In response to a newsletter, a customer wrote me about a conversation with a Japanese friend about ceremonies for daily use items. This idea intrigued me and I’m trying to learn more. In the meantime, I’ve been wondering: How would I design a ceremony for objects that I use every day? Creating rituals is not […]
Ordinary and extraordinary beauty
Several years ago I traveled back to India, to the foothills of the Himalayas where I grew up. My class was having a reunion in conjunction with our school’s 150th anniversary celebration. On the last morning our seventh grade homeroom teacher invited us to a sunrise breakfast. A handful of us arrived on time and […]
Honoring the ordinary
I’ve been talking with friends about the ways they bring beauty into their everyday lives and have been moved by the depth of their responses. I decided to ask myself the questions I’ve been asking friends: What’s one thing you do to bring beauty into your everyday life? What difference does it make? Why is […]
But it’s too beautiful to use!
“There once was a Velveteen Rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen.” So begins the well-known children’s book, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery […]
