ILENIA MARTINI In this film, you understand how looking can become devotion, and how attention itself can become a form of closeness. Sciamma creates an intimate world in which emotions appear gradually through small gestures and pauses. It’s a calm film that draws you in, and the director’s patience with the storytelling is something I admire. Some connections mark us because they can’t be kept, and this film is a testament to that.

Desiree Groenendal I often find myself pulled between two sides of design. On the one hand, I love cool, sometimes almost brutal interiors and furniture with marble, metal and dark tones. On the other hand, I am drawn to places like Maana Homes, with their sense of calm, simplicity and earthy colours. Maana Homes is a collection of individual boutique stays across Kyoto. What I love here is the calm atmosphere and how natural materials, earthy walls, wood and antiques are balanced by clean lines and crisp white bed linen. Maana Homes brings together past and present, old and new, in a way that feels very natural and authentic to me.