TALKLEIN, TSUKIMI, FUKUI

FUKUI CITY IS ABOUT A TWO HOUR TRAIN RIDE ON THE JR LINE FROM KYOTO, JAPAN'S ANCIENT CAPITaL. SITUATED ON THE ISLAND'S WEST COAST, THE CITIES ARE LESS SWAYED BY the standards of globalized tokyo -- IN THE TOWN OF TSUKIMI, OLD HOUSES ARE RENOVATED INTO CAFES, AND DISUSED COMMERCIAL SPACES ARE revised INTO MULTI-PURPOSE STUDIOS.

JUN KONISHI AND KAORI TANIGUCHI ACCOMPLISHED THEIR DREAM OF RENOVATING AN OLD BUILDING INTO THEIR IDEAL creative SPACE. their residence occupies the third and fourth floors, and underneath are their atelier and retail concept talklein.

TANIGUCHI, AN INTERIOR DESIGNER, WORKED IN ARCHITECTURE BEFORE FOCUSING ON TALKLEIN FULL TIME, WHERE SHE DESIGNED THE INTERIORS, including all of the STORE FIXTURES. SHE ALSO SELECTS THE CLOTHING, while her partner and co-proprietor KONISHI, A JEWELRY DESIGNER, SELECTS THE ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING THE JEWELRY. BOTH choose the ART featured IN THE STORE.