Sentimental Journal issue 10 is out! The theme is 'Festivity' and the whole magazine is so festive! So colorful! So full of inspiration. Every time a new magazine comes out I think I have my favorite issue, and every time I am outdone. It is a great pleasure to contribute to this beautiful product.

People who know me know that I am anything but trend-sensitive and our own house is a mix of a lot of influences, something that we feel comfortable with and actually reflects who we are very well. But of course I have studied Wabi-sabi and 'Japandi' and I like the tranquility that this style radiates.

Behind the scenes, I'm working updating my photo archive. Collections will be added all the time. So please bear with me, it will all become much more organized soon.

Anouk, a midwife and masseur from Belgium, asked me to design a very simple website where 'greens' and 'earth tones' would predominate. Her logo had to depict hands and a reference to India.

I once asked for a ‘Turkish coffee’ in an extremely cozy little café in Beirut, Lebanon. The owner faced me with a friendly though unmistakable stare of admonition. ‘It’s called ‘Arabic coffee’, madam’. So this time, traveling the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and knowing I wanted to write about coffee, I decided to educate myself first.

He lights a candle and nods us again with that irresistibly friendly face. Then, he visits to the small synagogue, once used by the Nazis as a storage place for, among other things fire extinguishers.

Oncology surgeon Eva Noorda wanted a new corporate identity, website, logo and social media strategy that would enable her to incorporate her knowledge of lifestyle and evidence-based complementary measures into regular oncology practice.