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The Nice List: Last-minute shopping? These creative workshops, classes and one-off experiences could save the day
Out of stock or out of time, our last-minute Nice List guide is at hand to help. Hosted by Squarespace, a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online, this list rounds up a handful of creative services, workshops and one-off experiences that’ll keep you from the naughty list.
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If you’ve missed the shipping cut-off, or just couldn’t get your head into gear this year, that’s okay, things happen. When time is of the essence, often physical gifts aren’t the way to go, especially for something nice and thoughtful. The safest bet is experiences, memberships, and services that don’t depend on delivery dates. A lovely handmade card will help sell it, too! To give you a leg up, with the help of Squarespace, we’ve pulled together a set of Squarespace-powered ideas where you can still find a thoughtful gift at the eleventh hour.
Every project in this guide has been built on Squarespace, from independent print studios and jewellery makers, to educators and performers. Squarespace gives creative businesses the tools they need to sell services, such as subscriptions or online courses, as simply and smoothly as physical products. Perhaps Squarespace can help turn your side project into a storefront? Or, in this case, into a very reliable source of last-minute presents.
Monthly Flyer Club
by Sunroom
A warm, enticing, and satisfyingly eclectic exploration of experimental visual art and music, Sunroom’s Monthly Flyer Club is an endlessly charming, long-term project in which subscribers receive a fresh risograph print. Every month, Sunroom, a Chicago-based risograph print studio run by Clare Byrne and Jake Stolz, draws on the changing seasons, the natural world, textures and timbres in its design, utilising the idiosyncrasies that make risograph so wonderful. Who doesn’t love a monthly treat, too?
Jewellery Workshop
by Sken Studios
Sken Studios is a Manchester-based sustainable jewellery brand founded by Sabira Silcock, known for her enviably funny, jealousy-inducing jewellery. On its Squarespace site, Sken offers playful, hand-crafted signet rings made from recycled silver and gold – all fully customisable. For last-minute shoppers, however, Sabira runs a number of remarkable IRL workshops in Manchester, including silver-smithing and signet ring-making.
IRL and Online Ceramics Classes
by Jo Davies
Ceramicist Jo Davies, based in East London, specialises in minimalist, fluidly-formed porcelain ceramics and uses her site for the teaching side of her practice too. Alongside selling her work, she runs Studium, an online ceramics learning community where potters can join group video sessions, Q&As, kiln-firing and glaze discussions. That’s on top of a growing library of throwing videos and recorded talks, and the in-person classes and workshops Jo runs across the UK.
Online Ceramic Workshops
by Bklyn Clay
Maybe one of the nicest, fanciest workspaces ever, Bklyn Clay runs state-of-the-art ceramics studios in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and Tribeca, Manhattan, offering memberships, classes, and one-time experiences for all levels. Via its Squarespace-powered shop, Bklyn Clay also sells ceramic home goods and materials and offers glazing appointments via Acuity Scheduling.
Art and Technology Programmes
by School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe
Founded by Rachel Uwa, the School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe is a non-profit organisation focused on art, technology, design, and, importantly, on human connection. Its site hosts a range of online and in-person programmes that accessibly teach emerging technologies while questioning how and why we use them. There is plenty on offer – with a sizable price range, too – spanning short workshops and more in-depth courses.
Workshops and Classes
by Meg Lewis Fun House
Designer, performer, and educator Meg Lewis means business. And Meg Lewis’ business is bound by joy, curiosity and creativity. Its home on Squarespace, Meg Lewis Fun House, offers talks, workshops, and classes where Meg helps teams and individuals move away from bland professionalism and towards playful, joyful and more effective ways of working. The gift of a Meg Lewis session or course could help nudge someone’s creativity and career in a more joyful direction.
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