This is Ma Ma Lay September 25, 2024 Female voices are generally missing from twentieth century accounts of life in Burma, but Ma Ma Lay is an exception. A journalist and tireless advocate for women, both intellectually and politically,...
Kalinko Curated by Micaela Sharp August 28, 2024 Micaela Sharp is an interior designer, upholsterer and TV design personality whose design theories combine upcycling existing furniture with carefully curated new pieces. An experienced upholsterer herself, she really cares...
Why is our Monsoon Planter called the Monsoon Planter? July 31, 2024 Why Monsoon? Well, they're made from Rain Wood, and we wanted to pay tribute to the power of Burma's magnificent monsoon season. Each day from June to October, the heat...
Meet the Makers: Carpenters July 21, 2024 In June, we visited one of our carpentry workshops near Bago in Burma, and made this video while we were there of one of our salad bowls coming to life....
Our favourite Burmese salads June 14, 2024 If you'd like to wow your guests, or perhaps just your own taste buds, here are two of my favourite Burmese salads. The recipes come from the Rangoon Sisters, and...
On the Shadow Tracks: a review June 07, 2024 This is a fearless, phenomenal book. Myanmar is a place where “history weigh[s] so heavily…that decades of it ha[ve] to be explained before any conversation with an outsider could even...
News from Yangon May 08, 2024 I was in Yangon last week to spend time with our new Country Manager, Yadanar. As always, it was an invaluable week plugging into the heart of the company and...
10 Reasons why Easter is the best festival in our calendars March 20, 2024 Number 1 - There is nothing more joyful than daffodils. Put them everywhere. They're £2 in the supermarket, or free from the garden if you're lucky. I put them on the table, in...
An Update from Burma: March 2024 March 19, 2024 We were in Yangon last week to catch up with our team and makers. I took Jenny, our new Operations Lead, who had never been to Burma before. It’s always...
Kalinko Curated by Alex Stedman March 15, 2024 Alex is the editor of the award-winning website The Frugality and the owner of a beautiful Edwardian house which she and her husband have renovated very slowly over the past three years. She...
Our Sustainability & Human-Rights Manifesto February 22, 2024 How do we support our makers within the most challenging of contexts? We have recently launched our HRDD & Environmental Sustainability Manifesto to walk you through it.
Podcast: Monocle, The Entrepreneurs December 06, 2023 Sophie sat down with Tom at Monocle to chat about how Kalinko came about and the challenges it is overcoming. Listen to the episode here.