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Places we can dream of... . . . Photo @justinfoulk

Places we can dream of...
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Photo @justinfoulkes .
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#confinement #covid19fight #wandering #daydreaming #escape #cntraveller #passionpassport #citizenoftheworld

Sunday morning. Nothing better than daydreaming in

Sunday morning.
Nothing better than daydreaming in bed, isn't it?
Even better when your bed linen is soft and hand embroidered, no?
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We are happy to let you know that our e-shop is online since several weeks.
Some who know us will not be surprised that we were so silent about it.
That is how we are. We don't like to speak loud but happy to share the news with you here.
www.valeriebarkowski.com
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Only linens baring the label V.Barkowski are original designs.
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#embroideredbedsheets #theartofslowliving #onlineshopping #bedlinen #hometextiles #handembroidery #artisans #qualitylinen #combedcotton #handmade #bleuproduct #blueeconomy #slowlifestyle #valeriebarkowskidesign #vbarkowski #handmadepompons #passementerie #twisttheworld #timelesslinen #since1997 #originaldesign #vbarkowskibrand #interiordesign #instahome #color #minimal #lessismore #qualitylinen #stayathome #onlineshopping

March 15th 2020. This morning our shutters remaine

March 15th 2020.
This morning our shutters remained closed.
For the security of our staff and customers and with the hope to be as efficient as possible, we decided to close the V.Barkowski store in Marrakech as long as it will be necessary.
No we don't panic, we just want to strike the ennemy asap by following the only rational rule : staying at home.
If everybody follows that safety rule, soon all this will just be a bad memory.

Sending love and best wishes to all of you around the world.
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And if you feel it is a "disaster" think of the fact that :
"a pandemic has been declared...
But not for the 24600 who die every day from unnecessary starvation, and not for 3000 children who die every day from preventable malaria,and not for the 10000 people who die every day because they are denied publicly-funded healthcare, and not for the hundreds of Venezuelans and Iranians who die every day because America's blockade denies them life-saving medicines, and not for the hundreds of mostly children bombed or starved to death every day in Yemen, in a war supplied and kept going, profitably, by America and Britain. Before you panic consider them.
John Pilger via @oliviervrankenne
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We will remain live here and continue to post eyecandies and life fragments from Marrakech, like "letters from home..."
Until we can meet again💫
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#Marrakesh #covid_19 #coronavirus #stayathome #followtherules #quarantine #stayhealthy #safeplace #home #safetyrule #simplerule #bebrave #thinklarge #dontstockfood #safealltogetherbutalone #strongtogether #followtherule #homeletters #staysafe #nopanic #keepcalm #dowhatypuhavetodo #slowlife #solitarylife

Fragment of our flagshipstore in the medina Marrak

This is exactly how i feel tonight. Upside down an

This is exactly how i feel tonight.
Upside down and turning in circles like dancing mushrooms.
Sweet dreams, good night 💫
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Upside down mushroom room from Carsten Höller @fondazioneprada •
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#contemporary art #carstenholler #mushrooms #artlover #remkoolhaas #architecture #milano #red #upsidedown #citytrip

What about lunch in the garden today. It is alread

What about lunch in the garden today. It is already spring in Marrakech. Pleasant on one side and scary at the same time... The temperature is what we usually have in april.
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Menu of the day : farniente and enjoying company of dear friends.
My table linen on this picture has been photographed by @delphinewarin at @domainesauvage
Hand embroidery on linen, these collections are available at the V.Barkowski store in Marrakech, open every day from 10 to 7.
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#theartofslowliving #sloweconomy #embroideredlinen #handmade #handembroidery #red #valeriebarkowskidesign #originaldesign #marrakesh #skilledartisans #timeless #shopping #shoppingmarrakesh #qualitylinen #Tablenapkin #linenlove #interiordesign #instadecor #marrakech #homelinenstore #tablestyling #creativelifestyle #styling #homedecorlove #delphinewarin #domainesauvage #organicfarm

That is exactly how i would like to spend my sunda

That is exactly how i would like to spend my sunday... Unfortunately i lent my hot air balloon to a friend... So i will stay on the ground, at home, enjoying the fragrance of orange blossoms, listen to the birds sing, walk Mr.Simon in the palmgrove, have lunch under the tree, escape to Russia with Bulgakov, sink into a sunday nap between the bamboos, have a fresh verbena from the garden, spoil myself with a massage.
Sunday goals... What are yours?
Happy day, here and now..
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Photo by and via @spathumpa
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#sundaymood #farniente #daydream #wandering #hotairballoon #flyinghigh #sundaygoals #birdsongs #sundaysbelike #spathumpa #creativemind #innerjourney #slowliving #theslowlifestyle #sunday #permaculture #greenliving #hereandnow #dayoff #marrakesh #marrakeshlifestyle #relax #noprogram #instaliving #dubaidesert #colors

