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Who writes this
Four people, four different reasons to distrust a trend. Between us we have counted the objects in a living room, measured windows twice, tracked a potter for a season and read every care label out loud.
The portraits above are generated, not photographs of real people. Slow Interiors is an independent publication and our writers are editorial pen names, which is why we say so here rather than leaving you to guess.
Elin Hartmann
Editor-in-Chief
Ten years writing about residential interiors · Copenhagen, Denmark
Elin has spent a decade writing about rooms that stay calm. She believes a home is edited, not decorated — and that the second chair you buy should be better than the first. She keeps a flat in Copenhagen with exactly twenty-seven objects in the living room, and has counted.
Tomás Reyes
Spaces Editor
Former architectural draughtsman · Lisbon, Portugal
Tomás trained as an architectural draughtsman and never lost the habit of measuring twice. He writes about rooms as habitats: how light crosses them, where sound pools, and how a table is used at eight in the morning versus nine at night.
Ada Okonkwo
Objects Editor
Eight years covering craft and makers · Lagos, Nigeria
Ada tracks the life of objects — who made a thing, what it replaced, and whether it will still be wanted in ten years. Her rule is a simple one: if it needs a slogan, it does not need a place in your home.
June Park
Materials Editor
Textile design background, then materials writing · Seoul, South Korea
June came to interiors through textile design and still touches everything before she will write about it. She can tell oak from ash by the weight, and believes every care label should be read out loud at least once.