Vaux-le-Vicomte , only about 45 km from Paris, is all about symmetry and balance. Built in the mid-17th Century by Nicolas Fouquet, then Superintendent of Finances for the king of France Louis XIV the Sun King, this château and garden inspired Versailles. The architect Louis Le Vau (who later designed Versailles) worked closely with the painter Charles Le […]
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Kit Miles and N & N Wares at Clerkenwell Design Week
Kit Miles never disappoints with his complex and sumptuous prints, introducing new designs for wallcoverings and furnishing, a selection of which you can see below They are richly coloured and beautifully detailed and I was taken with this one in particularI first met Emma Jeffs of N & N Wares when she showed her subtle digitally printed […]
Tracy Kendall at Clerkenwell Design Week
Tracy Kendall showed some new wallpaper designs at The Order of St John, St John’s Square during Clerkenwell Design Week. Designs included pockets. machine embroidery and painterly effects. They’re fabulous as features and also very easy to live with. Here is a papered wall in the Farmiloe Building. See what I mean?
The House of Culture at the Old Sessions House – Clerkenwell Design Week
Icon Magazine took over this beautiful building as the House of Culture for Clerkenwell Design Week. The Old Sessions House is set to be redeveloped: either into offices or a member’s club. The photos below show how it looked during the week. Companies displaying collections included Pinch and Timorous Beasties. Planting below by Indoor Garden […]
Bert & May’s barge at Clerkenwell Design Week
Designed by Laura Fulmine with the flooring and tile company Bert & May, I came across this without forewarning in a quiet yard. One of Bert & May’s directors, Lee Thornley, told me he’s looking forward to living in it once it’s back in the water in East London. Galley kitchen between living area and bedroom. The […]
Exhibition by NOHO Artists at Seven Dials Club in Covent Garden
Seven Dials Club is opposite the Donmar Warehouse – you can’t get much more central than that in London. The artists who met at The Other Art Fair have formed an informal group and this, their first London show together in association with online gallery Balthazart, has taken the concept of a conversation. One person sent an image to another […]