Here are some of our favourite stories so that you can get an impression of our work. Enjoy reading!
Reeme Idris in conversation with Natalia Corre on ‘Growing Independent Fashion Brands,’ a book by beloved podcast series and brand consultancy, Advance Copy.
OYUNA embarks on a mission of cultural and environmental stewardship, weaving together the threads of tradition and modernity to safeguard Mongolian nomadic heritage through sustainable cashmere practices.
For our Love Ethic edition, we visited the medicinal herb garden of Dr. Hauschka at the foot of the Swabian Jura and captured our impressions from this magical encounter.
Fashion researcher Ania Zoltkowski explores how embracing an ethic of love in the realm of fashion and textiles can serve as a powerful force of societal and cultural change, manifesting in craftsmanship, community bonds and connections to place.
In times of polarization, division and disorientation: What would a world look like in which an ethic of love is lived?
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A tender exchange of thoughts on the sustainability of scents between sensually gifted changemakers. As one approaches scent through acoustical empathy, another uncovers a language of smell. A regenerative perfume, in essence, seems to be a way to reconnect directly with our instincts and a wild encouragement of natural healing powers by way of the nose.
Read MoreSimone Weil (1909 Paris – 1943 Ashford) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. This story of visual poetry is loosely inspired by her compilation of aphorisms, “La pesanteur et la grâce”, a collection of her handwritten notes, published by a close friend shortly after her sudden death in 1943.
Read MoreWe are not made to be autonomous, and we are not alone. We are in a constant state of interbeing – touched by life. I can only nurture myself by taking care of you. Thus the essence of ME is YOU.
Read More“Technique and skills must be absorbed and wrapped up and put away to become such an integral part of yourself that they will be revealed in your work without your thought.” – Shoji Hamada
Read More“Only that which bears the fingerprints of our doings can be inherited; almost everything else is doomed to be forgotten.” Anna Rosa Krau explores the connection between our hands and our thoughts.
Read MoreTo grasp a city’s diversity and organic richness with all senses is an expertise that Maurice Maggi has cultivated for decades. Walking through urban landscapes, he turns his attention to places like the pavement, fallow land, and scrub along the way only to find the best and overlooked ingredients for his poetic interventions.
Read MoreLouise Richardson’s fragile pieces beautifully amalgamate decay and rebirth and the circular existence of each material included in her artwork. Through her work, we are invited to question our view on beauty and on the meaning of everyday objects – discarded ones that we have no use for anymore.
Read MoreAs the old year draws to a close, winter’s hushed existence and the coinciding, barren nature tell their own tale of a seeming absence of life and a state of transition. For our latest fashion story, we collaborated with selected designers whose work comprises forms of conservation, ephemerality, nature-driven production methods and antique fabrics.
Read More“Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life.” (Agnes Martin, Beauty Is the Mystery of Life, 1989)
Read MoreThe dog days refer to the dog star, Sirius, and its position in the heavens. Historically, Greek and Roman astrologers referred to the dog days as a period that could bring fever and madness.
Read MoreA love poem to Mother Earth, giver and sustainer of life.
Read MoreIt is our ability to create myths that make us archetypally human.
Read MoreAs we move through the seasons, we are graced by the mystery of the living world.
Read MoreShot in one of Berlin’s oldest bookbinderies, this story is an ode to craftsmanship and the timeless beauty of the handbound book.
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