Stories

Crash Our Date with: Scented Strangers
Kicking off our Crash Our Date series, where we sit down with a designer in our community to learn about their vision, by sitting down with Celine, the founder of Scented Strangers, a functional jewelry brand creating bracelets with incense-infused beads. We lost track of time having the most fascinating conversation about traditional Chinese scent design philosophy.

Xiabu, a little-known linen for textilephiles
Literally meaning “summer fabric”, Xiabu is a type of linen unique to China. In 2019, it was designated a national intangible cultural heritage.