Inspiration
Travel, collaborations and the Mediterranean habits behind the objects.
NewsThe Finest StationeryNotebooks, planners and pocket notes, made for the moment inspiration arrives — pocket, desk, or somewhere in between.
PlacesTravel Guide N.01 - Palermo, ItalyBaroque churches, street markets and arancini. Palermo, in all its layered, chaotic beauty.
CollaborationsOCTAEVO x Funky BakersBread, design and Barcelona. An unlikely pairing that made complete sense.
RitualsA Room with a ViewGolden light, classical forms and the painter David Ligare. On rooms that frame something worth looking at.
NewsNew Collection SS22Flower sculptures, fresh prints and the first warm light of the year. Introducing Spring Summer 2022.
RitualsIf stone could speakDry stone walls, worn thresholds and centuries of hands. What Mediterranean architecture remembers.
RitualsBlue all the wayFrom azure to cobalt to the particular blue of a painted door. A study of the Mediterranean's defining colour.
RitualsThe sea close byCamus wrote about the sea as a form of thought. On living within reach of the water.
RitualsOh, these philosophers...Ancient wisdom, everyday objects, and what the Stoics might make of a well-set table.
PlacesMarimurtra and backA botanical garden on a cliff above the Mediterranean, and the plants that shouldn't grow there but do.
RitualsThe Bright LifeLong lunches, open windows and unhurried afternoons. The Mediterranean approach to living well.
CollaborationsMaians x OctaevoBarcelona shoemakers meet Barcelona paper. A collaboration built on shared ground.
RitualsOur storyHow a Barcelona studio came to make water-resistant paper vases, and the philosophy underneath it.
CollaborationsAtelier Bingo x OctaevoItalian volcanoes, energetic prints, and a French duo who see the relationship between people and nature in colour.
CollaborationsOCTAEVO by Olga de la IglesiaThe photographer and artist on colour, light, and how she sees our objects.
RitualsHow to Use the OCTAEVO Paper VaseWater-resistant paper, ancient ceramic forms, and a plastic bottle you were about to throw away. How the paper vase works — and how to arrange one.
NewsTemplo Candle SculptureHand-poured in Italy, shaped like relics from an imagined altar. Templo candles melt as a performance — art that changes while you watch.
CollaborationsMariano Pascual x OCTAEVOIllustration with a sense of humour. The designer on his visual language, and what he brought to ours.
NewsRiviera Paper VasesBright pink, brighter tangerine, delicate gold. The Riviera vases are an unapologetic love letter to '60s décor.
CollaborationsJaime Hayon x OCTAEVOLine drawings, gold strokes and Greek gods. The Spanish designer on play, risk, and why Valencia is his best-kept secret.
NewsAn Ode to RitualsCoffee, candlelight, the same walk each morning. Small repeated acts, and why they hold everything together.
NewsGreeting CardsThe finest paper, an embellished motif, and a golden clip that outlives the occasion. A card that becomes a bookmark.
CollaborationsNarinan x OctaevoA meeting of two design languages, and the objects that came out of it.
RitualsCocktail TimeAnis, mastic and sweet fennel — the herbs behind Mediterranean spirits, and three cocktails to make with them.
