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Inspirations

MONO NO AWARE, THE NOSTALGIC EMOTION OF OBJECTS

MONO NO AWARE, L’ÉMOTION NOSTALGIQUE DES OBJETS

MONO NO AWARE, THE NOSTALGIC EMOTION OF OBJECTS

Have you ever been moved by the spectacle of ephemeral nature or by the nostalgic contemplation of an object that brings back precious memories? Th...

SEOUL TRAVEL DIARY

It seems that Seoul is one of those cities that doesn't at all resemble the image we have of it. It's not a city whose beauty is obvious. And is it...

L’ART ET LA MATIÈRE, POP-UP EVENT ATELIER IKIWA X COMPTOIR DES VOYAGES IN PARIS

LE POP-UP ATELIER IKIWA x COMPTOIR DES VOYAGES: De précieux objets du Japon et de Corée d'artisans contemporains en laque, céramique, bambou, bois,...

MY KYŌTO TRAVEL DIARY

Kyōto, un carnet de voyage qui n’est pas une liste de monuments incontournables, mais plutôt des pistes pour visiter Kyōto différemment, s’éloigner...

Traditions artisanales de Kyoto et créativité française.

When Japanese craft traditions meet French creativity.

Laurence Vouillemin is the talented designer behind the brand Ikémato. From her travels to Kyoto she learns techniques and brings back gems in...

Au Japon: l’art du chusen, une impression textile unique

Japan: the art of chusen, a unique textile print

The Maryuku Shoten x Pauline Androlus collaboration revisits the tradition of chusen, a Japanese handcrafted textile print techniques that appeared...

En Asie, sur les chemins de la teinture indigo

In Asia, following the roads to indigo dyeing

There is this colour which touches our hearts, a colour of evening skies and deep oceans, but also a colour that is as light and transparent as cle...

Oh! INDIGO, Blue Moods of Asia

Oh! INDIGO. From August 22 to October 4, 2022, Atelier Ikiwa dives into indigo for its first major thematic campaign: 6 weeks exclusively dedicated...

“48 thés et 100 souris”, le Japon et la couleur

“48 teas and 100 mice", Japan and colours

As in other cultural and artistic domains, the successive Japanese Imperial Courts codified colours, their uses, prohibitions (colours reserved exc...

Le Bhoutan, une stratégie de soft-power singulière

Bhutan, soft-power strategy with singularity

Bhutan, the small Himalayan kingdom squeezed between China and India, has developed some remarkable soft-power strategies that differ radically fro...

La laque japonaise, jeu du clair et de l’obscur

Japanese lacquer, the play of light and dark

A lacquered object will always retain the aesthetic awareness of those who know how to take their time, to look at it, to appreciate it not just vi...

Kyoto: découvrir les plus belles adresses d’artisanat et de design

Kyoto: guide to the best addresses for crafts and design

Kyoto: knowing where to find treasures, meeting craftsmen who continue to keep centuries-old traditions alive, learning how to push open doors even...

A la découverte de la maison Chiso, Kyoto, spécialiste du kyo yūzen

Discovering Chiso, from Kyoto, specialist in kyo yūzen

Since 1555 in Kyoto, Japan, Chiso specialises in kyo yūzen, an absolutely unique artisan kimono painting technique requiring 20 steps and 6 months ...