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Step inside the homes of some of the world’s most illustrious writers, artists and other historical personalities — and see how interiors can reveal interior lives
...Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has put his former defence chief and outspoken Russia critic in charge of the interior ministry amid heightened concerns about Moscow-backed spying....
...Her ministry job makes her a part of the imperial project too, she knows: “The thing you do best is tell a story about yourself....
...Interior minister James Cleverly told parliament that the measures came in response to what he called Moscow’s “malign activity”....
...“There is a bit of patina of darkness to our collection,” Chiave says as he shows me his sketches on his screen. In the Batman movies, interiors are one way Wayne’s duality is emphasised....
...There its three founders – an interior designer, a painter and a theatre director – created a space dedicated to “trifles”. Of course, there were candles....
...“The way Martin thinks about interiors is very romantic,” says the American actress Dianna Agron, a client of Brûlé’s in New York....
...The works of art that changed everything for me were in a Cy Twombly show I saw at Gagosian New York. It made me research him a lot more – I started discovering his homes and interiors as well....
...That’s not to mention personal taste; green interiors hold a somewhat Marmite status. Similarly, home offices depend on the nature of the work....
...The chair is now firmly a vehicle through which we can trace contemporary creative expression, investigations into materiality and interior tastes. These works prompt, and muse, and explore....
...Her first book set out to demystify the basic principles of interior design and show everyone, regardless of their taste, how small adjustments could have a big impact, without having to buy a host of new...
The Belgian architect, designer and collector never goes out of style
...A former UK Ministry of Defence employee has been sentenced to more than two years in prison after being convicted in a long-running Saudi bribery investigation....
...Bin There by Mizetto, from €1,579 A contemporary bin set available in multiple finishes. mizetto.se Mustique boxes by Jonathan Adler, from £75 Marbleised acrylic boxes in a range of sizes. jonathanadler.com...
...Stevens, whose stainless-steel forms sit at the intersection of architecture, interiors, furniture and art, and include sculptural ashtrays, floor bolsters and plinths....
...That would push defence spending to about 20 per cent of the 2024 budget, the finance ministry said, up from 13.5 per cent before the war....
...The law prompted several nights of protests last month, but violence escalated on Tuesday night, with riot police beating up protesters and detaining at least 63 people, according to the interior ministry...
...The Apfels had private clients, such as Greta Garbo and Estée Lauder, for whom they offered interior design services....
...Grey has little of the reassuring warmth of red brick, nor the honeyed elegance of Bath stone....
...“As a matter of national security, we cannot provide further information on this,” added the defence ministry....
...Kallas is listed as wanted in the Russian interior ministry’s database of suspects, independent news site Mediazona reported on Tuesday, alongside other Baltic politicians including Lithuania’s culture minister...
...“Because I’m a craft maniac, I wanted to include as many crafty things as I could,” she says of her interior choices, inspecting a new-found chip on the ceramic-tile frieze by Italian artist Giovanni Vettori...
...Which is exactly what Ambrice Miller, founder of the Suffolk-based @Relic_interiors, found at her pop-up with Plain English....
...The intention, says Rollitt, is to conjure a sense of intimacy, creating an interior room....
...Rough-hewn brutalist pieces and the simple forms of Shaker and Swedish Gustavian design are also reliable go-tos for a younger set of design aficionados.”...
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