These steel ottomans (from $100 each at interiorprovisions.com) are woven with cotton scraps from Indian sari factories.
No, these pendant lamps ($299 at gnr8.biz) are not a fire hazard. German designers Miriam Aust and Sebastian Amelung mold concrete to create the paperlike effect.
Stir your artisanal coffee with this two-inch-wide porcelain spoon ($34 at Mociun, 244 Wythe Ave., at N. 4th St., Williamsburg; 718-387-3731), handmade in South Brooklyn.