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IN THIS ISSUE
design 100 • THE PEOPLE, PRODUCTS, PLACES AND IDEAS SHAPING THE WORLD OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN TODAY
Decorate • Beautiful objects and brilliant ideas
A STITCH IN TIME • RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME and RÉMY MISHON herald the latest fabrics, showcasing them in an array of medieval-inspired, fantastical finery set against a backdrop of rugged castles
Notebook • RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME shows us what has caught her eye this month
Shade union • RÉMY MISHON hangs out lampshades to combine with different base shapes
Marie Antoinette
Tête-à-tête sofas • It’s a little more conversation and a little less action thanks to GWEN BROWN’s striking selection of sociable seating designs
Making a scene • As a lifelong collector of curiosities, stylist MARTHA WARD has a knack for pulling together charming vignettes, which set the tone in her west London home
Kitchen islands • Experts share their ideas, tips and solutions for these smart and practical focal points
Address book: KITCHENS • From traditional Shaker to streamlined contemporary designs, these companies offer styles to suit all spaces
INSIDER • What’s new, what’s happening and what you need to know
Four decades of finds • MARCO MANSI charts the striking growth in both size and influence of The Decorative Fair, since its 1985 launch with less than 50 exhibitors
Second chance • An archive of unfinished and unseen William Morris designs form the basis of more than 40 new fabrics and wallpapers by Sanderson Design Group. JENNIFER GOULDING discovers how the collection was developed
Sale of the century • Patron to a starry cast of 20th-century artists, Pauline Karpidas is auctioning the contents of her London house. A Sotheby’s exhibition recreates the collector’s stylish milieu
Conversation piece • House & Garden editor Talib Choudhry will be in conversation with Rachel Chudley at 3pm on Tuesday September 16, in Focus/25’s Design Club at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, SW10. Our Interior Designer of the Year, Rachel has been one to watch since she won our Rising Star award in 2019. They will be discussing Rachel’s influences, her approach to decoration and use of colour, the fine line between artistic expression and functional design, and what’s exciting her right now in interiors.
Pots party • As one of the initiatives to ‘make change through clay’, the British Ceramics Biennial is showcasing rising stars and established potters in the former Spode factory in Stoke-on-Trent. CORINNE JULIUS introduces some of the creatives taking part
Capital gains
Garden Getaways : Northumberland • CLARE FOSTER suggests a late-autumn trip to explore the moorland, coast and historic gardens of this dramatically beautiful region, staying on a country estate with extensive parkland and a walled garden
INSIDER books
Working in Radical Harmony
People • Interesting individuals with fascinating stories
SOPHIE BARBER • At her Hastings workspace, FIONA McKENZIE JOHNSTON and photographer JOSHUA MONAGHAN find the painter taking everything in her shoe-covered stride, as she turns apparent failures into new work
‘Nature can be shocking…’...