Port’s Favourite Places: J.Glinert

  • Contemporary and Practical J.Glinert is a shop in the heart of Hackney that has recently undergone a stunning rebirth
    Tom Budding, owner of Hackney based general design ware store J.Glinert
    Words & photography
    Alexander Clouston

    Originally called Jack Glinert, the store specialised in selling women’s hosiery, toys and games from the late 1940s up to the late 1980s. In a later incarnation, it was turned into an afro hairdressers. Now run by Tom Budding, an art technician by trade, the store is a carefully curated general wares gallery, selling hand-selected practical design items from across the world, from Japanese paperclips and pencils to a pestle and mortar made in Ghana.

    Using his experience in galleries both in London and in Paris, Tom’s curation of the products is an artwork in itself. The shop’s restoration has been done lovingly, through dedication and hard graft, a truth that shares many of the qualities with the wares which are for sale.

  • On the desk where Tom sits is an array of stationary to tempt anyone who dreams of a perfectly aligned workspace. This German barrel sharpener sits discretely amongst the ranks.

    On the desk where Tom sits is an array of stationary to tempt anyone who dreams of a perfectly aligned workspace. This German barrel sharpener sits discretely amongst the ranks

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  • ‘Cutlery’ and ‘Pencils’ by Marco Ferreri explore the beauty and functionality of everyday objects. 
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    Cutlery and Pencils by Marco Ferreri explore the beauty and functionality of everyday objects

     

  • Rapid Stapler

    The classic K2 desktop
    stapler by Rapid

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  • A brass mist sprayer
    by Haws Watering Cans    ,
    made in England


  • On a bench made by Tom’s father lies a copy of Taka-chan & I, by Runcible a story about a Weimaraner who digs a hole from Cape Cod all the way to Japan, featuring stunning photographs by Eikoh Hosoe

    Takachan-and-I

  • Whistles
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    The Metropolitan and Thunderer whistles
    by ACME    , made in
    England

  • Handmade Swedish nails adorn the walls of J.Glinert, from these hang products displayed in well considered arrangements.

    Handmade Swedish nails adorn the walls of J.Glinert. From these nails hang products displayed in well considered arrangements

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  • Children’s brooms by DIM, constructed by disabled people in The Institute for Blind and Handicapped in Berlin, Germany

    Children’s brooms by DIM, constructed by disabled people in The Institute for Blind and Handicapped in Berlin, Germany.

  • still-life, J.Gilnert objects
    In chronological order:.

    1. Hackney Houses: A guide
    to improvement
    2. Mitsabishi HB Pencil
    3. Circular gold pencil sharpener
    4. Vitagum preservation
    eraser

    5. Pen holder clips by Terry England
    6. Kostick star Massachusetts
    7. Japanese Paperclips
    8. General german sponge
    9. Rapid K2 classic
    desktop stapler

    10. Japanese ‘Denty’
    Black toothpaste
    11. Kent toothbrush
    12. Goats hair clothes brush

    J.Glinert is open for business on 71 Wilton Road, London, E8 1BG

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