Untranslatable Words
€22.00
Untranslatable Words Card Set
A set of 20 cards which explain the meaning behind untranslatable words from around the world.
We’re hugely dependent on language to express how we really feel, and yet words often feel curiously vague or frustratingly inaccurate. There are lots of moods, needs and feelings that our own language has not yet properly pinned down. The perfect word - even if it comes from abroad - helps us explain ourselves to other people, and its existence quietly reassures us (and everyone else) that a state of mind is not really rare, just rarely spoken of.
This set of cards define some of our favourite words from the world's languages and married them up with complementary images to create cards that bring some of our most important feelings into focus. We’ve created them to prompt greater reflection about the nature of language and the emotions.
Example Cards
DUENDE (Spanish): A heightened sense of emotion created by a moving piece of art.
FORELSKET (Norwegian): The euphoric feeling at the beginning of love. We can’t believe someone so perfect has wandered into our lives. They enhance and complete us. We might report: ‘I was overpowered by forelsket as our fingers interlaced…’
YŪGEN (Japanese): Gives a name to a mood in which one feels that the universe as a whole possesses a mysterious and elusive beauty. Moonlight, snow on distant mountains, birds flying very high in the evening sky, and watching the sun rise over the ocean all feed this sensibility.
20 cards in box | 159mm x 115mm x 20mm.
Often bought together with
Dare to be Curious Card Game
Available again soon
Dare to Be Curious is the social card game that helps us open up and connect deeper. It kick-starts conversations about our life, values, fears and dreams through a series of thought-provoking questions played over three levels. The game creates an experience, and while it’s not really about winning - the idea is to get to know yourself better, share values, ideas, learn from others, and go deeper in your relationships. It's designed to be played in groups or pairs- with friends, first dates, long-time partners, or even daring strangers. And on top of that, it comes in a very pretty pastel box so that it can sit next to your favourite coffee table book!
2-6 Players
18+ Contains adult themes
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Ping Pong Paddle Supersmash
€64.00
Local Berliner Supersmash designs a series of ping pong paddles so groovy they´ll keep your opponent distracted. The paddles are rather heavy (194gm) compared to standard ones, meaning this paddle is better suited for offensive players. All paddles are hand-assembled in the Anhui region in China. This region is known for its experts in ping-pong paddle manufacturing and is also home to many ping pong champions.
The woods used (rosewood, spruce, and ayous) are all FSC certified. All the materials used in the production of Supersmash have successfully passed the ISO 9001 environmental tests.
Woods: Rosewood, Spruce, Ayous
Weight: 190gm
Size: 260x157x24mm
Handle: Concave
Pagan Otherworlds - Tarot Cards
€75.00
One of our perennial bestsellers, the Pagan Otherworld tarot deck from US-based Uusi is truly a piece of art to keep in your collection.
Pair with our Notes From the Pagan Otherworlds - Tarot Book - this book walks you through the artist's interpretation of each of the 84 cards
The deck is produced by Uusi founders Linnea Gits and Peter Dunham, themselves also designers and artists. It introduces a 23rd Higher Arcana card, "The Seeker" and five "Luna Cards" – all original introductions to the tarot format created by Uusi and found exclusively in Uusi's Pagan Otherworld's Tarot.
All imagery in this 84-card deck is hand painted using traditional oils by Linnea Gits and all copy is hand lettered by Peter Dunham. The deck is inspired by the visual beauty of nature, early Celtic mysticism and the luminous beauty of Renaissance paintings.
Traditional craftsmanship is of utmost importance to Uusi; they work with small family-owned companies still producing in the US.
- Third Edition Pagan Otherworlds Tarot
- printed on luxurious, heavy, playing card stock with an embossed linen finish
- 75 x 130mm card size
- 22 major arcana cards
- 56 lower arcana cards
- introducing a 23rd major arcana card exclusive to Uusi's tarot "The Seeker" bearing the infinity symbol
- introducing 5, silver holographic "Luna Cards"
- printed by The Expert Playing Card Company New York, NY