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Hano journal

The Edit

Notes on looking closely at what we’re drawn to, and why.
Written by the studio.

Charlie, lead designer
A daytime talk-show set in black and white, seen from the audience; only the round marble coffee table on its brass pedestal is in colour, under a red NOPE stamp

The trouble with playing it safe

Buy neutral. Add personality later. I followed that advice, and the personality I put off choosing became a problem for everything else to solve.

Andrew, co-founder
A risograph in olive ink of a dining table with upholstered chairs under a chandelier

Notes from Hano’s first customer

A personal account of how Charlie helped me make confident decisions for my home, and why we founded Hano.

Charlie, lead designer
A green kitchen wall with red-grouted white tile, a framed blue print and a potted cactus on a round white table

Giving a kitchen back its sense of place

The red grout in my kitchen is what made me want to sign my lease on the spot.

Charlie, lead designer
Sketch of a sofa cushion cut open: a high-density foam core wrapped in down and feather, inside cotton ticking

What you’re actually paying for

Two sofas photograph the same. One costs a few hundred dollars. One costs several thousand. What the price difference buys, and what it doesn’t.

Charlie, lead designer
An unlacquered brass doorknob and square backplate on a pale oak door

The case for things that age

Patina isn’t wear and tear. It’s a material with enough character to record what happened to it.

Charlie, lead designer
A tan leather Arne Jacobsen Egg chair, worn with age, on a gray backdrop

You have a personal style. There’s more to it than a tag.

Find your style by describing what you love: the construction, materiality and forms that draw you to a piece.

Charlie, lead designer
A natural jute rug on gray plank flooring, against a wall in Charleston Gray

Millennials are not responsible for millennial gray

I’m a millennial, and I’m a designer, and I would like my generation’s name taken off this.

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