Hugh

Lifestyle + Design in Detroit from 2009 tp 2024. Hugh is now permanrntly closed.

11/25/2025

Hello Hugh fans - I have an update. As of tomorrow, the Hugh Instagram will become the account for my new endeavor: Mezzanine. Which is actually my old endeavor, since it was the name of my store for first half of my career.

Mezzanine is an online shop selling exquisite vintage finds in the familiar areas of barware, smoking accessories and other treasures. A bit more specialized, a bit more elevated.

I hope you will follow along on this new undertaking!

08/11/2025

Hey hey, it’s been a while! I am back in Detroit for a bit and once again I am having a vintage pop up! It’s in West Village over the next two weekends. I really dug deep in the archives for this one!

There will be: some mcm furniture, lots of studio pottery, home decor, rugs, lighting, posters and art, pop culture and design magazines, art and architecture books, and other miscellanea I would file under “the odd and unusual”.

There will also be some new merchandise left over from Hugh (iittala, Alessi, etcetera) and even some dead stock from my first shop, Mezzanine (think late 90s/early 00s design).

So please come by, tell your friends, and say hello at what will most likely be my Detroit retail last hurrah!

01/26/2025

How it started / how it ended: that’s a wrap on Hugh, kids! From humble beginnings on upper Park Avenue as regions’s first pop-up shop in 2009, to our less temporary ten-year run on Cass in Midtown, to the (frankly) less exciting world on selling only online, it’s been a wonderful run. The website is now dormant and it’s time for me to move on to other things.

I’m moving to Palm Springs, CA, so if you need me I’ll be selling vintage modern wares in the desert. Hugh may re-emerge with some changes in the future, but it’s too soon to say. Thanks for 15 years of good design, good entertaining and good gifting. I’m so grateful for the support you’ve shown over the years. I hope you’ll remember our Detroit adventure fondly!

01/24/2025

It’s the last day of our sale! Our last featured item is another classic Danish design - the Cylinda-Line Ice Tongs. It is of the Cylinda-Line series from 1967, a collection of stainless steel tabletop items all based a minimal cylinder shape. They have become icons of modern design.

The tongs are a great addition to your bar, work just as well for serving food, and make a great gift. And they are one sale on thankhugh.com!

01/23/2025

The Paper Scissors designed by Antonia Campi are a great example of the stylized modernism that came out of Italy in the 1950s. They are a stylish addition to any desk, and are part of our Inventory Clear-Out Sale!

Only two more days of the sale, check it all out on thankhugh.com!

01/21/2025

We’ve always said, if you’re going to smoke, do it with style. The elegant Tsubota Pearl cigarette case is made in Japan of chrome-plated brass covered in premium leather. This is the cigarette case used by Sharon Stone in the infamous interrogation scene in the film Basic Instinct.

The Tsubota Pearl cigarette case and all our smoking accessories are on sale in our Inventory Clear-Out Sale - check it out on thankhugh.com!

01/20/2025

Post-modern master Ettore Sottsass designed a series of colorful turned wood household objects for Alessi in the late 1980s, and they were re-introduced as part of Alessi’s 100th year.

Two of the pepper mills (which also work for salt or spices) and the bottle opener are still available during our Inventory Clear-Out sale! It’s the final week, check it out at thankhugh.com!

01/19/2025

The Station Clock is a full-featured alarm with a precision quartz movement, motion sensor light, a classic bell alarm tone and snooze function that can be repeated up to five times.

The Station Clock was designed by Danish design legend Arne Jacobsen in 1939. We have one left in black and it’s part of our Inventory Clear-Out Sale on thankhugh.com!

01/18/2025

The Braun BC-22 alarm clock has a unique silhouette derived from the AB 2 clock designed in 1984 by Dieter Rams. A classic clean dial and contrasting hands that feature luminous tips make it easy to read, and it is backlit for easy reference at night.

We have a couple Braun alarm clocks discounted in our Inventory Clear-out Sale, which lasts just one more week. Check it out on thankhugh.com!

01/16/2025

Designed in 1978, the Condiment Set was part of the first series of tabletop objects Ettore Sottsass designed for Alessi. It lets you carry condiments in a single motion, it is robust to the point of being virtually indestructible and it is easy to clean.

Made of lead-free crystal glass and polished stainless steel, it is modern and elegant. It’s a great addition to your everyday life, but it also makes a great present. We have one left, stock up for wedding season! It’s very marked down in our Inventory Clear-Out Sale on thankhugh.com.

01/15/2025

This elegant glassware was designed in 1979 by Massimo and Lella Vignelli as part of a comprehensive tabletop program for Ciga Hotels in Italy.

As the story goes, Massimo was due to meet with the hotel ownership but had not yet found a satisfactory design. As he sat in his hotel room and looked out over the city he was inspired by the domes of the cathedrals and a classic design was born.

One pair of the Old Fashioned glasses still available, and a few sets (4 glasses) of the Tumbler. All half off in our Inventory Clear-Out Sale on thankhugh.com!

01/14/2025

The mouth-blown Chemex Coffeemaker is the version created as it was originally designed - mouth-blown heat-resistant glass, the wooden collar, the leather tie. The angles that go straight down instead of rounding at the bottom. The slightly heavier weight in the hand. The one that’s in MoMA’s permanent collection.

It’s a step up from the machine-made Chemex Classic you usually see at stores. And we have one open-box mouth-blown version left, seriously discounted during the Inventory Clear-out Sale. Check it out at thankhugh.com!

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