Kettle time
It is a symbol of peace, harmony and mental balance. It stops time or at least slows it down. It soothes. Embraces. Connects. Tea. It has always been on a pedestal in my home. And next to it, the...
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The magic of Majorca
It offers a true wabi-sabi aesthetic that allows you to embrace raw simplicity and immerse yourself in a contemporary luxury that is deeply connected to nature and truly delights the human senses...
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The basic palette
Blue, red, yellow, white and black. The basic colour palette. The primary colours. The beginning of everything. The artistic simplicity that has its roots in Bauhaus and became a popular colour...
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Balears
They draw from the nature that surrounds them. They're strongly connected with it in raw materials, colour and form. They're perfectly imperfect in a very Japanese way: raw, unpolished, authentic...
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World still floating
When we hear the word 'woodblock print' (ukiyo-e), we immediately feel a whiff of Japanese art history dating back to the 17th century. Meanwhile, there are still (or used to be) wonderful weirdos...
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A Beautiful Disruptor
Since childhood, she has been a walking curiosity and confidence. She has highly sensitive senses that she can translate into images. As a designer, she probably takes the most difficult route by...
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Warhol unknown
When you hear Warhol's name you probably immediately see colourful screen prints showing the contents of an American fridge. And you're right. But I bet you don't know that the young Andy Warhol...
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Sensing the architecture
We may think that we only perceive interiors with our sense of sight. The truth is, however, that human is a being with (at least) five senses, which also experience the reality around us. How many...
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Wood love
If you have so far associated furniture restoration with an experience close to meditation, I'm afraid I will disappoint you. Instead, it has a lot of the feel of an action film. There is a fight...
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Applied art
If you are on the nito nito pages, you must like beautiful interiors and objects. You select your furniture and accessories with care. You collect textiles, ceramics and lighting. But what if you...
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Warp and Weft
Both are architects by training. At university, they worked on the design of the same Japanese house, and after graduation - on conservation. Both felt at a similar point in time that, as a...
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Hypnosis
Behaves like a diva whether is in numerous company or performing solo. It is the one that will catch the eye first, even if it only appears as a minor accent. Cobalt. Ultramarine. Royal blue...
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The praise of darkness
Japan, despite the neon jitteriness of the big cities, is inextricably associated with darkness for me. The darkness of the tea pavilion, the wildness of nature and seeking refuge from the sun in a...
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Japanese soul from Scotland
Gentle and modest. A very careful observer, calm intensity. She talks about her work briefly, and you have to draw her out a bit because what is so unusual for me is natural for her. She talks about...
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Tickled pink
Dusty, bright, pale, dirty, powdery, nude, chalky, antique, vintage, sienna, beige. Pink never seems to go out of fashion and ... always causes trouble. 'Cause how can you wear it or have it at home...
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Kintsugi
"A country that loses its craft is a country that dies," François Lesage once said. Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, in his famous "In Praise of the Shadow," wonders how different the Oriental world would look...
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Life at ground level
Ever since I was a child, I have liked to function "on the ground floor". Being close to my parents' feet when they watched TV on a weekend afternoon. And to walk barefoot. This has stayed with me...
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Old meets new
Old interiors have magic in them, but just as no one will wear their mother's polyester bell-bottom trousers today, but will look for their contemporary interpretation, no one will want to live in...
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Modernism & japonism
Ever since I started taking an interest in aesthetics years ago, I have felt under my skin that for some reason - unknown to me at the time - Japan and Scandinavia share a strange bond. That the...
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Japonism in fashion
Despite my evident passion for interior design I’ve always been interested in fashion. It has always been a source of inspiration for colour and pattern mixing and matching for me, and an...
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Contemporary lanterns
"When East and West meet, the past becomes the present in the poetic expression of both," once said the brand manager of &Tradition, known for producing Formakami paper lamps by Spaniard Jamie...
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Premium countryside
For as long as I can remember I have always been attracted to premium rusticity. Restored monasteries, modern barns, Japanese ryokans. Rawness and a thick layer of patina in the rigours of modern...
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Living calligraphy
It's hard to believe that this is actually an office and not a living space, because it could easily be one. This unique interior created by the Dutch Studio Piet Boon looks like a Japanese...
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The Ring
Circle. A shape known for centuries, recently completely rediscovered by architects and interior designers. For me it's an element clearly inspired by the architecture of Japanese tea pavilions...
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Masahiro Goto
Wood is a raw material that never ceases to fascinate me. It captivates with its naturalness and scent, delights with its variety of grain and colours, surprises with its versatility in use and its...
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Nami Studio
Japanese ceramics remains a constant source of inspiration for artists from all over the world, also from Poland. Let me introduce you to a piece of Japan in Poznań - Nami...
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Kai Kotto
An example of a Japanese inspiration perfectly mixed with elements of Scandinavian and Slavic folklore. Polish discovery of Harry Styles’ stylist Harry Lambert, that recently featured in the British...
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Hanaire
Hanaire or a single flower vase. A permanent fixture in the Japanese tea pavilion, which can easily be brought into your own four walls to enjoy the transient beauty of the...
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Purple & green
Looking carefully at the world around us not only allows us to be here and now. It is also a treasury of interior design tips. Because who, if not nature - is the greatest master of combining...
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Interior matters
I used to consider myself a bit of an interior design freak. Physically suffer from bad lighting, cry from the compulsion to sleep in an ugly house or roar with delight. Until I realised that this...
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My Japan
I felt it more than I understood. In the patina, in the smell of the old mangle, in the September sunshine. Then I discovered that my love for what is not so mainstream is actually an aesthetic...
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The Beginning
I deeply believe that a sense of aesthetics is something that you need to have in your genes. I'm lucky to have a father who’s an artist, and a very pragmatic mom. The rest came with Japan, travels...
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