Interior design
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Peace and harmony
Feeling at ease in an airport lounge, hotel or cinema is hugely dependent on your surroundings. These examples from around the world illustrate how intuitive interiors are a crucial part of the hospitality experience.
Homes from home
From the world’s most anticipated openings to ingenious start-ups and practical advice on how to set up your own star bar, here are our hand-picked heroes benchmarking top-notch service.
Inner space
This Paris pied-à-terre is not just a modernist space-saving marvel, it has Le Corbusier’s blessing to boot. Monocle takes in its fold-out ingenuity and primary-coloured delights.
Hard lessons
In the heart of Berlin a design-focused family has created a home that is as personal as it is refreshing: the Monohaus is a building that shows the softer side of concrete.
Amazing spaces
A publishing nerve-centre in Madrid, a marketing consultant in Copenhagen and an art fair organiser in London. One thing they all have in common is the beautiful and inspiring spaces they work from.
Five studios
Employing someone to reconfigure your home requires trust. Here are five design studios, from New York to Sydney, who know how to make your interior a thing of beauty.
Top twenty five
The objects that fill our homes subtly affect our mood and creativity. Be nice to your subconscious and let the natural, simple and handcrafted surround you with our top 25 picks.
A great Dane
Photographer Thomas Ibsen’s house, a classic of the post-war ‘funkis’ style characterised by simple lines and clever use of light, is filled with design treasures and new pieces that he’s created.
Our home
Furnishing a home from scratch is a gradual process and your budget might not always stretch to your dream collection. But it is important to dream. Here’s our inventory of picks.
Samba style
Set on a mountainside with views over the Atlantic and surrounded by trees and tranquillity, this Rio residence reflects the cosmopolitan lifestyle of its Parisian and Swedish occupants.
