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ARKET NOTES | ‘Humans have always foraged plants for both food and medicine, and I don’t make a clear distinction between the two,’ says Signe Siemsen, an herbalist born and based in Stockholm. The knowledge of how to prepare plants used to be passed down through generations, but for most people today, that link has been broken. Nature often represents something we need to approach with care rather than being a place of healing and meaning. ‘I think we’re born with an inherent knowledge about what’s good for us, but we’re taught to disregard it from an early age. Many people fear nature, but we are nature. We’re not separate from it – though we’ve learned to act as if we are, and we’ve been scared away from what once felt natural,’ Signe says. Herbalism is the practice of using plants for healing and well-being, rooted in the idea that body, mind, and environment are connected. It follows a clear annual rhythm. Spring, summer, and autumn are intense periods of gathering, drying, fermenting, and preparing tinctures, trying to preserve as much as possible of what the plants have to offer, while winter is when the body needs their benefits the most. ‘I believe that much of the medicine that plants carry lies in the connection and processing, and in just being present with the plants. I’m definitely more drawn to the wild. There can be a lot of love in the cultivated, but I think wild plants carry more medicinal properties because they’ve had to survive through more challenges and haven’t been coddled in the same way.' She runs courses, workshops, and foraging walks to encourage others to trust their own capabilities in nature and to approach it with a child’s mind – moving among the plants without ambitions, sitting with them, and feeling them over a longer period. ‘I’ve never seen my kids put anything toxic in their mouths. They’re intuitively drawn to plants that look good and are safe to pick. We’re all born with that open and curious perspective; kids trust their own senses so much. I find it very life-giving to keep trusting my own intuition and let go of the colonial idea that someone else always knows better what’s good for me.' – #ARKET #ARKETNOTES

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Welcome to Italy and Spain, ARKET! Continuing to expand across Europe, ARKET is now open in Milan and Barcelona with the full range of ready-to-wear and accessories for women and men, childrenswear, body care and interior design. The stores’ interiors reflect local culture and design. Milan has red and white marble combined with ARKET’s custom-made terrazzo and wood flooring, creating different room structures to enhance the customer experience. Barcelona features a pop-up bookshop from the Spanish publishing house Apartamento Publishing — offering a selection of literature on food, art and everyday aesthetics. "We are beyond excited to have finally opened our very first ARKET locations in both Italy and Spain with beautiful flagship stores in Milan and Barcelona. We look forward to meeting our design-savvy local customers in person and inviting them to explore our vision of a more beautiful everyday life", says Pernilla Wohlfahrt, Managing Director, ARKET. Visit ARKET in Milan at Via Tommaso Grossi 9 and Barcelona at Passeig de Gràcia 26. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ddjCxqYk #HMGroup #ARKET

The ARKET and Apartamento Bookshop is now open in ARKET’s new store in Barcelona. The pop-up features a selection of 15 titles on food, art, and everyday aesthetics curated by the Apartamento team, exclusively available in-store. Each purchase comes with a complimentary limited-edition tote bag. We hope to see you there. - The pop-up shop will be available in the ARKET Barcelona store at 26 Passeig de Gràcia, and it will land in Paris during autumn 2024. – #ARKET #ARKETapartamento #ApartamentoBookshop

ARKET’s first store in Spain will open in Barcelona on Friday, 5 July at 26 Passeig de Gràcia. - Please join us at noon for the official opening. First 100 customers will receive a special gift. We hope to see you there! - #ARKET #Spain #Barcelona

Our Milan store is now open. Come visit us at 9 Via Tommaso Grossi. – #ARKET #Milan #Italy #Milano