'Hot like your Mom, tough like you Dad', is how designers Ryan Wither and Paul Lewin describe their range of accessories. 'Tivi is an intercourse between industrial materials and intelligent designs', and yes, I'd have to agree (innuendoes aside) that both of these forces are at play in the Tivi, Clutch Handbag. I haven't come across a woman (nor a man) yet who fails to appreciate the sheer beauty of these clutches. Wooden panels are constructed in Sweden and are formed from plantation birch and zebra wood. A hidden magnet holds the clutch closed, and a satin lacquer finish is added to provide a resilient protective coating to the wood. All metal parts are stainless steel and machined in the US. The leather is a super soft goat skin and the purses are hand sewn and assembled in the US. Multicultural!

Unlike most fashion accessories designers and brands these guys draw on their backgrounds in furniture design and engineering to create these amazing peices, which are a juxtposition between hard and soft, industrial and craft, sculpture and jewellery. This pair do have have a certain cockiness about them which leads me to believe they're keen observers of the female form, and they know what dings their buzzers. It works for me too, so they must be onto something.