Our Journal

Ode to Summer

There is a magic ten days on the plateau in mid-July that marks the height of the wildflower season. Even during their busiest time of year, yo...

Picnic 2

On the second day, the games begin; traditional games like tug of war and races, party games like eating a dangling apple or feeding each other...

Celebrating the Last of Summer

Spring on the plateau is the least remarkable of seasons. It creeps in quietly, with the exhausted pasture turning from brown to a timid green....

Picnic 1

Tibetan picnics are a world unto themselves, a celebration of summer, of blue skies with billowing clouds, of green expanses; a time to enjoy n...

Autumn is coming, and so is the Norlha blanket

Autumn Lineage Collection

Autumn is the grassland’s richest season. Summer, with its vibrant shades, long days, torrential rains and bright sunshine may be the most invi...

Black Pottery

When looking to bring more charm to our Norden Camp dishware, we thought of Tibetan Black Pottery, which had undergone a revival in Gyethang, n...

Norlha's Heritage Collection

Norlha products are about being comfortably chic. They are cross-cultural and men and women of all ages can easily find a pretext for discardin...

Photography at Norlha

In 2007, we were all ten years younger and full of hope and expectation. When the time came to begin to document our work at Norlha we used the...

The Fastest Chuba at Norlha

In Tibet, men and women wear the same outer garment, the chuba, though they do it in different ways. The women wear their chubas ankle length, ...

Yellow

Color of the sun, of summer pasture, of winter grassland, yellow is ever present. It's there in the gold rooftops of temples, in the hats of mo...

Shades of Grey

While brighter colors grab our attention and stir our emotions, we tend to underestimate the power of the many shades of grey that soothe our m...