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Buying Trip-nkuku
Buying Trip
Preparation for our buying trips starts well in advance, a flurry of emails, skype calls, phone calls and a few entertaining ‘Whats App’ conversations fly back and forth, discussing designs... Read more
Travels in Vietnam-nkuku
Travels in Vietnam
Eight lanes of motorbikes, four children with luggage, two mobile phones with flat batteries, no map, 40 degree heat, darkness and lost! A nice easy introduction to what is still... Read more
The Store A Year On...-nkuku
The Store A Year On...
We can’t believe a whole year has passed since we opened the doors at the Nkuku lifestyle store and café. So much has happened since we first discovered the derelict... Read more
The True Characters Behind Our Collections-nkuku
The True Characters Behind Our Collections
There is a great deal to tell about the character and personalities of the artisans we work with. We embarked on a fantastic project last year travelling the length and... Read more
Jodhpur Well-nkuku
Jodhpur Well
One of the ultimate perks of working with suppliers around the world, is the opportunity this creates to travel. Although we no longer have the freedom to travel with no... Read more
Lifestyle Store and Cafe-nkuku
Lifestyle Store and Cafe
Our Nkuku Lifestyle Store and Café is now open. It was nearly two years ago that we first stumbled across a beautiful courtyard of stone barns, located just outside Totnes.... Read more
Behind the Scenes of AW15-nkuku
Behind the Scenes of AW15
Nkuku's Autumn/Winter Photoshoot 2015 It is always exciting when a new collection is ready to be photographed. It's then that we are able to start bringing these pieces to life.... Read more
The First Chapter-nkuku
The First Chapter
Our very first Nkuku product was a recycled cotton notebook handmade in Rajasthan. We spent five weeks working closely with the artisans to produce a collection of stationary that we... Read more
Behind the Scenes of our S/S 15 Photoshoot-nkuku
Behind the Scenes of our S/S 15 Photoshoot
This week our creative team share some behind the scenes images from our Spring/Summer 2015 shoot. It is always exciting photographing the new pieces, and the latest collection was no... Read more
Mali Pottery - The Story-nkuku
Mali Pottery - The Story
Our Mali pottery is handmade near Pondicherry in India as part of a fair trade project. The project was established in 1985 to provide training and secure employment for men... Read more