A spring breeze is blowing out of Marrakech. Maybe

A spring breeze is blowing out of Marrakech. Maybe time to change the dresscode of your bed? Handembroidered in Marrakech, available at our store in the medina and shipped worldwide as well.
A happy day to all of you.
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Since 1997.
Only the handtag "V.Barkowski" is an orgininal design.
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V.Barkowskistore Marrakech located at Dar Bacha, Arset Aouzel 142 (between Mustapha Blaoui and Dar Marjana). Open every day from 10am to 7pm.
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#hometextiles #interior #interiordesign #bedroomideas #bedlinen #handembroideredlinen #haneembroidered #vbarkowskistore #slowproduct #marrakechshopping #slowlife #valeriebarkowskidesign #bedroomgoals #lifestyle #blackandwhite #minimalism #handcraft #bed #timelessstyle #design #handembroidery #passementerie #shoppinginmarrakesh #inspiration #darkawariad #originaldesign #whitelinen #pureandsimple #marrakech #sweetdreams

Journey into the Amazon rainforest with Claudia An

Journey into the Amazon rainforest with Claudia Andujar, who for five decades, photographed and accompanied the Yanomami, an indigenious people who live on the border between Brazil and Venezuela, in the struggle for their rights.

I am deeply impressed by the work of Marina Anujar.

I admire the fact that she dedicated 50 years of her life to a cause that was not hers. The photographer and activist is Swiss born.
Thanks to her multiple trips and stays with the Yanomami she developed a very close relationship with the people that are reflected in her photographies and videos.
Thanks to this inimacy she was able to denounce economic and political projects that were leading to the breakdown of Yanomami social fabric and putting their living territory in danger.

The sensitivity of her work is breathtaking.
Thanks to the intimacy she has developped with the Yanomami people Marina Andujar has caputred the soul of every Yanomami and documented the mundane and the spiritual aspects of their lives. You don't visit an exhibition, you live with them in the rainforest.

Without her we would not know about the Yanomami.

Don't miss it if you go to Paris @fondationcartier

#amazon #yanomami #marinaandujar #photographer #activist #exhibition #fondationcartier #yanomamipeople #davikopenawa #brazil #humanrights #fightforacause #blackandwhite #photography #rainforest #respect #dignity

Since 1997 i design bed linen in Morocco. Inspired

Since 1997 i design bed linen in Morocco. Inspired by traditional know-how, design with a twist. All our bed, bath and table linen are handmade in our workshop by skilled artisans.
Our V.Barkowski flagship store is located in the medina of Marrakech and we are open every day from 10am to 7pm.
Indulge yourself with some sunday shopping...
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All our styles can be made to order as per special requirements or sizes and we also create special designs on request.
Our products bare the V.Barkowski label only.
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Photo @taniapanova
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#hometextiles #bedlinen #tablelinen #bathlinen #linge de maison #duvetcover #pillowcase #handembroidery #handembroideredlinen #designbyvaleriebarkowski #handmade #skilledartisans #passementerie #timeless #quality #homelinen #slowproduct #shoppingmarrakech #shopping #homeaccessories #marrakesh #byvaleriebarkowski #minimalism #interiordesign #grey #whitelinen #monochrome #originaldesign #since1997 #theartofslowliving

Sunday early morning, the perfect moment to wander

Sunday early morning, the perfect moment to wander in the narrow streets of the medina.
Before the hustle and bustle, enjoying silence and every day life of locals.
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#medianlife #oldcity #oldcitymarrakech #wanderer #daydreamer #authenticlife #slowliving #traveldestinatiin #marrakech #marrakesh #redcity #insider #cntraveller #voyageursdumonde #darkawariad #valeriebarkowski #morningwalk #morocco #passionpassport #theartofslowliving

Bedtime stories... Our Orpheus handembroidered pil

Bedtime stories...
Our Orpheus handembroidered pillowcase travelled to Russia with @tania panova who shot this picture.
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It brings me back memories of the 3 years i have been living in Moscow...
Snowy week-ends at the datcha, operas at @Bolchoi_theatre, my days spent with so many russian painters in their workshops, hunting for artworks and data about russian painting and life of the artists during soviet area.
A piano concert of @richter_sviatoslav at the @pushkinmuseum surrounded by Henri Maitisse paintings.
An unforgettable "morning vodka" on the rooftop of a building with @soldafono @npochechueva (RIP dear Natalia, i will always remember you, you were such a "extraordinary" human being) and @Tania Panova.
My morning and evening walks on Patriarch pond when the neighborhood was still quiet and "shopless". Only Margarita café on Malaya Bronnaya, 2 houses away from the house where i lived. Bulgakov was all around...
Sweet memories...
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And very pleasant to have my linens travel to share a infiinite fragment of my life in Moscow. The picture captures my mood and soon i will go back i think... °
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#moscow #masterandmarguerite #margueritacafe #malayabronnaya #bulgakov #russianmood #patriarchpond #puchkinemuseum #pianoconcert #sviatoslavrichter #bringmebackthere #travelmood #bedtimestories #pillowcase #handembroidery #valeriebarkowskidesign #originaldesign #artisan #craft #handmadewithlove #passionpassport #slowliving russianinspiration

