London Craft Week x the company formerly known as Haeckels

We're thrilled to support EJM Studio's latest design project, Censer, debuting for the first time at London Craft Week 2025. Our contribution to this collaboration includes a bespoke scent we've developed specifically. 

Our collaboration with EJM Studio, led by Edward John Milton, marks our second participation in this celebration of exceptional craftsmanship and design. This partnership embodies our commitment to supporting creative voices, a philosophy that has been at the heart of our journal since its beginnings.

At FKA Haeckels, we believe in the power of collaboration to push boundaries and create meaningful connections between natural materials, thoughtful design, and sensory experience.

Censer represents a perfect alignment of values. As Edward explains, the project evolved organically in early 2024 from his fascination with historical objects—familiar forms reimagined through a contemporary design lens.

Censers, with their quiet theatrical presence and meditative qualities, became the focus. There's something profoundly moving about the slow, deliberate gestures, the rising smoke, and the rhythm of movement they inspire—qualities that resonate deeply with our approach to wellness and ritual.

Edward's decision to craft these vessels from clay rather than traditional metals speaks to our shared belief in material integrity. The vessel should embody the same qualities as the incense it releases—natural, earth-derived, tactile. Incense itself comes from plants, trees, and resins drawn from the earth, making clay the perfect complementary medium both symbolically and sensorially.

Censer features a decontextualization of materials through Edward's collaboration with Ketley Brick. By utilising their Etruria marl clay—a material with over 200 years of heritage and traditionally used exclusively for industrial applications like bricks and tiles—Edward has reimagined this robust, earthy medium in an entirely new context. 

At FKA Haeckels, we've always sought collaborations that align with our ethos of innovation, sustainability, and respect for natural materials.

In Edward’s own words:

I first became aware of Dom and the work FKA Haeckels were doing back in 2016, while working on a project with my former employer, Tom Dixon. I’ve always seen FKA Haeckels as a disruptor, an innovator with a truly sustainable approach to skincare, fragrance, and wellness.

For me, there was a clear ideological synergy between Censer and FKA Haeckels. In different ways, we’re both celebrating the beauty and utility of natural materials, whether that’s seaweed harvested from the Kent coast or Etruria marl clay dug from Staffordshire. 

Early on, we spent time discussing the project in depth before the team at FKA Haeckels developed a series of scent profiles. We eventually settled on one that felt deeply rooted in childhood memory - nostalgic, grounding, and quietly evocative. It’s a hard feeling to describe, because scent is so subjective; it will mean something different to everyone. But that’s part of the beauty of both fragrance and this project, the space it leaves for personal connection. 

For this collaboration, we developed a bespoke fragrance with the same meticulous attention that EJM Studio brings to their vessels. Our custom-crafted scent draws inspiration from childhood visits to botanical gardens, featuring top notes of black spruce and ho wood, middle notes of bergamot, mint and myrtle, and base notes of frankincense and patchouli. The fragrance we created complements the vessel's earthy materiality while enhancing the ritual experience. 

By participating in London Craft Week, we align with the festival's celebration of outstanding British and international creativity, emphasising the importance of innovative practices in contemporary craftsmanship.

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References: Edward John Milton

Photography: Mark Cocksedge

Partners: Ketley Brick, Lauren MacDonald, Increments Studio, London Craft Week, EJM Studio