LIKE UMAMI
TOKO is like umami. The fifth flavour that deepens the overal experience of taste. An aim to widen your horizon through authentic design. Each design incorporates a narrative that tells a bit more about the world.
Design should bring you along to new and foreign places. The path of curiosity sometimes leads to a new found connection that resonates more with who you are, than where you are from.
To be able to properly express oneself, the palate must be as broad as possible, to be who you are.
THE CREATIVE BEHIND TOKO
For a creative it is the most difficult thing to explain why it all started, happens and is ongoing. David Bowie explained it best,
“Always remember that the reason that you initially started working is that there was something inside yourself that you felt that, if you could manifest in some way, you would understand more about yourself and how you coexist with the rest of society. I think it’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people’s expectations — they generally produce their worst work when they do that.”
Just trying to make beautiful things - Katja Horstman
Difference between cultures are inspiring and spark curiosity. Incorporating culture into design, gives us more knowledge about the world around us.
'To know another, is to know oneself'.