Our Mingei Collection is named after Japan's Mingei (art of the people) Movement of the early 1900s which identified beauty in the honest simplicity & utilitarianism of folk crafts created by anonymous, village craftspeople. The movement was an antidote to unchecked industrialisation and a means of cultural preservation, spearheaded by the Japanese philosopher, Yanagi Soetsu.

The silent hero of the block printer's table: drop cloth elevated to art form.

Rooted in tradition and crafted by hand in harmony with nature: this is the story of Eri silk.