Journal
Essays on Japanese textile history, craft, and the culture of ceremonial silk — alongside guides to caring for and living with ceremonial silk objects.
Why Boutique Hotels Are Acquiring Unrepeatable ...
There is a moment hoteliers recognise. A guest checks in, walks to their room, and comes back to the desk. Not because something is wrong. Because something stopped them. They...
Why Boutique Hotels Are Acquiring Unrepeatable ...
There is a moment hoteliers recognise. A guest checks in, walks to their room, and comes back to the desk. Not because something is wrong. Because something stopped them. They...
The Japandi Interior Styling Guide: Where Japan...
Japandi combines Japanese and Scandinavian design from a shared philosophical position: that quality is determined by material honesty and appropriate scale rather than decoration. This guide describes where the two...
The Japandi Interior Styling Guide: Where Japan...
Japandi combines Japanese and Scandinavian design from a shared philosophical position: that quality is determined by material honesty and appropriate scale rather than decoration. This guide describes where the two...
Japanese Ceremonial Silk Care: A Complete Guide...
Japanese ceremonial obi silk is a compound textile: a pure silk ground, patterned with floated supplementary wefts, often gilt paper wound around silk cores. Water attacks the gilt. Dry-cleaning solvents...
Japanese Ceremonial Silk Care: A Complete Guide...
Japanese ceremonial obi silk is a compound textile: a pure silk ground, patterned with floated supplementary wefts, often gilt paper wound around silk cores. Water attacks the gilt. Dry-cleaning solvents...
What is Wabi-Sabi Interior Design? A Guide to t...
Wabi-sabi is often described as a Japanese aesthetic: imperfection, asymmetry, natural materials. The description is accurate but insufficient. Wabi-sabi is first a philosophy about impermanence, and only secondarily a guide...
What is Wabi-Sabi Interior Design? A Guide to t...
Wabi-sabi is often described as a Japanese aesthetic: imperfection, asymmetry, natural materials. The description is accurate but insufficient. Wabi-sabi is first a philosophy about impermanence, and only secondarily a guide...
Kimono Obi Home Decor: Reimagining Japanese Cer...
A guide to the four primary uses of Japanese ceremonial obi silk in the home: wall art, table runners, lumbar pillow covers, and placemats. On the material, the craft, and...
Kimono Obi Home Decor: Reimagining Japanese Cer...
A guide to the four primary uses of Japanese ceremonial obi silk in the home: wall art, table runners, lumbar pillow covers, and placemats. On the material, the craft, and...
Japanese Table Runner Ideas: Placing Japanese C...
The table runner occupies the exact visual centre of the dining table, the place where the eye lands first. Yet it is usually an afterthought, pulled from a linen drawer....
Japanese Table Runner Ideas: Placing Japanese C...
The table runner occupies the exact visual centre of the dining table, the place where the eye lands first. Yet it is usually an afterthought, pulled from a linen drawer....