{"id":2443662,"date":"2019-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=305033"},"modified":"2019-05-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T06:00:00","slug":"high-country-jonathan-adler-drops-a-chic-cannabis-capsule-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/high-country-jonathan-adler-drops-a-chic-cannabis-capsule-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"High Country: Jonathan Adler drops a chic cannabis capsule collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.6526717557252\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-305033-994\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/highcountry-atw-050219-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/highcountry-atw-050219-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Mike Lanbert \/ Courtesy photo | Jonathan Adler with one of his cannabis-inspired ceramic creations at the capsule collection launch party at Higher Standards in New York City earlier this month. Credit: Mike Lambert\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/highcountry-atw-050219-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Adler with one of his cannabis-inspired ceramic creations at the capsule collection launch party at Higher Standards in New York City earlier this month. Credit: Mike Lambert\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Jonathan Adler with one of his cannabis-inspired ceramic creations at the capsule collection launch party at Higher Standards in New York City earlier this month. Credit: Mike Lambert<\/strong><br \/>Mike Lanbert \/ Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/highcountry-atw-050219-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/highcountry-atw-050219-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Mike Lanbert \/ Courtesy photo | The Jonathan Adler x Higher Standards Capsule collection displayed in-store.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/highcountry-atw-050219-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Jonathan Adler x Higher Standards Capsule collection displayed in-store.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>The Jonathan Adler x Higher Standards Capsule collection displayed in-store.<\/strong><br \/>Mike Lanbert \/ Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/highcountry-atw-050219-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/highcountry-atw-050219-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Higher Standards courtesy photo | Jonathan Adler x Higher Standards capsule collection includes ash trays, catchalls, coasters and stash boxes in two motifs: Hashish and Smolder.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/highcountry-atw-050219-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Adler x Higher Standards capsule collection includes ash trays, catchalls, coasters and stash boxes in two motifs: Hashish and Smolder.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Jonathan Adler x Higher Standards capsule collection includes ash trays, catchalls, coasters and stash boxes in two motifs: Hashish and Smolder.<\/strong><br \/>Higher Standards courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/high-country-jonathan-adler-drops-a-chic-cannabis-capsule-collection\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/high-country-jonathan-adler-drops-a-chic-cannabis-capsule-collection\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">When I first relocated from New York City to Denver in 2007, my mother sent me a set of Jonathan Adler jars as a housewarming gift. The five colorful, porcelain canisters are each adorned with the words \u201cperoxide,\u201d \u201cuppers,\u201d \u201cdowners,\u201d \u201cprozac\u201d and \u201cganja\u201d and have since survived many moves. Still a part of the modern-day design icon\u2019s signature Vices Collection, they sit on my kitchen counter today and spark a smile every time I take out a scoop of flour, sugar or coffee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The self-described \u201caesthetic libertine\u201d has played with cannabis and its lexicon (plus many more substances) long before legalization made it in vogue in his ceramics pieces (all handcrafted in his SoHo studio) and objets d\u2019art for the home. With seven flagship stores across the country and one in London along with an interior design client roster filled with celebrities, Adler is a pioneer on how to make marijuana look chic in mainstream culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Now, the potter, designer and author is further celebrating the plant with a just-dropped capsule collection in collaboration with Higher Standards, a luxury cannabis lifestyle company with two brick-and-mortar locations and an online boutique.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Just in time for Mother\u2019s Day (depending on if your mom is as cool as mine), I caught up with Adler to go behind the design of the new line, which includes ash trays, catchalls, coasters and stash boxes in two motifs: Hashish and Smolder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Aspen Times Weekly: How did you first come together with Higher Standards?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Jonathan Adler: When Higher Standards approached me about working together, all it took was one look at who they are and what they do to realize they\u2019re not like the head shops of yore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">They\u2019re irreverent and glamorous, two things I try to express in my work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">ATW: Why the longtime celebration of, as you call them, \u201clife\u2019s little helpers\u201d in your work?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">JA: While I think everything I make is unimpeachably chic, it\u2019s often also a reflection and commentary on culture \u2014 good, bad and other. As our culture gets weedier, I suspect my oeuvre will reflect that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">ATW: What are your personal vices?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">JA: I\u2019m the cleanest living person on the planet. I don\u2019t smoke, I don\u2019t drink, I\u2019m at the gym twice a day. I express my hedonistic side through design. I live clean, and decorate dirty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">ATW: Assuming that means no cannabis, too?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">JA: Right. I don\u2019t smoke, but other people sure seem to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">ATW: Has cannabis become too trendy to be cool anymore?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">JA: I don\u2019t really pay attention to trends. I just make what I want to make and hope that people love it as much as I do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">ATW: As legalization spreads across the country, why are luxury cannabis accessories important?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">JA: Pot paraphernalia used to be the antithesis of chic \u2014 pewter goblins, crystal dragons, etc. \u2014 and it\u2019s time it got a makeover. If it\u2019s going to sit out on your cocktail table, it might as well look good. It should be as well-designed as the rest of your home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Shirttail\">Katie Shapiro can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:katie@katieshapiromedia.com\">katie@katieshapiromedia.com<\/a> and followed on Twitter @bykatieshapiro.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/high-country-jonathan-adler-drops-a-chic-cannabis-capsule-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Adler with one of his cannabis-inspired ceramic creations at the capsule collection launch party at Higher Standards in New York City earlier this month. Credit: Mike LambertMike Lanbert \/ Courtesy photo The Jonathan Adler x Higher Standards Capsule collection displayed in-store.Mike Lanbert \/ Courtesy photo Jonathan Adler x Higher Standards capsule collection includes ash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2443662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 14:38:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}