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62 A Meeting of Minds
Step inside one of our latest interior design projects, where colour and pattern take centre stage.
66 Story of My Home Alice Palmer, founder of the eponymous homeware brand, shares her home truths.
Window to the World
Our brand-new Palladian Mirror is the perfect way to bring spring's light to a dark hallway or corridor. Taking inspiration from the Chinese character (shí) – symbolising earth's lines of longitude and latitude – the design's cross formations are used to fix the mirror glass to its hand-painted gold frame.
Palladian Mirror £1,495 Crawford Console Table £3,195 Kinzig Textured Vase Medium £125
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A Light Touch
Introducing our labour of love: the Cabana X OKA lighting collection, a creative collaboration between Cabana Magazine Co-Founder Martina Mondadori and our Co-Founder Sue Jones. A celebration of the designers' shared love of pattern, colour, and travel, there are three styles of handmade lampshade and a handcrafted wooden lamp base to discover, all in a selection of complementary colours. Watch this space; the capsule collection is launching 24th March.
Craft for Good
Handmade pieces offer something special to a home, but they can also mean a lot to their makers too. Hand-crafted from clay beads made by a small team of women in South Africa, many of whom have been affected by HIV, our new Eris Bead Pendant, Eris Wall Art and Albion Clay Wall Art are utterly unique. The bead crafting process itself provides essential employment and specialised skills to underprivileged communities.
Instant Update
If the approach of a new season is calling you to switch up your interiors, but you don’t want to go all out, look to cushions; they’re the simplest way to add fresh colour and character. With complementary designs and a palette of Sage and Mustard, our new mix-and-match Borrayo Range offers the ideal starting point. Then, for a picture-perfect sofa, add another patterned piece that features the same shades, such as our pretty, fringed Caladia.
Cushion Covers, clockwise from bottom:
Borrayo Cross Mustard £70 Borrayo Dot Sage/Mustard £70 Caladia with Fringing Mustard £70 Hidaya Mustard/Sage £60 Borrayo Dash Sage £70
It's 5pm Somewhere…
Whether you have an occasion to toast or it’s simply a day that calls for a drink, the latest addition to our popular Ranelagh Glassware is here to assist. Handmade and hand cut, these cocktail glasses join the range’s tumblers, goblets and champagne flutes; tailor your own timeless collection to your beverages of choice.
Pearls of the Ocean
Bring the calming influence of the sea to your home with these aquatic-inspired pieces, with designs that draw on everything from urchins to shells.
Cut the Mustard
With a deep, comfortable seat and sweeping silhouette that’s paired with linen upholstery and studded detailing, it’s easy to see why the Brantwood has long been an OKA favourite. This spring, we’ve reimagined it in a Dijon yellow – perfect for warming up your interiors.
KRAAK RANGE At Home with Our Icons
There’s a reason why some ancient traditions endure, and nothing speaks to this more than the art of pottery. Carefully honed for centuries, with skills passed down from generation to generation, it's a craft that has produced countless heirlooms – and designs that are destined to become them. This is certainly true of our Kraak Range, which is comprised of pieces that are individually shaped, cut, painted and glazed by hand at a family pottery in Jingdezhen, known as the porcelain capital of China.
The results are near-exact replicas of Ming and Qing-period pottery; timeless blue-and-white designs that look just as good on the table as they do on display.
Kraak was an instant hit when we brought it to life over 20 years ago and it’s just as coveted now. The range has grown to include different-sized bowls and plates, a teapot and milk jug, and a giant charger, all of which you can mix and match to create your own bespoke fine china set.
What’s wonderful about these patterns is they cling so beautifully to all kinds of forms, and they sit so perfectly next to one another
Sue Jones, OKA Co-Founder and Creative Director
Twist and Shout
Introducing one of our latest coffee tables, and one that certainly offers a talking point: the Solomon. Its handcarved oak legs are inspired by spiralling Solomonic columns, offering a fun spin on an otherwise simple design.