Creativity and Parenting with Japanese Inspiration: Meeting with Lydie and Yoshi

1/ Lydie, Yoshi, can you tell us how you met?

Lydie: We met during the preparatory residency for Stromae's last tour. He was the one who spontaneously introduced us to the catering team. I was there as a photographer, and Yoshi as a musician.

2/ You are both creative — how do your worlds complement each other on a daily basis, in your work and in your family life?

Yoshi: Our similar artistic sensibilities and shared creativity allow us to be receptive to each other's work. This creates a natural dialogue where we regularly seek each other's advice and opinions. We often collaborate on joint projects: Lydie sometimes photographs artists I work with, and sometimes I compose music for some of Nuances' visual campaigns.

Lydie: In our family life, it's important to us to pass on to our daughter an artistic sensibility, but also an awareness of life, emotions, and her surroundings. This involves shared moments, discoveries, discussions, and the importance we give to creativity in our daily lives.

3/ How did Miyo’s birth change your way of creating?

Lydie: It's changed a lot of things... Time has already become more limited! But it also pushes us to focus more on the essentials in our approach, to create with more clarity, spontaneity, and meaning.

4/ You come from a multicultural family, with roots in France and Japan. How do you want to share these two cultures with Miyo?

Yoshi: Both cultures are precious to us. French culture comes naturally, since we live here. But to transmit Japanese culture, we make a real effort: we speak Japanese at home, plan to entrust it to a Japanese person, and travel to Japan regularly. That's where we're responding from right now!

5/ As young parents, what are the everyday objects or rituals that reassure you, inspire you or make life easier for you with Miyo?

Lydie: We use babywearing a lot in our daily lives. It creates a bond while giving her a sense of security. We also have simple but precious little rituals: listening to music, walking while watching her discover the world, going to restaurants (where we look forward to her eating with us).

6/ Our TOBO accompanies Miyo every day during your family meals — what attracted you to this high chair?

Lydie: First and foremost, its safety. It's very stable, which is essential. Miyo clearly feels comfortable in it. And it's also very beautiful! :)

7/ And what about the TAMI play mat, how do you use it at home? What moments touch you the most when Miyo plays or explores it?

Yoshi: We use the mat both at home and at the Nuances studio. It's now mainly her exercise space: we use it every day to help Miyo learn how to roll over, how to sit, etc. These are moments of connection and progress that mean a lot to us.

8/ Does the aesthetics of children's items matter to you? Is this something you take into account when choosing them?

Lydie: Yes, a lot. The aesthetics of objects are an integral part of our daily lives; they reflect our values. Through the objects we choose for Miyo, we hope to convey to her an appreciation for beauty, harmony, and simplicity, while, of course, giving her the space to form her own perspective.

9/ And on a daily basis, what are the little moments with Miyo that move or inspire you the most?

Yoshi: Every moment counts, really. But if we had to choose one: her wonder. She observes a lot, she captures, she feels, and we observe this with mutual delight.

10/ Finally, do you have any upcoming projects you'd like to share with us? Whether it's related to your creative work or what you're developing with Le Studio Nuances?

Lydie: With Kevin, my partner at Nuances, we're in the middle of redesigning our image. We've been so absorbed by projects that we've accumulated them without sharing them. It's time to come back with an identity that better reflects us. And above all, to fully bring to life the studio we opened at the very beginning of the year, after long months of work!

Yoshi: For my part, in addition to all my musical projects, I'm about to open a new Instagram account that, this time, has nothing to do with music. I'd like to highlight my other passions, which are ceramics and nature. In this account, I'd like to present my handmade ceramics in which I make floral arrangements inspired by Japanese ikebana. I imagine it as a raw, refined space that inspires the desire to take the time to live.