Interior design
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The opener
From Texan gunslingers washing up with Aesop soap to Brazilian congressional superheroes, this issue's opener surveys a gloriously odd world in its usual sharp, unhurried style.
Magic touch
Alexandra Champalimaud’s interior-design firm has left its mark on the world’s finest hotels.
Bureaux de change
Improve your productivity by sprucing up your place of work – well, that’s the theory anyway. Whatever happens, it will look sharper.
Best in class: Paris
Shoppers are welcome to wander at their leisure around this inviting emporium where homeware, crockery and even the colours are inspired by the owner’s love of travel.
Folk’s festival
Austrian-born entrepreneur Pitzy Folk has turned a derelict Melbourne telephone exchange into a three-storey headquarters where his beverage brand, invested start-ups and an in-house chef all coexist productively.
Fit for purpose
Relocating its headquarters, London-based fashion label Cos adapted a historic building to suit its business needs.
The Principal
The Principal hotel in Bloomsbury offers a mature experience with its 19th-century architecture and madcap marble interior. We book in to get a taste of the grown-up life in this enormous London lodging.
Shapely numbers
From furnishings and fixtures to full refurbishments, we celebrate 50 winning design innovations.
Hair style
With fewer clients around, smart Japanese hairdressers are putting design to the fore to win valuable customers. And there are fringe benefits too. We take a pew in three of Tokyo’s finest establishments.
Hidden gem
The siblings behind The Palomar and The Barbary in London have transformed a derelict 18th-century pub into a moody watering hole, restaurant and cocktail bar.
