Nature, craft & slow living

Thinking of interiors through the Nature, craftsmanship & slow living category means considering furniture as an extension of materials, gestures and time. Furniture is not reduced to its function: it bears the traces of manual labor, a reasoned choice of resources, an assumed relationship with time. The wood left exposed, the natural textiles, the visible assemblies recall a form of constructive sobriety, far removed from the logic of acceleration or constant renewal.

The shapes are simple, the volumes legible, the details assumed. Nothing is decorative in the gratuitous sense of the word: each element has its role, each finish has its coherence. This approach invites us to slow down, to favor objects that accompany use rather than dominate it. Slow living is more than just a fashion statement: it's a concrete approach to space and daily life. It calls for particular attention to rhythms, light and even silence.

The pieces grouped together here form an ensemble that favors balance, materials and a form of spatial anchoring. The link between nature and design is played out on a small scale: in the roughness of linen, in the softness of oiled wood, in the visual stability of an object made to last. The Nature, Crafts & Slow Living category doesn't dictate anything, but proposes a different, more measured, more lived-in rhythm.