Historically linked to meditation and traditional Japanese dining culture, today’s iterations are all about modern living needs that suit every whim—lounging while binging on the White Lotus reruns, creating a reading nook, or simply losing oneself in texts at the end of the day.
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Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
10 Sep. 2025
Why is Broken Bear, who looks like a ginormous purple guinea pig who’s been bingeing Cheetos, named that?
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