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April 5, 2024

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Well-being

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Portrait of Kyoto Tanaka

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.

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