Fuel your imagination with our fortnightly edit of creatives and photographers who take Instagram to a whole new level, curated by writer Marcia Veiga. From interior stylists and architects to visionary image-makers, we bring you a curation of global talent that will elevate your feed and inspire your own creative output.
Mikiya Kobayashi, Designer and Director
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Tokyo’s Mikiya Kobayashi has been connecting cultural legacy and sustainability since establishing his studio in 2006. He works with wooden furniture and industrial design to create innovative products that follow daily routines, e.g. a three-wheeled electric scooter made of chestnut wood, freestanding ladles, and bottle-like radio.
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James Coviello, Fashion designer
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James Coviello has an insatiable interest in 19th-century decorative arts, and his fashion label – launched in 2003 – was heavily influenced by the Edwardian era. Coviello’s enthusiasm for folklore-style spills into all of his creative outlets – the biggest being the 1840s Greek Revival house he bought over two decades ago. His digital diary showcases his fascination with vintage finds and documents the fruits of his renovation.
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Casa Balandra, Creative residency
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Two Mallorcan sisters, Claudia and Isabella Del Olmo, joined forces with their best friend Cécile Denis to renovate their childhood home into an experiential guest house for creatives. Casa Balandra’s light-flooded spaces feature heavy stone walls, palm-shaded gardens and a warm, inviting nature that encourages both digital and physical visitors to embrace slowness.
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Charlie Porter, founder of Tat London
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Self-proclaimed magpie, Charlie Porter has a personal attraction to unique and unusual household pieces. Her love for foraging and interior is familial – her mother Liz Elliot is Editor-at-Large at House & Garden magazine – but her passion for styling new-found treasures is what inspired her to open her online shop, Tat London. Porter’s digital grid showcases shopping hotspots, art inspirations, and vintage objects galore.
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All things Ettore Sottsass by Raquel Cayre
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Though he passed away in 2007, Austro-Italian maverick Ettore Sottsass’s pioneering postmodern furniture, lighting, architecture and jewellery continue to shape the contemporary design scene. Regardless of the project, he expressed that ‘functionalism is not enough’, but that designs should be sensual and exciting. This homage account is run by Raquel Cayre, a furniture advisor, collector and curator from New York, and celebrates all things Sottsass – a visual feast for all Memphis Milano fans.
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