from asia and elsewhere

magazine of inspirations

Projects, stories, discoveries, addresses, favorites: discover our magazine, dedicated to Asia and Craft.

Inspirations

When Japanese craft traditions meet French creativity.

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 ...

Korea Art & Crafts

Korean Art & Crafts Showcased in Paris A few years ago we organised an exhibition in La Vallée Village’s Art Gallery to feature seven Korean Artist...

Artisanat et Artisans, l’histoire du geste

Crafts And Artisans: Setting The Scene

The man is bent over his workbench, his movements are precise, slow but wide. He carries the stories of his ancestors, generation after gener...

L'artisanat, un « Soft Power » créateur de valeur

Crafts Value Creation

We believe Crafts and Artisans from Asia have a meaningful and powerful role to play in our fast-changing environment, bringing resonance, differen...

Manifesto

Our conviction is that:When we travel again it will be with renewed intensityWe are now looking for emotions probably more than the over-used« expe...