The recent Treasure Box post on Koloist struck a chord with our friend Steve Light. Not just because that Amélie clip is one of his favorite movie scenes, but also because he owns a plethora of treasure boxes. (Why is that not surprising?) He sent us several images of his favorites.

This diminutive treasure box example says so much about the way Steve's creative mind works … wheels always turning … one thing leading to another…

The small silver box was a gift. It's from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's a snuff box re-creation. I've had it a long time. I just like it.

The rocking horse didn't come with the box, but they seem to belong together, so I keep the rocking horse inside this tiny snuff box.

The rocking horse is actually a button -- it still has the shank on the back. I found it during my button days. (I used to design buttons…)

I'm not positive, but I think I found it in a shop called Tender Buttons. It's a wonderful old button store in Manhattan that's been there forever -- a tiny little place that sells every kind of button imaginable ... just regular buttons and antique buttons that are worth thousands of dollars each. You can find some truly amazing buttons there!

Anyway, I carried this rocking horse button in this tiny snuff box around in my pocket for a long time. I was working on some projects in those days having to do with carousel horses, so I kept these little items with me all the time, for a bit of inspiration.

Some of Steve Light's original buttons are part of the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in Manhattan – the only museum in the Smithsonian Institution that is in New York City rather than Washington, D.C.

Oh, and if you're in The Big Apple the next couple of days, there's free admission at Cooper-Hewitt through Saturday Oct. 25th in honor of National Design Week.

- Ugo