up to 35% off across the network, but only for stays booked before June 17, only for travel between July 3 and September 7, and only for members. The roster reads like a travel magazine's fever dream: Mondrian Bordeaux, The Hoxton in Barcelona, SO/ Maldives, SLS Baha Mar in Nassau, HYDE Ibiza, 25Hours Florence. The math is simple enough that it doesn't need explaining: if you've been thinking about a summer in Europe or the islands, this is the moment the math works.
Amazon has released the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, and it represents something genuinely new in the e-reader space. This is the company's first color e-ink device, built with a custom display that uses a color filter, light guide, and nitride LEDs to render color without the harshness of a typical LCD screen. The writing experience is the real story here: a new rendering engine makes the stylus feel fast and natural, the glass surface mimics paper texture, and the display has virtually no parallax lag. The device is 5.4mm thin, promises weeks of battery life, and strips away the notifications and app clutter that make phones exhausting. Australian pricing hasn't been announced, but shipping begins June 11.
For the summer wardrobe itself, Orlebar Brown's new Spring/Summer collection is waiting. Washed linens in blue and green, boxy knitted polos, roomy trousers, and enough swimwear to cover a season of beach bars. The collection reads like a visual argument for how to dress when you're somewhere beautiful and warm and have nowhere urgent to be.
In the whisky world, Laphroaig has partnered with actor Willem Dafoe on a limited-edition 14-year-old bottle finished in Oroloso. Called Willem By Willem, it was apparently created as an improvisation rather than a calculated formula—no predetermined notes, no planned finish, just the result of two sensibilities colliding. The bottles are exclusive to Selfridges, though a shipping service can solve that problem if you're not planning to be in London soon.
Jonathan Anderson, the Northern Irish designer who somehow oversees a dozen fashion collections annually, has found time for another collaboration. This one is with Diadora, the footwear brand, and it pulls from Diadora's 1975 archives. The Equipe JW Anderson is built for the road and track, reimagined fifty years later with lightweight textiles, leather, and suede, finished with stone-wash and wax treatments. Anderson's signature lace medallions sit on a low-profile silhouette, all crafted in Italy.
Finally, there's the watch collaboration between Baltic and SpaceOne called Seconde Majeure. It's a study in contrasts: traditional watchmaking meets contemporary design. The dial replaces conventional hands with sapphire discs—hours at 12 o'clock, minutes at 6 o'clock. At the center is a jumping-hour module developed by watchmaker Théo Auffret, housed in a 38.5mm case of 904L stainless steel. Two dial finishes are available: brushed, or the labor-intensive charbonné technique, inspired by 19th-century precision clocks. It's the kind of object that rewards looking closely, the kind of thing that makes sense only if you care about the details.
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Formed without any notes or finish in mind, as an exercise in improv rather than chemistry— Description of the Laphroaig x Willem Dafoe collaboration
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Why does a weekly roundup like this matter? It's just shopping, right?
It's not really about shopping. It's about paying attention. These editors are saying: here are the things that represent something worth noticing—a designer who's been thinking about this for seven months, a hotel network that's suddenly affordable, a technology that actually changes how you experience reading. It's curation, not consumption.
The Inspired Unemployed collaboration seems almost too on-brand. Outdoor people designing outdoor gear?
That's exactly why it works. They've worn Kathmandu for fourteen years. They know what works and what doesn't. Seven months of design isn't a marketing exercise—it's the time it takes to get something right. The mustard yellow is a risk, but it's a considered one.
The Dis-Loyalty sale feels like it's targeting a specific person—someone who wants luxury but doesn't want to overpay.
Exactly. It's not budget travel; it's smart travel. Mondrian Bordeaux and SO/ Maldives aren't cheap, but 35% off changes the equation. The timing matters too—they're selling summer travel in May, which is when people actually book.
What's interesting about the Kindle Colorsoft?
It's solving a real problem. E-readers are great for reading, but they've been monochrome forever. Color e-ink is harder to do well—it usually looks washed out or slow. Amazon's using a filter and light guide instead of just adding color on top. The writing experience matters too. If the stylus feels natural, people will actually use it.
The Willem Dafoe whisky seems like a gimmick.
Maybe, but the story is interesting. They didn't plan it out like a normal collaboration. No predetermined flavor profile, no chemistry notes—just two people making something together and seeing what happens. That's riskier and more honest than most brand partnerships.
Why include a watch that costs probably thousands of dollars in a deals roundup?
Because it's not about the price. It's about the idea. A jumping-hour module, sapphire discs instead of hands, a dial technique from the 1800s—these are people thinking about time and how to show it differently. That's worth noticing, regardless of whether you buy it.