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Read more about the article Japanese Patterns and Motifs 3- Class Divisions

Japanese Patterns and Motifs 3- Class Divisions

  • Post author:bidendesigns
  • Post published:23/03/2021
  • Post category:Beautiful Japanese culture/Featured

Japanese people are superstitious, most patterns have meanings and were largely created wishing for longevity, good luck, and spiritual power by Buddhism as well as pagans.  Although cherry blossoms are…

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Read more about the article Japanese Patterns and Motifs 2- Perfect Designs

Japanese Patterns and Motifs 2- Perfect Designs

  • Post author:bidendesigns
  • Post published:16/03/2021
  • Post category:Beautiful Japanese culture/Featured

Exotic treasures in Shosoin repository from Egypt, Persia and China inspired the Japanese in the 8th century and they started to create their own.  The capital was moved from Nara…

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Read more about the article Japanese Patterns and Motifs 1- Subconscious Taste

Japanese Patterns and Motifs 1- Subconscious Taste

  • Post author:bidendesigns
  • Post published:09/03/2021
  • Post category:Beautiful Japanese culture/Featured

“What a lovely Japanese home you have created!” said my interior designer boss when she visited.  I was shocked as I truly believed I decorated the house in a Western…

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Read more about the article Our Beautiful Products 12- Pottery from Kyoto

Our Beautiful Products 12- Pottery from Kyoto

  • Post author:bidendesigns
  • Post published:02/03/2021
  • Post category:Beautiful Japanese culture/Featured/Our Products/Sourcing Products

Japan is world-famous for producing fine pottery and porcelain which were made very popular in Europe by the East Indies Company a few centuries ago.  It is said Meissen was…

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Read more about the article Our Beautiful Products 11- Modern Calligraphy Art

Our Beautiful Products 11- Modern Calligraphy Art

  • Post author:bidendesigns
  • Post published:23/02/2021
  • Post category:Beautiful Japanese culture/Featured/Our Products/Sourcing Products

I love Yabe Chosho’s liberal and fresh approach to calligraphy.  Sho-do, Japanese calligraphy, literally means a way of writing, like how Ju-do is a way of jujutsu and Sa-do is…

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Read more about the article Our Beautiful Products 10- Gilded Washi Wallpaper
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Our Beautiful Products 10- Gilded Washi Wallpaper

  • Post author:bidendesigns
  • Post published:16/02/2021
  • Post category:Beautiful Japanese culture/Featured/Our Products/Sourcing Products

This gorgeous and unique wallpaper is a creation of Gabor Ulveczki, a maestro of gilt art and the craftsmen of an historical paper making village in Japan.  Gabor, born in…

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Read more about the article Our Beautiful Products 9- Staining Wooden Panels

Our Beautiful Products 9- Staining Wooden Panels

  • Post author:bidendesigns
  • Post published:09/02/2021
  • Post category:Beautiful Japanese culture/Featured/Our Products/Sourcing Products

Do you watch Repair Shop?  I love it.  Each piece has a wonderful story behind it and it is magically repaired by incredibly skilled craftsmen.  They are the same tribe…

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Read more about the article Our Beautiful Products 8- Exquisite Kumiko Wooden Panels

Our Beautiful Products 8- Exquisite Kumiko Wooden Panels

  • Post author:bidendesigns
  • Post published:02/02/2021
  • Post category:Beautiful Japanese culture/Featured/Our Products/Sourcing Products

Kumiko wooden panels are beautiful decorative materials which are so unique in Western interiors market.  They are mainly papered parts of shoji screen sliding doors, but can be much more…

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Read more about the article Our Beautiful Products 7- Wallpaper Made of Wood

Our Beautiful Products 7- Wallpaper Made of Wood

  • Post author:bidendesigns
  • Post published:26/01/2021
  • Post category:Beautiful Japanese culture/Featured/Our Products/Sourcing Products

Woven Wood Wallcovering is an extraordinary product made of natural wood.  It is sliced into strips of incredible thinness, just 0.16mm, and then dyed and woven to display the beautiful…

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Read more about the article Our Beautiful Products 6- Survival of Block Printed Paper

Our Beautiful Products 6- Survival of Block Printed Paper

  • Post author:bidendesigns
  • Post published:19/01/2021
  • Post category:Beautiful Japanese culture/Featured/Our Products/Sourcing Products

I passionately believe the beauty of Karakami block printed paper must be widely recognised outside Japan.  I could not continue a business relationship with the original supplier whose panels were…

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