Photographed by Mark Robinson inside Junichiro Tanazaki’s Home in Kobe, Japan Intro The word ‘Wabi Sabi’ has become synonymous with ‘rustic’ or ‘imperfection’. Ask any Japanese person to…
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Handmade Furniture from Manoteca
Browsing around this morning I stumbled upon these really charismatic items of furniture which have been handmade in Italy by a little collective that works under the name of Manoteca. Creating in a small studio, the team combine various abandoned items that people no longer see use in and combine these into beautiful one of a kind pieces of furniture. I’m a big fan of reusing materials that no longer hold purpose in other facets …
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Matthew Hilton on Design Inspiration
Dutch filmmaker Juriaan Booij got together with English furniture designer Matthew Hilton to extract a little inspiration, with the resulting conversation developing into quite a subtle look at Matt’s design process. Matthew started his design studio four years back focusing on his passion for high level craftsmanship and the finest sustainable materials available. His furniture really embodies underlying subtlety …
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