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...This has long been the ritual at the 100,000sq m site that lies 6km north of Florence. It takes 10 years to be considered a master in a single art of porcelain production....
...“I’m obsessed with fully carpeted rooms,” says Billy Cotton, the American designer behind the creative, often flamboyant interiors of artists including Cindy Sherman and Lisa Yuskavage....
...I’m living here while I’m renovating a farmhouse across the valley – the oldest parts of which date from the 1690s....
...“I’m a decorator by trade,” he says. “But I’m weirdly anti-decoration. I hate anything too done-up or perfect – and I always approach rooms furniture-first.”...
...Beyond the boundaries of his front door, however, when someone other than his little Havanese dog will see him, it’s a different story: “If I’m out in the world socialising then I’m wearing Rick Owens,”...
How Caryn Hibbert turned a bucolic country retreat into a holistic – and lifestyle – destination
...Conceived as compact apartments rather than oversized suites (the largest of which is just over 74sq m), the pristinely formed pieds-à-terre are layered with Crawford’s sharp edit of old and new Scandinavian...
...“As long as I’m alive, I have to create,” says jeweller Maria da Conceição de Moura Borges (known simply as Kukas)....
...I’m possibly the only person who still buys CDs. I have this crazy notion that my kids might pull a CD off the shelf rather than searching online. So when I’m in town, I stock up at Fopp....
...I like to listen to it while I’m working. Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of the late British producer and DJ Andrew Weatherall....
...People always think I’m the wild one, but Hugo also loves to shock and surprise.” What followed was a two-stage transformation enacted over five years....
...If you are looking for pointers on instant interiors updates, I direct you to Aimee Farrell’s design overview....
...“I’m often asked what they would have done once it got dark,” says Platman. “The answer is, go to bed....
...“I’m still stuck on mimosa,” he says simply....
...“I’m like a squirrel. I have hundreds – they’re such a great medium for paint and great for stashing art supplies or Christmas decorations.”...
...I’m Claer Barrett and today I’m joined in the FT’s London studio by three incredible campaigners....
...“I’m wasted on projects where things are overly planned. For the townhouse, we’ve been able to playfully put this interior together as we go.”...
...“I’m actually having two weddings,” she says. “An Indian wedding in June, as my fiancé is Sikh, and a French wedding on my family vineyard in south-west France.”...
...In fact it’s not strictly mimosa, as Aimee Farrell discovers, it’s the acacia plant that we have come to love....
...“I’m leaving behind a kind of photographic history – 32 countries, 20 books and 26 shows.”...
...But I’m most excited about Nakhla, the standalone boutique of the eponymous jewellery brand, situated at the feet of the iconic statue of Rameses II....
...“But I’m a terrible cook.” Outside, in a triangular, tree-dotted terrace, Ashby hopes to invite a coffee van and florist, and to stage the occasional pop-up market....
...Now I’m a Saturday regular. My style icon is Michael Caine....
...If I’m in Marrakech, I’ll go to the souk and look for props....
...“I’m not an ethnographer or a sociologist,” he says. “I’m not speaking for a whole group of people.”...
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