Dear readers,
I’m Sara Core, and at PletoStudio we believe that tenderness is not fragility — it’s courage in its most silent form.
Every day the world asks us to go faster, produce more, scroll endlessly. The pace is brutal; the noise constant. And yet, there’s a quiet rebellion rising — designers, makers, and dreamers who choose to create slowly, intentionally, with feeling.
To craft something by hand in 2025 is an act of resistance. It says: I refuse to rush beauty.
It says: I choose depth over noise, texture over gloss, humanity over perfection.
In the PletoStudio workshop, resistance looks like a lamp made from paper pulp and Carpathian wool — soft, irregular, alive. It glows not to impress but to comfort. Every curve is shaped by patience, every surface bears the trace of time.
When we design, we don’t fight against the machine; we simply remind it that the human hand still matters. That imperfection can hold truth. That beauty, when made with care, becomes quiet power.
Tenderness is a radical language. It doesn’t scream — it restores. It reconnects us with what’s fragile yet unbreakable: the soul of material, the memory of craft, the touch that shapes light.
To live with objects born this way is to live with calm defiance. It’s saying no to mass sameness, and yes to presence.
Because sometimes, the softest things change the world.
With light and quiet strength,
Sara Core
Trends & Style Editor at PletoStudio
