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Design destination —— LIVING
He learned
the trade from
his father and
grandfather
before him,
but his own
aesthetic is
decidedly
contemporary.
TOP & ABOVE The
katazome dyeing process
in the Yotsume workshop.
Lengths of fabric are strung
up to print with stencils,
then dry. LEFT Toyokazu
Ono outside the house he
moved into with his family
four years ago, after relocating
to Kunisaki from Hiroshima.
The move was incentivised
by a government initiative
that attracts young people
to rural areas, where the
main drawcard is being
given a free home.
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