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"Glück" means happiness and "Gute" means nice quality in German. Our concept is to use natural and organic materials to make gentle products that make everyone feel happy and to live a quality life. Our products have a soft touch feeling that brings you an ultimate comfort every day. We hope our products will deliver you a healthy life by protecting your feet and become the must-have items in your wardrobe.

by Chisato Hemuki

"HAZE" was found by Japanese traditional warosoku artisan Keisuke Haze in 2012. Since then, Haze and his team develop Japanese candles as "daily tools" that are close to modern life. All of the warosoku Japanese candles are handcrafted in Kawagoe, a city in Saitama Prefecture in Japan. They follow the traditions and only use sumac wax and bulrush wicks as raw materials. Since the ancient time, Japanese warosoku candles are made using the traditional techinique called "Tegake-seiho", which means each candle is handmade and the wax is applied in multiple layers fully by hands.

"The same flame can never be encountered twice."

 
The 4 members of the team works daily to create Japanese candles while respecting the way they should be left to future generations. They are doing this because they want to express the transience that will disappear someday with Japanese candles. The brand name was given as "HAZE", not only because it's the family name of the founder of the brand. "Haze" also means the fruit of the Japanese wax tree. 

HAZE warosoku candles create a powerful flame but only release little soot. Following the traditional Japanese style, the production of the wick, wax and final candle is split into 3 parts. HAZE enjoys honouring past traditions while looking towards a bright future and reviving the traditional cultures and craftsmanship.

"Hemskor" is a Swedish term, where "hem" means home and "skor" refers to shoes. And so, "Hemskor" indicates indoor shoes or slippers. When you visit an onsen ryokan in Japan, offering a pair of quality indoor shoes for guests is a traditional "omotenashi" hospitality.

This Japanese artisanal indoor shoe brand is based in Yamanashi, Japan. The founder Hidenori Hemuki aims to hand make indoor shoes using quality and sustainable materials. With his original designs and techniques, he has achieved the mission of making the most user-friendly indoor shoes with ultimate comfort.

- Born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1971.
- Currently lives in Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

- Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts, Major in Lacquer Art.
- Completed woodcraft at Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts.

- Started working as a woodwork artist in 2001. He makes tools for daily life using mainly natural materials, mainly wood. He continues to create works while valuing the objects in his daily life and the atmosphere within those spaces.

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“Small tableware made of wood” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha)

About IYÉ

Inner Sustainability - "Sustainability within oneself, so to speak, focusing on the mind and body of the individual. We need to face our inner selves again, know ourselves, acknowledge ourselves, and pursue comfort. I believe that if we can go beyond that and care for our precious family and friends, society, and the environment that surrounds us in our daily lives, it will lead to small but significant sustainability.
We hope that IYÉ will be a source of strength for you."

Each piece is made from the finest ingredients. We are very particular about "made in Japan". In order for each of you to spend your own high-quality time in your own "IYÉ". We hope that IYÉ will become a comfortable and enriching part of your daily life.

Design and Detail - "A special box that is strong and eco-friendly like a wooden box.
It was created from recycled paper such as milk cartons.

Paper cartons for beverages, such as milk cartons, are made of high quality pulp and are known as "paper honours". It is good paper to begin with. There is no way not to reuse it.

IYÉ boxes are made by recycling paper and other materials from factories and households and using ultra-thick paperboard made from recycled paper.

The IYÉ paper box is made by the same processing method as the wooden box.
After the incense is gone, you can remove the top paper from the bottom of the box and use it as a small container.

※We use 100% recycled paper, but in addition to recycled beverage cartons, we also use recycled paper.

Between 1992 - 1994, Kaname Takeguchi completed his study of base firing, glaze and wheeling at Industrial Research Centre of Shiga Prefecture.

From 1994, he had been apprenticed to ceramic master Kennin Kishimoto for 4 years.

In 1998, he started working at Lakobo ceramic studio in Kyoto. 

