Ideas for living with art

Guides, essays and references on choosing, hanging and understanding art prints.

Our Perspective on Contemporary Design

Simple forms with warmth, palettes drawn from light and materials, room to breathe: how we think about contemporary design and the traditions behind it.

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From the studio

The Value of Objects Made to Last

An inherited bowl, a well-thumbed book, a print that has followed us from our first home. Why some objects stay with us and how…

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From the studio

Choosing Art with Intention

Before hanging an image, four simple questions: why this one, where, alongside what, and will it still speak to you in years? Curating with…

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From the studio

Living with Art: The Beauty of Small Details

Morning light across a print, straightening a frame, a work that changes walls with the seasons: the small, quiet details of living with art…

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From the studio

Why We Believe in Printed Art

In an age of screens, an image on paper has something exceptional about it. Why we believe in printed art: its history and physical…

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From the studio

Bendíra: Art for Everyday Living

A small, independent art print studio making physical prints to keep a home company every day, with calm, light and a contemporary eye.

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Visual culture

Art and Emotion: Why Images Matter to Us

An image can calm us, unsettle us or return a memory. A reflection on our emotional response to art, without formulas or a single…

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Visual culture

How to Build an Affordable Personal Art Collection

Originals by emerging artists, original prints, photography and art prints: how to build an affordable art collection slowly, with no investment promises.

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