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Home wellness isn’t just about great looking interiors, but also supporting health and wellbeing, says Repose founder, Jacqueline Kaytar.
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s the weather starts to cool, the urge to get cosy at home inspires us to change things up in our homes for the season. And for winter 2022 there is a lot to love about what’s trending in homewares and interior design. Ethical homewares brand, Repose, is inspired by the belief that good design and sustainability are symbiotic. Its considered approach to its products reimagines everyday objects by honouring natural materials and techniques as well as their impact on both the body and the planet. Founder Jacqueline Kaytar says good design isn’t just about aesthetics. “Repose is built from the idea that beauty and wellbeing are symbiotic; that good design should work in harmony with nature, not against it,” she explains. 24
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“I think this point now has deeper meaning for most people for many reasons,” she says. “The world as we know it has rapidly changed in the last couple of years. The combination of spending years in isolation, numerous natural disasters and the published science on climate change has given us all the space to pause and revaluate how we were living our lives, what we were consuming and what really matters.” Kaytar started looking at her environment, the products and the materials that she surrounds herself with after she was diagnosed with a chronic inflammatory condition. “The search for wellness in all areas of my life was deepened as my family expanded. Inspired by my young children and the home that I was renovating at the time, I was looking for items that were
design led that didn’t come at the cost of the planet or our health. “During this time, I started developing and making some items for my home, screen printing hemp textiles, hand weaving lamp shades with natural materials and plant dying carry-all bags. I launched in January 2022, so it’s all still new and I have so many plans for the future.” After a decade of working in commercial homewares design and having her first child, she decided she couldn’t go back to producing mass amounts of products that weren’t aligned with her values, that she wanted to be part of the solution; good design and sustainability go hand in hand. “I’m guided by reimagining everyday products, usually it’s something I want but can’t find, but it must feel authentic to me. Once I have an idea, I usually
document it and start thinking about materials. I start the prototype process by playing with different materials and ideas. From here I might make changes in form or material until I am happy with it. I want my pieces to be both beautiful and functional, always grounded in sustainability.” Repose made its debut with a collection of 100 per cent organic hemp hand printed textiles, Danish paper cord and FSC paper raffia woven lamp shades and 100 per cent organic, fair trade plant dyed carryalls. The entire collection is handmade using sustainable and renewable high-quality materials, produced with ethical craftsmanship, and coloured with non-toxic dyes and processes, resulting in a contemporary, warm and honest aesthetic that supports human and ecological health. Each piece is