The Journal
Essays, maker visits, material guides, and the occasional philosophical digression.
On the Patience of Craft
A morning spent with a fourth-generation saddler in the hills above Florence — and what he taught us about the value of slowness.
By Elsa Verne
April 2025 · 8 min read
March 2025 · 5 min read
The Case for Buying Less
We spend our days curating things to sell. Which makes this a strange thing to write. But we believe it anyway.
By Théo Marchand
March 2025 · 4 min read
Five Objects for Considered Living
Not a wishlist. A proposition: these are the objects that, once you have them, you stop looking for anything else in that category.
By Ines Sato
February 2025 · 6 min read
What Linen Knows
The oldest textile we still wear, and why it remains — after five thousand years — the most honest material in any wardrobe.
By Elsa Verne
January 2025 · 7 min read
The Japanese Concept of Ma
Negative space is not the absence of something — it is the presence of breath, of pause, of intention. An essay on designing with emptiness.
By Ines Sato
January 2025 · 10 min read
Atelier Visit: Porto
Three days in northern Portugal with the ceramic maker behind our Pour Vessel — workshop notes, photographs, and an honest conversation about scale.
By Théo Marchand