Japandi wall art in the neutral warm tones needs the specific neutral that reads as connected to natural materials rather than selected from a paint range. Latte is that neutral in the Japan Collection: the warm brown-cream of milky coffee, of pale Japanese oak, of the warm neutral that appears in Japanese wabi-sabi interiors in the specific tone of aged natural materials. The Latte Daffodil is a handmade ceramic wall flower from the Japan Collection, kiln-fired in Toronto in a latte glaze — warm without being yellow, neutral without being grey, the specific tone that Japanese interior designers use when they want warmth without color — shaped in the daffodil form, with its characteristic trumpet and radiating petals that make the daffodil one of the most immediately recognizable flowers in the botanical calendar.

The warm natural neutral of a collection built on Japanese material sensibility

Chive designed the Japan Collection in 2020 with the Japanese aesthetic palette as the guide, and latte is the collection's warm neutral anchor — the tone that references the natural aged-wood warmth of Japanese wabi-sabi interiors, the specific cream-brown of Japanese pottery before the glaze, of linen worn soft, of the natural material palette that Japanese aesthetic tradition uses as the foundation of every interior. The daffodil form holds the latte glaze in its characteristic trumpet structure with a clarity that reads as both botanical and restrained. The Art Institute of Chicago carries the Japan Collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago carries the Japan Collection. The Chrysler Museum of Art stocks it. The Huntington Library carries it. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show awarded Chive the 5-star booth award — the highest rating given — for 13 consecutive years. Art institutions from Chicago to Norfolk to California have independently decided this collection belongs in their gift shops. Chive has been designing and making ceramic flowers in Toronto since 1999.

A gift for the Japandi room with natural materials that needs its warm neutral botanical

The Latte Daffodil ships in a Chive gift box. It hangs with one screw in 90 seconds. The Art Institute of Chicago carries it. The room with natural wood, linen, and ceramic accents receives the Japan Collection's warm neutral botanical from the same collection an art institution chose.