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Making Waves

Dutch interior architects i29 create an angular floating home in Amsterdam as part of a sustainable housing scheme

Millennially Minded

The Invisible Party creates a Rotterdam hotel where there’s no reason to get out of bed

Perfect Seclusion

What the owners of under-the-radar Portuguese B&B Pensão Agrícola did next

On Reflection

Using colour, mirrors and warm materials such as timber and brass, architect Ben Allen has changed an early brutalist maisonette in Bethnal Green into a homely sanctuary

Yinka Ilori Q&A

With public realm projects on hold, the colour- and pattern-centric designer has pivoted to bring out a homewares collection – and it all started with a pair of socks...

Interior design studio Albion Nord's work on two townhouses at the redeveloped Chelsea Barracks has resulted in a collection of British-made furniture and homewares inspired by the project. Creative director Camilla Clarke explains what makes this young practice tick

Bring the Drama

Kelly Wearstler takes the “fiercely local narrative” of Proper Hotels to downtown Los Angeles

Adam Nathaniel Furman Q&A

Challenging the status quo, one colour-soaked installation or boldy patterned product at a time, Adam Nathaniel Furman’s work is crowd-pleasingly sensual and celebratory. This year his prolific creativity has yielded more than ever

Bronzed Retro

Design studio Festen Architecture take inspiration from 1930s Paris to reimagine Hotel Rochechouart, the latest address from Orso Hotels

Cultural Co-Dependence

Architectural practice Buckley Gray Yeoman has unveiled Cromwell Place, a 14-gallery arts hub in London's museum district that mixes sensitive restoration and new build

Aesop and the Future of Retail

Luxury skin care brand Aesop recently enlisted London-based practice Al-Jawad Pike to design their latest outpost in Shepherd's Bush

Change of Scenery

A new gallery in the South Downs presents the work of industrial designer Ron Arad as you’ve never seen it before

Deep Blue Sea

This cruise-ship apartment defies the usual conventions of marine interiors, and draws on architect Michael K Chen's experience creating compact, crafted spaces

SoShiro Q&A

Interior architect Shiro Muchiri has created a gallery and event space in a Marylebone townhouse with a particular mission – to design and show work that melds contemporary design with traditional craft

London Craft Week 2020 Preview

Rescheduled from May, this 11-day event sees makers show their mettle across the capital. Take in the highlights here

Kinetic Glow

We talk shop with designer and creative powerhouse, Michael Anastassiades

Åben Q&A

Brit David Harrigan founded online design collective Åben in Stockholm in 2019 to nurture the next generation of Nordic talent. Here’s how he’s challenging "blandinavia" and promoting an alternative narrative of the region’s design

Solid Construction

A highlight of London Design Festival 2020, American Hardwood Export Council and Benchmark Furniture have opened ‘Connected’ with Design Museum – an initiative that explores an age-old material

London Design Festival 2020 Preview

Slimmed down but still a creative force, this year's LDF mixes the physical and the digital

Colour Block

In the south of France, designer Pierre Yovanovitch transformed the boutique of Villa Noailles art centre with a bold, eye-catching interior and fearless use of colour

Pearl of Amalfi

One of the hotel highlights of the Amalfi coast, a pink 12th-century palazzo, just became even more alluring thanks to its newly redecorated suites by Cristina Celestino

Respectfully Rebellious

In this composed Le Marais apartment full of street art, classic Parisian architecture is given a modern update by Sophie Dries

Three-Dimensional Thinking

What happens when a firm of graphic designers creates its own office building? Amsterdam studio Thonik found out when it translated its work into a piece of architecture

Artists & Objects Q&A

Adam Watts launched online store Artists & Objects in April, with a goal to support early-career makers in the UK. Here he talks about his own work, the joy of collaboration and why ‘slow’ craft is the future