KINTO is a Japanese design brand founded in Hikone in 1972. From the very beginning it has been shaped by a single, quietly held belief: that practical objects should be simple, beautiful and genuinely easy to live with.
Rooted in the Japanese concept of wabi sabi, the appreciation of beauty in imperfection and the passing of time, KINTO creates teaware, tableware and drinkware designed with balance, visual clarity and a quiet attention to the sensory details of daily use.
Each piece invites the user to slow down and notice what they are doing, pouring, sitting, drinking, rather than moving through the moment without being present to it.
There is a meditative quality to KINTO that is entirely appropriate for objects designed to accompany the ritual of tea.