3 April 2019
Amber bath linen with handmade trimming Adding a new color to the collection is a creative process, but it is also...
18 July 2018
Ilias, slow bed linen with pompoms A timeless style i imagined in 1997. One of the first items of the V.Barkowski...
17 June 2018
V.Barkowski, an authentic brand Made to order home linen. To have time. Take time. A luxury. An ideal way to work...
20 April 2018
New press The press is in motion. Has it always been? Isn’t this notion in its essence? The press which adapts...
13 April 2018
Fez embroidery, tap into the moroccan culture Immersed in Moroccan culture, I naturally became interested in the Fez embroidery. In Morocco,...
3 April 2018
Variable geometry in minimalist version I naturally got caught up in desires of more geometric, minimalist patterns. I then imagined the...
30 March 2018
Three peoples, one source They all come from the same Chinese source. Years, generations spread them across Asian territories. Differences have...
23 March 2018
Picasso and primitive African art A realization that came to my mind during the visit of the exhibition 'Picasso Primitif' at...
16 March 2018
Water extends the color chart There has always been white. Pure and bright. Then dark grey. Deep and comforting. Today, I...
15 March 2018
Lamu bath linen was born in Asilah Lamu bath linen with pompons. An idea born from a journey. An idea that...
9 March 2018
Picnic with a green dress code. Here in Morocco it is still winter on the calendar but the sun is shining....
2 March 2018
Objects and furniture for sale Dar Kawa shop. Stay in Dar Kawa. Feel good and maybe love this plate, this table,...
23 February 2018
Saul Leiter, American street photographer A reflection, a floating, a mist or a silhouette. A burst of life or conversation ...
16 February 2018
Fez reads in Vayu For No-Mad I twist the Fez embroidery once again, a new style: Isayu. An embroidery of black...
2 February 2018
Embroidered mirrors of Gujarat Shimmering colors that sparkle by their shades but also by the small mirrors they contain. In the...
25 January 2018
Morin, a resistant name His real name is Edgar Nahoum. Born in Paris in 1921, he was engaged during the First...
12 January 2018
The Jain cosmography In Jainism no straight, motionless, time line. Everything is perceived in circularity. Time is a circle composed of...
5 January 2018
A woman for No-Mad, Sarah Carlier Launch of the new season No Mad. Who says launch, also says photo shooting. The...
22 December 2017
Out of fashion | The new fashion, a book that touches me The work itself is already so beautiful. Simply connected. An...
14 December 2017
Bogolan, a Malian fabric I like to discover the history of fabrics, textile techniques. I savor the details of the origins,...
8 December 2017
A new collection No-Mad was born in red. "Red"is the first collection of the brand. Then followed black, blue, pink, grey...
1 December 2017
Handmade in our workshop Since always, i like handmade work. For the incomparable quality it confers, for its anchorage in a...
25 November 2017
Pollux high end bath linen with long handmade fringes For the V. Barkowski high end home linen brand i play with...
24 November 2017
Quentin Wilbaux, passion and integrity The world carries exceptional people, inspiring beings. Quentin Wilbaux, Belgian architect and expert of Moroccan riads...
3 November 2017
Muddah, twisting every day objects Muddah, un classique indien revisité Parce que No-mad aime à réinterpréter le quotidien, la marque revisite les...
27 October 2017
Romuald Hazoumè, artist from Benin African art of yesterday. African art of today. Between the two, an immensity of evolution, exploration...
13 October 2017
A red mood for timeless & refined home linen RED mood, is the mood of the day to play with the...
29 September 2017
Inspiring figures The world needs inspiring figures. Always. Today, there are Vandana Shiva, Paul Duan, Boyan Slat, Edgar Morin, Pierre Rahbi,...
1 September 2017
Olafur Eliasson Olafur Eliasson is Danish, born of Icelandic parents but he settles in Berlin and creates one of the most...
