Snapshots from everyday life at Rune-Jakobsen Design

Induction Cookware – Materials, Base and Compatibility

Induction heats the cookware itselfA coil beneath the glass creates a changing magnetic field that generates heat in a suitable ferromagnetic base. The material name alone is therefore insufficient...

Which Knives Do You Really Need? A Practical Knife Set

Start with tasks, not numbersMost homes do not need a large knife block. Look instead at what you cut every week. A strong basic set is often one versatile main knife, a small paring knife and a br...

Caring for Carbon-Steel Kitchen Knives

Carbon steel reacts quicklyCarbon steel can take a very keen edge and is often straightforward to sharpen, but it reacts with moisture, salt and acids more readily than stainless steel. Wipe the bl...

How to Care for Japanese Cast Iron

First identify the objectJapanese cast iron is not a single care category. An unlined tetsubin boils water, an enamelled teapot brews and serves tea, and cookware or decorative pieces may have diff...

Osamu Saruyama – Japanese Design Between Tradition and Today

Designer, musician and curator of daily lifeOsamu Saruyama works in Tokyo as a designer and musician. Through Guillemets Layout Studio he moves between graphic and product design, and he has run a ...

Hinoki Wood – Scent, Properties and Japanese Craft

What is hinoki?Hinoki is the Japanese cypress Chamaecyparis obtusa. It has a pale colour, a fine, often straight grain and a distinctive fresh scent. In Japan it has long been used for architecture...