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No. 01 lying on an oak desk in window light, “for the creators of the world” engraved around its base, with a pen and a closed notebook beside it.

for the creators of the world.

Essentials for the work, so your mind stays on the vision.

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  • In stock

    The No. 01 bottle in smoke grey: faceted glass in an irregular cracked-ice pattern, tapering to a machined steel cap, with “For the creators of the world” embossed around the base.

    Smoke

    No. 01

    $89 | 32 oz

    An edition of 500 — numbered by hand

  • Coming soon

    The No. 01 bottle, shown in the clear glass finish still to come.

    Clear

    No. 01

    Not yet | 32 oz

  • In the box

    Paper

    The notepad

    Included | 60 pages, unruled

  • In the box

    Steel

    The pen

    Included | one per box

  • In the box

    Print

    The Page of Inspiration

    Included | one sheet

  • In the box

    Hand

    The welcome letter

    Included | numbered by hand

Our story

A message from the founders

If you quit the job everyone said was smart to keep.
If you're building the thing that doesn't have a name yet.
If you took the path with no map,

Then welcome, we're glad you're here with us.

Vates — Latin for the one who sees what isn't there yet.

The film — 24 seconds, plays on your tap. The creators follow it.

The Vates Standard

Four rules, and no fifth.

  1. Question what exists.
  2. Create more than you consume.
  3. Build for the future.
  4. Don't let someone else's vision become the limit of your own.

If you see it, build it.

In hand

What you are actually holding.

Capacity
32 oz · 950 ml
Glass
Borosilicate, one pieceNo seam, no liner
Cap
Machined steelThreads cut, not molded
Care
Dishwasher safe
Height
—From the spec sheet
Weight
—From the spec sheet

Real people. Real vision.

Isaac Newton1675
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Letter to Robert Hooke, 5 February 1675
Ada Lovelace1843
The Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves.
Note A to her translation of Menabrea's Sketch of the Analytical Engine, 1843
Buzz Aldrin1969
Magnificent desolation.
Apollo 11 air-to-ground transcript, 20 July 1969
Steve Jobs2005
Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
Stanford commencement address, 12 June 2005, quoting the Whole Earth Catalog
Albert Einstein1929
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world.
Interview with George Sylvester Viereck, Saturday Evening Post, 26 October 1929

Sourced lines from the archive — not customer reviews. No. 01 has not shipped to anyone yet, so there are none to show, and an invented one is a lie with a star rating on it.

Take No. 01 with you.

$89 · an edition of 500 · free shipping, 30-day returns