25 August 2017
New collection AM.PM. My collaboration with the AM.PM. brand goes on. The idea that is dear to me remains: the pieces...
11 August 2017
20 years of collaboration with Tania Panova Ties have been formed since our first meeting, memories have been created. Twenty years...
8 August 2017
The Calico Museum of Textiles The history of Indian textiles. And the extent of know-how, the diversity of achievements. Lost or...
8 August 2017
Happy chance. The happy model. I love my job for the fortuitous encounters that it sometimes induces ...
4 August 2017
The original ikat The true original source, nobody knows it. This ancestral technique of hand weaving is found in many parts...
7 July 2017
Pavel Pepperstein, between words and paintings He is multidisciplinary. At once rapper, author, painter, art theorist, critic, he works with words...
3 July 2017
A paan is chewed. Today a paan lends its fragrance through a No-Mad candle. A product I created by digging into...
23 June 2017
Serge Diaghilev, an "avant-garde" He lived his childhood in the Russian countryside but it is in the cities of Russia and Europe...
9 June 2017
William Kentridge, a plural artist He is South African. First actor, director and then creative director. Very soon, William Kentridge produces animated...
2 June 2017
African mood Africa. Black Africa. Its faces, its colors. I have always been fascinated by the beauty of Africans, by their majestic way...
18 May 2017
Hans Silvester, photographer of the Omo tribes He is one of those photographers who immerse themselves. He tames himself, passes from word...
12 May 2017
Nandi, muse of NO-MAD An Indian bull in all its elegance and simplicity ...
5 May 2017
Chiharu Shiota, an imaginary around the thread Chiharu Shiota, an artist with magisterial and challenging installations. Japanese, she established her life...
21 April 2017
Ayn Rand, a mysterious writer. A woman so well known in the United States, in India where she is taught. And...
18 April 2017
Passementerie Aya - home linen with a rare craft For passementerie AYA home linen, the skills are valuable, delicate. A little...
14 April 2017
Feel at home at NO-MAD Café A fair is a place that pulsates, lives, stimulates. The Design Id 2017 in New...
31 March 2017
Mekong +, the adventure continues. But at a distance. In 2012, I spent three months on site with craftsmen, designers and...
24 March 2017
Words to designate realities emerge from a language, hygge. In Denmark, it refers to those little pleasures that provide well-being. A...
26 June 2015
Bandit Queen has an eye for detail. Everything is designed to maintain harmony and beauty of each style, from design...
3 April 2015
For each of my projects I give a particular attention to the visual identity and packaging."The suit does not make...
3 February 2015
Indian know-how is rich, precise and so varied. Among the techniques I have used there is Chikan embroidery. A craft...
28 June 2013
June 2012 Broadcast 'Interiors' on Paris Premiere - we discover Dar Kawa. Juin 2012 : l'émission Intérieurs sur Paris Première...
10 June 2013
Designing the first Bandit Queen showroom in Mumbaï. The goal of my search was to find a concept that could operate...
2 February 2013
Bandit Queen is a highlander, she is 20 years old, she is 1000…She is the image of everyone and heritage...
26 January 2013
We features the Sokistan collection on Pinterest. From a pair of socks we create the « Sokistan style ». What do citizens...
15 January 2013
Winter 2012 - Sokistan for men - www.sokistan.com Hiver 2012 - Sokistan pour hommes - www.sokistan.com Photos : ©Sokistan 2012...
4 October 2012
Bed and bath linen. Linge de lit et linge de bain. "LAMU" bath towel. Vintage jacquard woven hand towel with hand made...
7 August 2012
A flower from the garden.Une fleur du jardin. Homemade olive oil.Fait maison, l'huile d'olive. Handmade napkin and napkin ring, recycled linen and...
15 June 2012
I have always loved handmade paper : their different qualities and textures , their production, the colors and the infinite...
13 May 2012
Sokistan: machines, threads, style, and encounters. Sokistan : des machines, du fil, du style et des rencontres. ...
