The World of Interiors
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The World of InteriorsLore Archive resists every rule of collecting At Lore Archive, an offbeat garment archive in east London, myriad treasures from French leg splints to a peanut vendor’s suit are organised by their energies
The World of InteriorsTommaso Franchi’s flat channels a modern-day Marco Polo In doing up his Venice flat, interior designer Tommaso Franchi channelled his inner Marco Polo, bringing back booty from his global voyages
The World of InteriorsChef Markus Stöckle brings his experimental style to Marküs, a new restaurant in Zurich Experimental chef Markus Stöckle feeds the imagination at his new opening in Goethe’s former Zurich digs with a smorgasbord of pan-global influences both culinary and – courtesy of Studio Dragò…
The World of InteriorsPhotographer Katherine Hubbard tenderly captures acts care and collaboration The photographer spent five years caring for her mother, Antonette Berger, folding experimental practice into routines of care
The World of InteriorsRencontres d’Arles celebrates archives from across the African continent and beyond Closing next week, the French photo festival Les Rencontres d’Arles spotlights photobooks, family histories and new readings of forgotten archives
The World of InteriorsThe heritage craft industry is on the floor More than half of the listed 285 heritage crafts in the UK are ‘endangered’. How best can we revive these culturally important (and environmentally beneficial) practices?
The World of InteriorsThe once-abandoned Château de Saulières reawakens Château de Saulières, a faded 18th-century Palladian pile in Burgundy with familial links to Charles X, gives phantom glimpses of its former grandeur
The World of InteriorsStoned and Plastered, the plaster-caster that really broke the mould, closes for good An institution in east London, where it’s been moulding all manner of things for nigh on 40 years, Stoned and Plastered has shut its doors.
The World of InteriorsIs chintz is ready for a resurgence? From 18th-century chintz-mania to the ‘Chuck out your Chintz’ adverts of the 90s, the Indian cotton textile has a history unlike any other
The World of InteriorsNicolò Bassetti creates Postmodernist paradise Thanks to family connections, filmmaker Nicolò Bassetti’s Roman home is a powerhouse of Italian Postmodern design, from Gae Aulenti to Ettore Sottsass
The World of InteriorsKoak’s studio in San Francisco channels her inner world The artist Koak is on the rise. Her richly pigmented canvases centre on sinuous figures, cast in heavy shadow or warm lamplight amid everyday domestic settings.
The World of InteriorsJohn Giorno’s 1968 telephone artworks prophesy our uncertain times Do telephones divide as much as connect us? It’s one of the defining questions of our times – but John Giorno was asking it back in 1968.
The World of InteriorsThis year’s new fabrics emerge from sin and cinders Aschenputtel (the German Cinderella) and her puppet pals show off this year’s new fabrics thanks to the Little Angel Theatre
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The World of InteriorsThe Serpentine Pavilion Party 2026 For the latest iteration of the biggest party in the WoI calendar – appropriately, to celebrate our monster October issue – guests confabbed under the canopy of Lanza Atelier’s sinuous…
The World of InteriorsLee Krasner and Jackson Pollock go ‘toe to toe’ in a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art This rare show is destined to put the pair of Abstract Expressionists on equal footing, shedding light on the formidable Krasner, who helped cultivate her husband’s star-studded…
The World of InteriorsThe Cinema Museum in Lambeth fights to survive The founders of Britain’s best collection of cinema memorabilia are urgently casting around for donations in order to secure their home
The World of InteriorsThe Plain English founder’s buoyant boathouse restoration Plain English’s Katie Fontana and wood wizard Greg Powlesland have embarked on an inspired boathouse restoration by a blissful Cornish creek
The World of InteriorsInside Jerry Butler’s celestial Tangier spot Bed dealer Jerry Butler’s hilltop house in Morocco is heaven for stargazers. There, Matisse-blue décor orbits Welsh antiques and marvels from the medina
The World of InteriorsAlbergo di Quattro Fontane hotel in Venice Albergo di Quattro Fontane is a family-run hotel that carries the final flame of the golden age of seaside Venice.
The World of InteriorsHamish Bowles takes on Naples Making pilgrimages to the Castel dell’Ovo, Baroque paintings and Pompeii, Mr Bowles sees Naples and dies... to return when he can
The World of InteriorsHow Robert Dash created a American garden Robert Dash created the ultimate exhibition space at his eclectic Hamptons garden, Madoo, where poets and artists alike gathered for inspiration
The World of InteriorsIn Bhutan's Gangtey Valley, Phub Lham has beautified her inherited farmhouse Proximity to a historic Buddhist monastery brings foreigners to Phub Lham’s farmhouse in the remote kingdom of Bhutan. Sonam Onmo captures her world of butter lamps and black-necked…
The World of InteriorsArtist Ray Exworth hid awe-inspiring art installations inside his sheds A new book by photographer Jem Southam documents the incredible installations conceived by sculptor Ray Exworth in an array of unassuming sheds
The World of InteriorsHow Lisa King and her mother recreated a Balinese home in Thailand Compelled by a dream: textile artist Lisa King recalls how her mother built not one, but two, dream homes on a remote island in Thailand
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