Journal

Sharing the same vision and values, we teamed up as friends — Joko in old-Japanese — and started an online journal to portray inspiring places, objects and people. An initiative that naturally led us towards the beginning of Studio Joko.

Edith Scharloo 10/04/2019 Edith Scharloo 10/04/2019

Legzira Coast, Morocco

Turning our lenses to a sight of rust coloured stone arches, formations shaped by water and wind. The whimsy and wonder of Morocco’s sweeping coves leaves us in awe – a feeling that challenges our understanding of the natural world. Its forceful presence opposed to our insignificance feels strangely comforting.

Edith Scharloo 30/12/2017 Edith Scharloo 30/12/2017

Marrakech, Morocco

“There are certain places on the surface of the earth that possess more magic than others, and one of those places is Marrakech" - Paul Bowles

In the middle of the 11th century Marrakech consisted only of a fortress, the Kasbah, founded by an Amazigh tribe from the Atlas mountains. Brick by brick a city carrying a mythical sort of magic arises, with red-tinted houses that reflect the light like rose quartz gems. With this one underlying design principle named red sandstone, remarkable squares, gardens and mosques were build and Marrakech became the Red City.