1 April 2012
Jewelry 2007Bijoux 2007 When i pass by Brussels i love to wander on the flea market, hunting for all kind of...
31 March 2012
Sokistan opens its first embassy. Myriam Balaÿ Devidal stages the event...
16 March 2012
The Bandit Queen home textile collection is born in India following the meeting of Sunita Namjoshi, entrepreneur and founder of...
15 March 2012
Hall of Temptation “An invitation into a "hall of temptation" is always a journey into the unknown.The ultimate place to express...
14 March 2012
Whispering room. “Without a chaperone I travel, a flower caressed by the wind. I found myself one day at the outskirts...
13 March 2012
When I left Mia Zia, in February 2007, the franchise boutique in Ibiza chose to follow me. They asked me...
13 March 2012
Steam Room “After a long journey I'm invited to rest and a bath is drawn. I get in; a young man...
13 March 2012
"Constellation" Bed linen design for Ligne Roset (2007) Parure de lit "Constellation" dessinée pour Ligne Roset (2007)...
13 March 2012
This hand-woven, hand-embroidered cotton bracelet is traditionally offered as a token of friendship in India. There are hundreds of different...
12 March 2012
Room of delicacies "Royal courts attend my dinners, alongside travelers, robbers, and observers of every kind. To shape the table into...
4 March 2012
How did it all start? I don’t remember! But the fact is that one day, the idea appeared: “embroider a...
15 February 2012
The universe of Valerie Barkowski naturally integrates the home and everything it includes – it’s both a lifestyle and a...
14 February 2012
This ancestral technique, hand-stamped appliqué, embroidered or block-printed, is a hallmark of V. Barkowski’s collections, which browse traditions, seizing the...
13 February 2012
Copirates dolls are a creation of Myriam Balaÿ Devidal & Lydia Rump. They’re packable dolls, who travel with me wherever I...
13 February 2012
These photos were taken in a workshop in Jaipur, where block-print on textiles is an age-old craft.The design is carved...
12 February 2012
Float in a bath in linen of freshly printed bubbles, like blossoms in bloom, and dream a serene reverie …...
11 February 2012
The Lafayette Home Department Store opened its doors in Paris in the spring of 2004. Galeries Lafayette invited several designers to...
10 February 2012
Allow yourself to be lived in by a collection of home linen. For the passion of work done by hand, and...
10 February 2012
To be seductive, Maasai women wear an array of large multicoloured necklaces that highlight their faces with glory.Valérie Barkowski's jewellery...
7 February 2012
Dar Kawa lies in the very heart of the medina, or old city, in the labyrinth of the bazaar, where...
4 February 2012
A timeless linen collection, adapted for European tastes. V.Barkowski’s home linens are synonymous with leisure, tradition, and pleasure. They suggest the...
4 February 2012
The subject of this film is making over an artist’s studio as a living space. The bare loft, to furnish: five...
3 February 2012
Samajhna is a charity that operates on a shoestring. Marlies Küng Rüdisser is in charge of the workshop, paying the children’s...
3 February 2012
These are Moroccan-made, in the workshop where I designed my first home linen collections. The women needle-workers there are the...
3 February 2012
In India, dyeing is a highly developed craft, and therefore a recurrent aspect in any textile project a designer undertakes....
3 February 2012
For my shopping bags and packagings, I have always used handmade paper. In most cases, I have it dyed to...
3 February 2012
Paris 2002 The block printed collection. A former painter’s studio, with a view of the Eiffel Tower. I staged this apartment...
3 February 2012
Back from Indian origins, via Morocco. Always on the ideal wavelength, Indian and Moroccan textile arts are marvelous gateways for my...
3 February 2012
When I began exploring the world of fiber, I discovered complex, valuable traditions of craftsmanship that impelled me to go...
3 February 2012
Creation of embroidery : more than just dreams and imagination, a challenge. Then life led me to a country where I...
