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Venice Art Biennale

In Venice, art and architecture have a long tradition of intermingling. The city’s renowned institution, the Biennale, hosts a major exhibition dedicated to each. The current edition of the Art Biennale offers occasions to reflect on the relationship between the two

London Craft Week 2022 Highlights

From shows to studio tours and meet-the-maker sessions, explore how materials are shaped by talented hands at this celebration of craft in the capital

Paris Pursuits

Amanda and Sébastien Réant, founders of Luteca, just opened their first European flagship with not-to-be-missed furniture by Latin American design masters

Cultural Evolution

The House of Koko is more than London’s latest members club. It’s a music lovers’ haven, bringing the legacy of the long-standing theatre venue forward with meticulous design

A Problem Shared

The Eames Institute is bringing to a wider audience Ray and Charles Eames' systematic approach to design, helping a new generation learn from their outlook

Radical Acts

At the Harewood Biennial 2022, a country house with a controversial history provides fertile ground for craft makers to address today’s challenges

The Art of Hide

From the shores of Lake Como, Italian furnishing company Baxter uses an ancient material - leather - for pieces fit for the 21st century

A New Take

London's most beautiful members' clubs are stretching far beyond the capital's centre, as seen with The Gessner – a new hot spot in Tottenham Hale

The Liberty of Doubt

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei explores ideas of authenticity and truth in his current exhibition at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge

A New Way To Work

With a pandemic disrupting our working habits, London communications agency Zetteler has returned to the office with a bang, creating a space that doubles as a hub for community, charity, and creativity

Soft Touch

Topped with an architectural crown of glass blocks, Grzywinski+Pons’ Buckle Street Studios for apart-hotel group Locke combines warmth and translucency

A New Heritage

Bathroom brand Coalbrook's showroom in Clerkenwell presents a slightly surreal reimagining of an industrial-revolution-era factory – complete with boiler tanks and trickling water – thanks to the imagination of design studio Holloway Li

Power House

London landmark Battersea Power Station has been reborn as a mixed-use development overseen by architects Wilkinson Eyre, with smart new apartments designed by Michaelis Boyd

Hidden Gem

Up-and-coming architecture and design studio THISS has reworked jeweller William Cheshire's Hackney flat into a place of sanctuary

Space Smarts

Roca’s next-generation WC offers innovation and performance to improve bathroom design

The Art of Entertaining

Lay the table with a mini-masterpiece, with Maison Matisse’s handcrafted ceramics

Face Values

Inspired by Tarkett’s playful and principled flooring, Design Anthology UK presents a story featuring its circular-designed products, alongside responsible fashion and ethical beauty brands that know how to do good, too

Keep the Flame Alive

Joe Armitage, former design director of lighting brand Tala, has launched a collection of lights in his own name that honour a family legacy

Finding the flow

Marcel Wanders studio fuses neoclassical and contemporary for Laufen Bathroom's The New Classic range

Sea Change

The debut from new hotel brand Port sees a Victorian townhouse transformed into a boutique hotel with polished interiors, bringing a dose of pizazz to Eastbourne’s seafront

Petra Arko Q&A

With apartments in a new boutique development in Fitzrovia and in Battersea Power Station recently completed, interior design studio Bergman & Mar makes imaginatively sourced, calm and comfortable spaces. Its Slovenian-born founder and creative director explains the thinking behind the aesthetic

Concrete & Clay

At Ukrainian restaurant Istetyka, architect Victoria Yakusha draws on her country's unique craft traditions to soften a minimalist approach

Crossing Influences

Inspired by the contrast of organic and manmade, ceramicist Danny Kaplan has found a channel for self-expression in clay

Super Boutique

The Londoner, Edwardian Hotels' newest address in Leister Square, is redefining this corner of the West End with the help of Yabu Pushelberg

Belgravia London Craft Week 2021 Preview

For London Craft Week (4-10 October) Belgravia will be hosting The Pimlico Road Series – a programme of talks, workshops and demonstrations that bring to life the skill and talent that goes into making exceptional interiors

London Design Festival 2021

For 2021, the capital’s celebration of its design mettle is revelling in the return of the physical experience; enjoy that sense of reconnection with these highlights

Cottagecore

Interior design practice Harp Studio have transformed a medieval Welsh cottage into a tranquil getaway-cum-photographic studio where craft and artwork is up for sale

Open to All

Universal Design Studio has redefined the corporate lobby as a welcoming, public space within British Land's first net carbon development, 100 Liverpool Street

Decorex 2021 Preview

Returning to London’s Olympia on 10–13 October, Decorex promises a portfolio of the best names in luxury design and interiors. Discover five new product highlights here

Another Dimension

Tai Ping's Transcendent collection by Chinese designer Jamy Yang may look otherworldly, but it is rooted in the skill of hand-making

Make it Werk

Aparthotel group Locke opens an outpost in Munich, with interiors by Fettle that play on the city's pioneering early-20th-century design movement

Rare Find

Orso Hotels join creative forces with vintage furnituremarketplace Selency to redesign a boutique hotel and log cabin in the heart of Paris

Erchen Chang Q&A

Bao has built an immersive visual world around its restaurants, from its interiors to its logo and online graphics. As two further outposts open, its co-founder explains how her memories of Asian eateries get filtered and translated in to something new

Spanish Minimalism

In Barcelona, an interior designer and a ceramicist combine their talent to create a dream-like home studio

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