Introducing Tempest: Artifact’s Design-Driven Pipe to Elevate The Smoking Experience

Artifact, a design-forward accessory and apparatus company, announced the launch of its debut product line: the Tempest dry pipe — engineered for discerning users who demand both aesthetic refinement and functional innovation.

Sleek, sculptural, and obsessively engineered, Tempest proves that smoking accessories can be high end pieces of art. The unique pipe opens cleanly in half to reveal a hidden internal labyrinth that cools down each hit. With a square bowl, a uniquely shaped mouthpiece that is designed for a smooth draw, and precision-milled symmetry, it’s part tool, part art, part magic.

“Artifact started as a creative experiment but quickly became something bigger. Smoking accessories felt stuck in the past and I wanted something different: high-design, highly functional, and built to last,” said Ryan Rickett, Founder and Designer at Artifact. “What makes the Tempest unique is that it doesn’t look like a pipe at all. It’s more like a brutalist sculpture you’d find in a modern art gallery. Unlike most pipes, you don’t need to stash this one away when guests come over.”

By combining premium materials, engineering innovation and distinctive form, Artifact positions the Tempest as part of a designer smoking experience for users who view their smoking implement as an artifact in its own right. More than just a smoking apparatus, the Tempest aspires to be a part of your home decor as a sculptural piece of art that is meant to be displayed.