Introduction‍

I’m Rose ; founder of House of ROSE and Timeless Designers.

I create emotional brand worlds through cinematic visuals, storytelling, and art.

Originally from the Netherlands, I now live in Ibiza. Not just for its energy, but for the contrast it holds; stillness and chaos, depth and celebration.

My work sits at the intersection of art, emotion, and identity.

It’s less about what something looks like, and more about how it makes you feel, and who you become inside of it.

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Tell us about your place of residence

Ibiza, for me; t’s where people come to escape, but also where they unexpectedly meet themselves.

What I love most is that it holds space for both extremes:

quiet mornings, raw nature, the sea…

and the intensity of nightlife, expression, and freedom.

In a way, Ibiza feels like a bubble,

a space you step into that allows you to see the world,

and yourself, differently.

Something shifts when you’re here.

Not because the island changes,

but because you do.

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Your must-see addresses near you

I’m less drawn to “places” and more to atmospheres, but a few I always return to:

La Paloma is a classic, soft, hidden, and always somehow timeless

Juntos House feels grounded and intentional;

a place where everything slows down and reconnects to nature.

There’s a small chiringuito in the north, Cala Xarraca Ibiza,

where you can sit with your feet in the sand and order fresh fish right by the sea.

Very simple, but elegant; that’s exactly what makes it special.

And then Cala Escondida;

one of those places that still feels a little undiscovered, especially at sunset.

And of course, Formentera.

Not for a specific address;

but for the feeling of arriving there.

The water, the light, the slowness…

it strips everything back to what matters.

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Your favorite places on Earth

Places that feel like they exist slightly outside of time.

Lamu in Kenya; for its softness, rhythm, and purity.

Paris; for its cinematic energy and emotional depth.

The desert; where everything unnecessary disappears.

And then, not exactly a place, but a moving one. Time spent on a sailing boat called Voyage, mostly

through Greek and Turkish waters.

There’s something about being at sea, constantly arriving, constantly leaving, that shifts you. It

introduced me not only to different places and people, but to different versions of myself. And in a

quiet way, that’s what travel is really about.

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Do you think it is important to travel and why?

I think travel is overrated.

Not because it isn’t beautiful, but because many people use it to escape instead of to experience.

You can fly across the world and still stay exactly the same person.

And you can sit in one place and have your entire world shift.

Travel only becomes meaningful the moment you’re willing to meet yourself inside of it.

Otherwise, it’s just movement.

For me, the most important journey has never been geographical;

it’s emotional.

And the places that stay with you are not the ones you visited,

but the ones where something in you changed.

Travel is not about collecting places.

It’s about remembering parts of yourself you forgot existed.

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Future of travel

I think travel will become more intentional.

Less about “seeing everything”

More about feeling something

People are craving depth again.

Connection. Meaning. Slowness.

The future of travel is not luxury in the traditional sense;

it’s emotional richness.

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What do we need to consider?

We need to move from consumption to connection.

Respect for places, cultures, and energy.

Not just arriving somewhere, but actually being there.

And also asking ourselves:

Why am I going here?

What am I searching for?

Because often, it’s not the destination.

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What would you advise?

Slow down.

You don’t need to see more;

you need to feel more.

The most beautiful moments are rarely planned.

They happen when you’re present enough to notice them.

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As a woman, how do you judge the future of our society?

I think we are moving into a quieter kind of power.

For a long time, many women became invisible;

adapting, softening, fitting into what was expected of them.

And now, we’re being told to become louder, stronger, more visible;

as if power has to be proven to be real.

But I don’t think the future belongs to either of those extremes.

Not to disappearing.

And not to performing.

I think it belongs to women who are deeply anchored in who they are.

Who don’t need to prove their strength, because they live it.

There’s a difference between being seen and being felt.

And I believe we’re moving toward a world where presence matters more than noise.

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How do you think you can contribute to it?

Through my work.

By creating spaces, visual, emotional, and physical,

where people feel something real.

Where they recognize themselves again.

And by showing that power doesn’t have to be loud to be undeniable.

Women who stand out to you

I’m often most inspired by women who are not trying to be visible,

but who are building something real, quietly and fully.

There’s a woman I met in Lamu, Griet Henrdrikx, originally from Belgium.

She runs a beautiful store, Lulu Store, built her own loom, and works with local artisans to weave

and dye fabrics by hand.

Her life is deeply rooted there now,

married to a local fisherman, raising her children by the ocean. But still a woman of the world.

There’s something incredibly powerful about the way she chose her life.

Not for appearance, not for recognition; but for truth.

And then there’s another kind of presence that has always stayed with me.

Women like Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, or even the characters played by Audrey Tautou,

and women in films from the 50s and 60s.

There’s a calmness in them.

A kind of self-confidence that doesn’t need to prove itself.

You see it in the way they move, the way they speak,

the space they hold.

It’s a timeless elegance, not about perfection,

but about presence.

Different worlds, but the same essence.

Women who don’t perform,

but simply are.

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Your travel dream

To live between worlds.

A house by the ocean in Lamu.

Time in Paris.

Moments in unexpected places.

Not traveling to escape life, but designing a life where movement is part of it.