In 2004, he has decided to build his own atelier and kiln and started his journey as an individual ceramic artist in Shiga Prefecture.

"Simplicity is the ultimate beauty" is the theory of Japanese ceramic artist Katsufumi Baba (馬場勝文) when talking about design of his works.

Minimalism and practicality are the design perspectives of Baba-san's works. He wishes that every user of his works will love the versatile designs and user-friendly features that he is particular about. His designs are inspired by the surrounding mother of nature in Kurume in Japan - this is where he is based in. He and his wife enjoy their quiet life with their 4 cats and a dog, who play an important role to assist him in his creations. He mentioned that this kind of lifestyle motivates and encourages him to keep creating every day.

Kazunori Koutsuka (高塚和則) is a popular Japanese timber furniture maker and woodwork artist in Japan. He is based in Tochigi Prefecture in Japan. When he was a young kid, his dream was to do handcrafts. After he finished his high school, he had decided to make passionate dream come true. So he started his journey to be a woodwork artisan since then. 

He truly believes that "wood" actually exists like a god to the nature and everyone. Shaping and making use of every single piece of wood is his forever job and mission. He thinks that it's his gratitude towards wood if his works can bring joy and convenience to people's life.

After reading the book about the history of shaker box published in the US, Kenichi Okuno was inspired by how beautiful handcrafted goods are. And so, he quitted his previous career in the business field and entered the art industry by self-learning.

With countless test and error, he managed to work out the perfect formula of making his shaker boxes. He said that his dream is to deliver his wooden boxes to households who love the beautiful mother of nature and sustainability of life goods.

Kie Zakka was established by a Japanese couple the Oota's, who are based in Gifu, Japan.

Gifu is a famous city in Japan manufacturing quality timber furniture thanks to the natural supply of high quality timber in the area. By achieving the purpose of timber sustainability, Mr Oota makes use of the offcut timber pieces of furniture and transforms them into unique designs and shapes. Mrs Oota carefully selects non-toxic acrylic paints and natural oil, which are safe for serving food, to hand draw an adorable girl with different characteristics on each single piece of crafted timber. Therefore, every piece is unique due to the delicate one-of-a-kind work progress.

The Oota's said that they are so happy to be able to live in the beautiful city Gifu where is surrounding by the most beautiful nature. Their aim is to make everyone feel happy and loved in daily life by holding their works in hands. We're so happy to meet the Oota's who aim to create handcrafted works which can cheer people up every day.

Koji Aoki was from a business background and had worked as a businessman for more than 10 years in Tokyo before becoming a potter. He had achieved great success in his career during the 1990s. One day, he went to a ceramic exhibition of the renowned British ceramicist Lucie Rie in Tokyo. He was impressed by how amazing the techniques of handcrafted ceramics are and instantly fell in love with pottery. In a family trip to Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, he had his heart set to move to that quiet and tranquil little town for good.

With his family’s support, he learnt about pottery by himself and created his original glaze colours at his home studio. His talents brought him many opportunities to hold exhibitions in different cities in Japan.

Kukan Chuzo (空間鋳造) Atelier is based in the birth place of Nanbu-Tekki (the famous cast ion Japanese teapots) in Iwate, Japan. The designer and maker of Kukan Chuzo, Hisao Iwashimizu, takes a modern twist to the design his creations. His idea is to design a traditional Japanese cast iron kyusu with exceptional level of attention-to- detail, to fit in modern living timelessly for everyone.    

Cast iron kyusu is mainly used to serve hot tea and cold drinks because of its excellent thermal retaining and insulation functions.

“It’s not just a piece of ceramic.

You may see a self-reflection when looking at it and using it.”

The young potter Makoto Saito was born in 1989 in Hokkaido. He was graduated from Kanazawa Art and Craft University in 2014. He is currently based in Seto City in Aichi Prefecture. His works are not purely crockeries on your kitchen shelves, but also play a role in our daily life. He believes that his works can deliver happiness to users and communicate with them without knowing who they are. He thinks this is the value of his works.