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