New short stories for @darkawa_riad with my partne

New short stories for @darkawa_riad with my partner in crime @taniapanova •
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#creativity #laughter #storytelling #darkawastiries #fantasy #shortmovie #instastory #interiordesign #riadlife #darkawariad #boutiqueriad #riaddankaboutiquehotel

Stepping into the week-end in a quiet and peaceful

Stepping into the week-end in a quiet and peaceful mood. ^
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#daydream #weekend #wanderingsoul #roomwithaview #opensky #interiordesign #minimalism #archilover #slowlifestyle #theartofslowliving #passionpassport
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Photo @iammoteh

This is the very first picture of a V.Barkowski ho

This is the very first picture of a V.Barkowski home linen product. It was shot in 1998 in Marrakech. Tania Panova, my partner in crime, was on a artist residence at the Sahart Foundation. I gave her a few table napkins and placemats telling her that she could shoot them as per her imagination. This is the image she gave me.
What i liked about it and still do is the fact that there is nothing commercial about it. Just the idea to make a nice shot.
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More than 20 years ago this picture is still actual, so are the linens with my iconic tassels. The very first style i imagined during a trip in Asilah, in the north of Morocco.
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This picture brings up nice memories, the journey of my home textiles, the journey of our friendship and work with Tania. A lot of laughter and creativity, enjoying our work together until now. Probably with more intensity and consciousness, measuring the chance that we have to be able to unite our brains and to share creativity.
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Our table linen is available at the @valeriebarkowski store in Marrakech.
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#valeriebarkowskidesign #vbarkowski #homelinen #hometextiles #slowporuct #slowdesign #theartofslowliving #handmade #handembroidery #madebyhand #shoppingmarrakech #micropoduction #sustainabledesign #sustainable #tablelinen #handembroiderednapkin #tassels #iconicpomponsbyvaleriebarkowski #designwithatwist #twisttheworld #ustainableliving #creation #iphoto #shadows #marrakesh #medinaofmarrakesh #vbarkowskistore #valeriebarkowski #embroideredlinen #faitmain

The amber edition. Available at our store in Marra

The amber edition. Available at our store in Marrakech. We are open from 10am to 7pm every day.
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Photo @mariebastidestudio

What about changing life, leave everything behind

What about changing life, leave everything behind and fly away for a life set up in a beautiful landscape surrounded with only what nature has to give.
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That would mean to disconnect. Are we able to live like that ?
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Two years ago i flew to Senegal and left my phone at home. I stayed on a lagoon with only pelicans, baobabs and books. Perception of the instant without connexion became completely different, my attention became sharper, my perception of time changed as well. Strange to say i feel about it like an experience. A context like that is not natural to us anymore, Isn’t that a strange thought?
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#slowliving #disconnect #lifewithoutphone #simplelife #lifewithnature #atlanticocean #essaouira #morocco #bedlinen #valeriebarkowskidesign #vbarkowski #lifeonthebeach #cntraveller #voyageursdumonde

Grey bath towels with signature pompons. Imagined

Grey bath towels with signature pompons.
Imagined more than 20 years and still actual. That is the beauty of timeless and quality designs.
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Available at the V.Barkowski store in Marrakech.
We are open every day from 10am to 10pm.
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Any look alike product will only be a copy of this original design.
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#bathlinen #bathtowel #grey #handtowel #guesttowel #handmade #pompons #tassels #artisan #sustainable #slowshopping #greyinterior #interiordesign #creativedirection #design #valeriebarkowski #marrakech #shopingmarrackech #marrakesh #homelinenstore #boutique #worldwide shipping #theartofslowliving #homelinenshop #darkawariad #vbarkowskistore #originaldesign #handembroidery #monochrome #timeless

Grab your scarf, smile and walk happily into a new

Grab your scarf, smile and walk happily into a new week...Monday mood🌴
Scarf stories with our lovely Roro.
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Available in different colors at our store in the Medina Marrakech. Worldwide shipping.
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#scarf #scarfstyle #scarves #hometextiles #handmade #quality #timeless #design #valeriebarkowski #vbarkowskistore #marrakesh #shopping #oneofakind #slowproduct #bathtime stories #twisttheworld #lifestyle #marrakechboutique #shoppinginmarrakech #original #bathrobe #joyful #moments #dancing #happymoment #inspiration @valeriebarkowski #mondayvibes #happytime #laughing #happylife
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Video by by @taniapanova

That is exactly how i would like to spend this sun

That is exactly how i would like to spend this sunday. In a quiet and peaceful mood, reading under the tree, enjoying simple moments while listening to the birds singing joyfully.
Happy sunday to all of you 🎈
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Photo @trevcole

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