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Dress to Ingress
Whether conceived as a clandestine affair or a full-blown monogamous marriage, couture and interiors have long danced their wild two-step around the world. From the upholstered bustles of the 19th-century boudoir to the whitewashed retail spaces reflective of Belgium’s modern fashion masters, Momu, Antwerp’s fashion museum, stitches together the diverse tapestry in a new exhibition
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Martin Gayford goes bananas for Bergamo’s bonkers basilica
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Bamboo is anything more than hollow concept for Gianluca Longo, who relied on his natural instincts to seek out the best Salone del Mobile 2025 had to offer
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David Lipton on an unbearable lightness of seeing, and feeling dazed and confused
The everyday goddess: Arpita Singh brings her vision of India to life with deities, dreamscapes and densely packed drama.
The artist has spent over six decades crystallising contemporary images of her homeland that defy convention, many of which are now on show at the Serpentine Gallery in London.
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Announcing year two of The World of Interiors Writing Competition
We are proud to announce the return of the World of Interiors Writing Competition, created in partnership with Montblanc
Refreshingly different things to do around the UK this April
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Magali Mille-Montagard’s très mignon clay menagerie
Like many Provençals, Magali Mille-Montagard’s family started making santons strictly for nativity scenes. But over the decades their roster expanded to include charming characters generally not thought to have been at the original event
Este Ceramiche has been putting the faux into faience with its pottery since the 1770s
Is this a platter I see before me? Este Ceramiche’s table wares are piled with cheats, not eats. Since the 1770s, the playful trompe-l’oeil dinnerware derive from designs in the company’s historic archive, rediscovered in the 1950s
Leonard Koren on why good design spoils a good bath
As the founder of the avant-garde publication WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing, Leonard Koren has a lot of time for bathing. In his book, Undesigning the Bath, he details how bathing is best experienced when left to nature. Amy Sherlock soaks in its wisdom
Emily Tobin introduces the May 2025 issue
With the May 2025 issue comes a special selection of the very best in kitchens and bathrooms, from a public loo on New Zealand’s North Island to an outdoor kitchen replete with panoramic views. Elsewhere, we marvel at groovy short-term lets in Paris, and travel to Mongolia at the invite of a family balancing technology with tradition
