Ciao, it's Manuela. Last week I told you something I had never said out loud. About the hard season. About the decision to stop shipping to the UK rather than raise prices. About the pride that is probably too stubborn for its own good. I pressed send and waited. You didn't laugh. You wrote back.
Ascend has only ever been given. Never sold.
That is about to change.
After this weekend, Ascend opens at $88. It will live in the store like any other piece. Before it does, I want to give the last of it away the way it has always traveled: placed by hand, as a gift, with no receipt.
There are seventy.
They go to the people on our list. The ones who joined this studio and stayed, through the hard season, through the quieter months when we were still figuring out what we were building. You did not leave. That is not nothing.
The kindness you showed this studio deserves something back. So this is the last time Ascend travels free, and these seventy are how I say thank you.
If you are reading this, you are one of those people.
Manuela
Founder and designer, The Soft Minimal.
The Offer
Choose a piece for the person who lifted you up. Any order over $150 during June 20 and 21, and Ascend comes home with it as Manuela's gift.
No code. No checkout puzzle. It arrives because you chose something that mattered.
Seventy pieces. First come, while they last. After this weekend, Ascend opens at $88. Right now, the only way to receive one is this.
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The free Ascend goes to the first seventy orders over $150. Our list hears first.
How It Works
Step One: Order over $150 during Father's Day weekend.
Any order placed June 20 or June 21, with one piece or many, qualifies. No code to enter.
Step Two: Ascend is placed in your box, by hand.
We include it free. There is no checkout step for it, no separate shipment. It travels inside, next to your order, tucked in.
Step Three: Everything ships together, on our standard timeline.
Your order and Ascend leave in the same box. Standard shipping windows apply. Ascend does not hold anything up.
Curated Pairs
Each pair crosses the $150 threshold together. Add both, and Ascend travels with them.
The Arrival
Two figures who arrive together.
The pair that arrives most often in our shipments. One reaches up. One stays grounded. Across the room, they speak without speaking.
AeroCherub
Elevate
Ascend
Placed by hand, from Manuela.
The Lift
She lifts, the room answers.
Elevate raises her balloon at the morning. The Echo holds the silence afterward. A pair for a high room, a tall window.
Elevate
The Echo
Ascend
Placed by hand, from Manuela.
The Collection
These are the pieces the studio is known for. Each one designed to live quietly in a room and say something true about the person who put it there.
AeroCherub. Elevate. The Echo. SilentMuse. CaffeInAria.
Choose the one that fits him. Or the one that fits what you want to say.
More from the studio
Ascend
A small figure, reaching upward. One hand extended toward a single red heart balloon, feet on rocky ground, still climbing.
That is all it is, and that is everything it is.
It is about hope. About the kind of person who keeps reaching, not because the path is easy, but because the alternative is standing still. It is about whoever taught you that.
This version of Ascend carries a more meticulous finish than any before it. Every edge considered. Every surface worked to a degree that only matters to the person who holds it close.
Received, not bought.
Restraint isn't emptiness. It's knowing what deserves to stay.
People Who Were Already in the Room
"This company is not a scam. I would not hesitate to order from them again. I am not affiliated in any way and welcome to speak to anyone skeptical of this company."
Wayne G., verified buyer
"If you're on the fence, take the leap."
Cherie M., verified buyer
"AeroCherub reminds me every day to see life from the eyes of a child, as I get older."
T.C., verified buyer
"One of the few you can depend on. They stand behind their products, the quality is excellent."
Greg W., verified buyer
"I've never received something I ordered over the internet so perfect and precise."
Wayne O., verified buyer
Questions, gently answered
How do I receive Ascend?
Place an order over $150 between June 20 and June 21, 2026. We place Ascend in your box ourselves, by hand, before it leaves us. It is small. When you unbox, do not skip past it.
Can I buy Ascend separately?
Not this weekend. Ascend has only ever been given, never sold. That changes after Father's Day: it opens at $88.
Right now, the only way to receive one is as a gift, with an order over $150, while the seventy last.
Ascend is a tribute to Banksy's girl with a balloon, a piece made to exist outside commerce for as long as it could. This weekend is where that era closes, gently, and on our terms.
Will my order arrive in time for Father's Day?
Father's Day falls on Sunday, June 21. We are not promising delivery by then. This is a Father's Day weekend gesture, not a delivery promise. Standard shipping applies. The piece will arrive when it arrives, and that is enough.
What if my order is under $150?
Add a small piece to cross the threshold, if that feels right. Or leave it. Ascend waits for next time.
Does the gift apply to international orders?
Yes. Anywhere we ship, Ascend travels with your order. International delivery takes a little longer than US, usually a week more, sometimes two. The gift does not stop at any border.
Is there a black version too?
There is. We rotate between the two. Whichever is closest to the studio door on the day we pack your order is the one that travels with it.
To the Person Who Lifted You
He probably did not ask for recognition. That is what makes it worth giving.
Choose something quiet, something that will still be on his shelf when the week is long and he needs to remember that someone noticed.
Offer open June 20 and 21. Ascend comes with every order over $150, from the studio, as a gift.
Simple forms. Bigger meanings. That's what stays.
With care, Manuela.