— Etymology: c. 1300, pentis, pendize, “a shed or sloping roof projecting from a main wall or the side or end of a building” from Anglo-French pentiz, a shortening of Old French apentis “attached building, appendage” (see: APENTE)
Living on a skyscraper, Bain News Service, ca.1919
Part studio, part editorial, APENTE is a home designed for sensual living.
Founded by ‘The Beauty Supplier’, Jamila Yasmeen, APENTE explores interiors, objects, and everyday life through the beliefs that design is sensory engineering and beauty is an act of power.
Both are built on an unlikely foundation: a background in psychology and interior design, two educations asking the same question from different rooms – what do our senses need so our lives can follow?
