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Sonia Zhuravlyova

London

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Sub-editor and writer at Monocle

Normal person. Words in @monoclemag, @PositivenewsUK @onofficemag and @iconeye. Book ‘Prefabs’ is out now

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Articles

  • Discover YĆ"gen: The Japanese aesthetic transforming modern home design

    1 week ago | monocle.com | Sonia Zhuravlyova

    Remember when the design world fell for feng shui? Its proliferation in the West followed Richard Nixon's state visit to China in 1972 and it didn't take long for people to apply its teachings to their immediate surroundings. After all, who doesn't want a sprinkle of harmony in their home? Since then, various design philosophies for our domestic environments have caught our attention - from Japan's wabi sabi to Denmark's hygge - as people search for ways to make homes more comfortable places to be.

  • Ancient Egyptian Amulets: Spiritual Symbols in Art and Jewelry

    2 months ago | invaluable.com | Jessica Smith |Sonia Zhuravlyova |Egyptian art

    Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Last updated: 03.10.25 In ancient Egypt, amulets were seen as magical objects that were worn to ward off bad luck or bring about health, prosperity and protection. These talismans often took the shape of animals, such as scarab beetles, a symbol of rebirth and regeneration, hieroglyphs, such as the ankh, which stood for eternal life, or the shape of Egyptian deities, such as the goddess Isis.

  • A Brutalist Behemoth Left Deserted for Decades Comes Back to Life for €102K

    2 months ago | dwell.com | Sonia Zhuravlyova

    View 11 PhotosIn northern Italy, a couple spent years carefully restoring a 1971 masterwork by architect Carlo Graffi designed (appropriately) for the owner of a concrete company. View 11 Photos"It was completely abandoned, completely impossible to imagine life here at the beginning," Roberto Mazzilli says of the brutalist 1971 home he bought with his partner, Fabian Nagel, in 2019.

  • A Brutalist Behemoth Left Deserted for Decades Comes Back to Life for €102K

    2 months ago | yahoo.com | Sonia Zhuravlyova

    In northern Italy, a couple spent years carefully restoring a 1971 masterwork by architect Carlo Graffi designed (appropriately) for the owner of a concrete company. "It was completely abandoned, completely impossible to imagine life here at the beginning," Roberto Mazzilli says of the brutalist 1971 home he bought with his partner, Fabian Nagel, in 2019.

  • Offering coffee with a retro vibe, Sydney’s Superfreak café is the best kind of throwback

    Jan 6, 2025 | onofficemagazine.com | Sonia Zhuravlyova

    Superfreak’s other eclectic and playful touches include small cushions crafted from vintage Japanese fabrics with raw-stitched edges and a suspended artwork in the shape of a fan by Venezuelan-Australian artist Nadia Hernández that is emblazoned with the word ‘DESTINO’ (destiny, in English). “When you think of the 1970s, you automatically cue thoughts of chilling out, lying back and feeling the abundance of real-time, which is the opposite of how we all operate these days,” says Ghoniem.

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