Plate 13 by Ogino Issui Art Print action perfectly poised on a simple

perfectly poised on a simple plate

The room lifts straight away

the cream and gold warm everything around it

What to skip: bright primary-coloured Christmas decor crowding the same wall

Plate 13 by Ogino Issui Art Print action perfectly poised on a simpleAgainst walnut, the olive and sand botanical reads less sweet, more deliberate. Issui's leaves and cobwebs sit against a near black ground threaded with red, cream and gold, and they bring quiet weight rather than colour. Put it up and a room slows down. It does its best work in studies, snugs and bedrooms where the walls are already warm or chalky, and where the lamps do most of the lifting after dark. Hang it on its own at eye level above a low