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DESIGN POSTCARD: Karl Lagerfeld's Paris
The designer's private office in St Germain has been restored, renovated and lightly reimagined to create an apartment to rent with views of the Eiffel…
Nov 17
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DESIGN POSTCARD: the secrets of Italian trompe l'oeil
When is a window not a window? A door not a door? Or even a cat stretching out on a sunny window ledge? All along Italy's Ligurian coastline, buildings…
Nov 3
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DESIGN POSTCARD: Carrara
The ancient marble quarries from where Michaelangelo sourced his David and Daniel Craig filmed a James Bond car chase make for a spectacular, if chilly…
Sep 1
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Design Postcard: New York
For the first time in 50 years the distinctive Bubble House, a space-age modernist building in Manhattan's Upper East Side, is for sale.
Jul 28
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Design Postcard: the house of Dennis Severs
A home should tell a story – but what if that story is completely made up?
May 5
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Design Postcard from Mexico City
Join me at the famous Café La Habana, where Fidel Castro and Che Guevara are said to have plotted the Cuban Revolution over coffee and chilaquiles.
Apr 7
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Design Postcards: Lerici
This stunning flat five minutes from a gorgeous beach is for sale and the price has just been reduced.
Mar 17
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Design Postcards: Zurich
Did you know the police HQ here is home to a fresco by Augusto Giacometti that's one of the most important works of art in the entire city?
Mar 3
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Design Postcards: decoding Chequers
A peek inside the UK Prime Minister's official country residence – which is, frankly, a decorative disaster.
Feb 10
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Design Postcards: Henry's Townhouse, London
The house that belonged to Jane Austen's brother is now a boutique hotel and you can stay there.
Jan 20
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Design Postcards: the fitted kitchen
This simple yet radical 20th-Century innovation changed the home forever. And if was designed by a woman, of course.
Jan 6
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Design Postcards: Jolabokaflod
The Icelandic tradition of giving books at Christmas.
Dec 23, 2024
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Kate Watson-Smyth
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