We are Zain Kara-Bernou and Katherine Miskulin, the husband & wife team behind Paradox - a project perhaps more than a business, that we created to be a kind of beautiful melting pot where our passions, experience & multifaceted skills could come together to marinate, develop & grow.
Strongly guided by our love for exceptional coffee, Paradox came about because it was difficult to imagine a future for ourselves that didn’t involve coffee in some way - an industry that as creatives we had both fallen into while doing & dreaming of doing - a myriad of other things. Imagining that this was just a stop on the way to somewhere else.
Ultimately, we decided...we had to build a future for ourselves that included it in the foundations. Allowing it to continue to be the catalyst for more wonderful inspiring connections, conversations and the plethora of other lovely magical things it has already given us. And so here we are, welcoming you into the Paradox.
The current iterations of Paradox see us running a cafe at Netil Market in London Fields, East London. Where you can find us Monday to Sunday with an ever changing selection of coffee from a range of UK, European roasters. You'll find Obadiah on house. Recent feature roasters have included - Campbell & Syme, Cairngorm, Red Bank, Crankhouse, Hard Lines, Skylark, Dak, Fried Hats and Manhattan.
Nearby in Hackney Central we have our workshop, "The Other Paradox" where we focus on the designing, making and creating side of Paradox. You can find a range of our design commissions in the “projects” tab above.
