...st you would do if it weren’t for Andrés’s signature treatment of his subjects, one that hones in on details of line, colour, form and shape, rendering the buildings in their abstract beauty.And it’s not just blobs. There are sharp lines, geometric arrangements and angular silhouettes in the ...
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...t.
How would you describe the interiors of your house?
Its always so subjective! Playful? … I dont know… its stuff Ive collected over the years. A lot of pieces are from my travels, and I guess theres a lot of art and sculpture.
If you could only save one thing, what would it be...
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...n 1972 to Camden Council and fell into a state of disrepair, before it was subjected to a sensitive restoration by Avanti Architects, lead by architect John Allan.
The re-vamped Isokon Building opened in 2004 with 25 flats for key-workers on a shared ownership basis and 11 for private ownership. ...
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...bottle of Claret thats just come out of the fridge. But I think its such a subjective thing. I quite enjoy Sauvignon as a grape, especially Pouilly-Fumés and Sanceres – I dont know why, I just enjoy them.
“So, I think you should do what you want and enjoy. And thats why I say to people, ...
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...sence, structure, ritual, order, containment, volume and expression. Where subjects are returned to repeatedly, the nuances of difference may be very small, but something new is captured each time. It’s about characterising a way of looking but also building up a picture of a broader philosophy....
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...h showcasing the impact good design has on society, and typically focus on subjects like Belgian mid-century graphic design.
3. Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp
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Belgium’s most well-known interior designer, Axel Vervoordt, began making an imprint on his...
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...akes centre stage in Graanmarkt 13’s culinary offering, and has been the subject of two books, Greens that taste like friendship and Vegetables that sparkle the conversation, both with names that define the cheery, bonhomie way Seppe wants you to eat.
Here, in our series on how chefs are inspi...
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... Soays but the last one died a few months ago. The meadows have never been subject to agrochemicals and are full of wildflowers, and there is a local grasslands society which is led by a prominent botanist.”
Jean: “The two of us are here all the time, living and working, and there is no part ...
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...ces, flooring – are timelessly attractive.
And, whilst we’re on the subject, it’s fascinating to see Classicism increasingly creeping back into today’s design language for the first time since the heyday of Post Modernism. Although we sadly didn’t get to make it to the recent Milan Furn...
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...iterally tying it to each bottle. Because we feel the wine industry or the subject of wine can be quite alienating and intimidating, we want to talk about wine and in words and terms that anyone can understand. We try to tell the story of the people behind our wines and the place that made it, avoid...
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...by their striking compositions in which the raw architectural forms of his subjects are laid bare. His latest body of work, ‘Concrete Poetry: Post-War Modernist Public Art’, was published in November.
‘Gazebo’ by Wendy Taylor. Golders Hill Park, Golders Green, London NW11, 1983
This gaz...
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... is impossible to define one universal domestic experience. ‘It’s very subjective,’ says Steierhoffer, ‘it’s different for everyone but I think it’s important for people to be able to define what home means to them because the home represents our dreams.’
From lighthouses to warehou...
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...n pieces and colour palettes.
Pedros sensitive restoration has been the subject of numerous editorial features, including stories for House & Garden and us.
Marne Street, London W10
This thoroughly renovated house in Kensal Town is defined by its bare plaster walls. Applied throughout the ho...
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... makes a good meal in and out of the home, we felt inspired to explore the subject a little deeper. So, in our new series ‘The Modern Menu’, we’re going behind the pass at our favourite restaurants to ask chefs what it means to cook, eat and dine out in a modern way, while also asking them to ...
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...rs
Runcton, Chichester, West Sussex
Enamoured by the subject of our latest Open House series, Walter Greaves thoughtfully-designed post-war family home in Chichester, West Sussex, weve looked through past sales and residences currently on the market to pick our favourite Moder...
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...ying with the natural world theme, British land artist Richard Long is the subject of a new exhibition opening this month at Derby Museums. Long creates work based on the action of walking in the natural landscape, and it takes on a particular significance against the backdrop of Derby and the Peak...
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...st career was in the art world but I grew frustrated at how intangible and subjective the value of the product was and how it often benefited very few. When I discovered development, originally as a self-builder, I realised that it could be idea driven and creatively rewarding. Conceiving of and phy...
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...gs or worked into recognisable print media.
Several of Frosts favourite subjects are explored in the sketchbooks pages, including ‘Suspended Forms, ‘Sun and Moon theme and the ‘Lorca series. The exhibition will run until 15 July 2017.
19 June – 15 July 2017
Monday ̵...
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...a new theme and this year’s incarnation brings hundreds of events on the subject of ‘memory’.
Here’s our selection of the best events, talks, installations and exhibitions.
A Year in Pictures: Celebrating 40 Years of the Christchurch Estate
ZCD Architects host an exhibition of Made...
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...hurch Street in Shoreditch, a Victorian townhouse that itself has been the subject of a fair amount of intrigue.
Toogoods
career began at World of Interiors magazine after finishing a degree in
Fine Art and Art History. It was at the magazine that Toogood worked as an
interior stylist, a time she...
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...p you stay
realistic about what you can achieve.
Wise Up
While on the subject of staying realistic, it also helps to have your plans fact-checked by someone in the know. “There are numerous guides to the cost of extensions, renovations, and new builds, such as Home Notes or the New London Arc...
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...with the stories behind the pieces, to be interested in the stories of the subjects that make the objects, because every good artist and designer is a story-teller in one way or another. Its important that you have feel something towards the work and that you want to have it in your house or your co...
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... its intellectually more stimulating because you actually learn about the subject and, finally, if you ever need to sell, its much easier if you have a collection of ‘x, rather than saying, ‘Ive got one of this, one of that’. I always try and encourage clients and friends to be disciplined...
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...pisode. While the profession may not make for the most obvious of literary subjects, to Cusk, known for her unflinching examinations on the mechanisms of domesticity – love, family, divorce, motherhood – the hopes, needs and wants people bring to the process of making a home are of ripe emotiona...
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...furniture, which I think is mostly what interiors are about.
Furniture is subjective, so, really, it’s just about getting the space planning
right – thinking about the suitability of pieces, their orientation and how you
can create zones, especially in an open-plan layout like this.
“Li...
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