3 February 2012
Spring / Summer 2007 Printemps / Eté 2007 A wonderful adventure… Mia Zia by Valerie Barkowski? A simple story that began unexpectedly in Marrakech...
3 February 2012
Fall / Winter 2006 Automne / Hiver 2006 The Mia Zia label itself was testimony to this adventure that was simultaneously...
2 February 2012
A habit I’ve inherited from my travels ! I’ve always had a definite taste for new horizons. Like any vagabond worth...
2 February 2012
Authenticity Confort Refinement The feeling of being at home Authenticité Confort Raffinement ...
1 February 2012
I chose neutral tones and sober, contemporary comfort as the themes for the decor, with objects rendered to their ideal,...
31 January 2012
Suite Mumtaz is: impressive volumes, light, a fireplace, books, massage upon request, and Bandit Queen bed linens… An invitation to...
25 January 2012
The Olmassi Junior Suite is located on the ground floor with a view on the patio. During summer heat waves,...
20 January 2012
The "Omani" Junior Suite consists of a sitting room, bedroom, walk-in closet, and bathroom. The textiles and linens are all...
15 January 2012
1998 First sock collection 1998 Première collection de chaussettes Photo : Tania Panova 2000 First embroidered socks 2000 Premières chaussettes brodées Photo : Francesca Torre 2004...
15 January 2012
The four bedrooms and their respective bathrooms are connected to a central patio, a well of light providing a murmur...
10 January 2012
Food The joys of dining : a delight for body and mind, be it a refreshing lunch or a more elegant...
3 January 2012
Spring / Summer 2005Printemps / Eté 2005 From dream to reality… From humble beginnings and small scale production in a modest workshop...
30 December 2011
Fall / Winter 2004 Automne / Hiver 2004 Spring / Summer 2004 Printemps / Eté 2004 Photos : Nicolas Tosi...
22 December 2011
The Paris Franck & Fils department store gave me carte blanche to decorate the shop with Mia Zia colors. I...
15 December 2011
Fall / Winter 2002 Photos : Francesca TorreAuntomne / Hiver 2002 Press release 2002 : My name is Mia Zia and I...
10 December 2011
Fall / Winter 2001 Photos : Francesca TorreAutomne / Hiver 2001 Press release 2001 : The first boutique in Sint-Barth, another in...
1 December 2011
Dar Kawa and Tania Panova, a story. Tania and I met by accident. The Moroccans would call it “mektoub” :...
30 November 2011
The Clients's point of view. "Valérie Barkowski doesn't just create fashion, she has fun. She follows her desires, she is on...
18 November 2011
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMsEY09Aqig&vl=fr[/embed] Valérie Barkowski founded the Mia Zia brand in 1997 and ensured its development until 2007. Over these 10 years, a...
2 November 2011
Sara is a good friend. We’ve known each other for several years. She’s a New Yorker. At one time, she owned...
3 July 2011
I chose to present this cornucopia of pictures taken at Dar Kawa in the form of a mosaic. Intuitively, I associate...
10 June 2011
A saadian house from the 17th century in the medina of Marrakech. In arabic this kind of house is called a...
4 June 2011
Broadcast 'Interiors' on Paris Premiere - we discover Dar Kawa. L'émission Intérieurs sur Paris Première nous fait découvrir...
14 January 2010
It was an immense pleasure to accept Valérie Barkowski’s invitation to work together in an intense and emblematic location like...
3 February 1997
This photostory is the product of Jean-Marc Ferrière’s residency at the Fondation Sahart. Inspired by the hand-knitting workshop, he shot...
3 February 1997
Traditional Moroccan caftans and djellabas always featured passementerie: ornaments made of braided fibers. The work is sewn by hand with needle...
3 February 1997
Plied by expert Moroccan hands, fleece becomes strong, beautiful, colorful felt. How? Take a lock of carded, natural wool, and put...
3 February 1997
Frame loom knotting is not especially widespread as a Moroccan craft. It is limited to the production of napkins and...