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KORISSA

Long Island City, NYBrand · Retailer · Gift shop

Meaningful Connections, Mindfully Crafted Our Roots: From Precision to Presence Our journey began in 2017 within the high-end interior design industry of New York City. As designers, co-founders Nora and Angela spent years in a professional world that prioritized uncompromising standards, where every detail had to be exact and every material was expected to be immaculate. But amidst all those polished surfaces, we realized something was missing—the quiet warmth of nature and the human heartbeat that makes a space feel truly like home. The Shift: Discovering the Imperfectly Perfect Our perspective shifted when Angela relocated to Bangladesh and discovered the soul-stirring beauty of heritage handcrafts. In the organic textures of seagrass and the earthy warmth of terracotta, we found a new definition of quality. We realized that true beauty isn't found in rigid perfection, but in the "imperfectly perfect"—the unique variations that only a human hand can create.