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April 5, 2024
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Well-being
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6 min read

By Kyoto Tanaka
Founder, KYO DESIGN
Creating Calm Through Considered Design
Small choices that make a room calm.
Calm is designed, not decorated
A calm room is rarely the result of a single beautiful object. It’s the sum of dozens of small decisions: where the light falls in the morning, how much empty wall is left unbroken, how far apart the furniture sits from the walls.
We start every project by removing before we add. A room with fewer, better things almost always feels calmer than one filled carefully. Restraint, done well, reads as confidence rather than absence.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
— Leonardo da Vinci
Three habits worth keeping
Let natural light lead your layout, keep at least one wall completely empty, and choose fewer materials used more consistently throughout the space.



