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Scour museum gift shops for divine designs

They may not be the first place you think to look while shopping for the best in contemporary design, but – as these original and quirky pieces show – museum shops are about much more than postcards and erasers

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Fiell good factor: 'If you buy something made to last, you get better value for money and more joy through its use,' agree Charlotte and Peter

Fiell at home: How Britain's most stylish couple is giving us 'tools for living'

Sunday, 18 April 2010

The couple opposite may not be instantly recognisable – but their influence certainly is. Charlotte and Peter Fiell have spent two decades educating the public about good contemporary design – and now they're set to extend their influence across our lives...

The ten best beds

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

Chosen by Kate Hilpern

Residential lighting plans by Bruce Munro ltd

The future of lighting: LEDs lead the way

Thursday, 8 April 2010

Good lighting is no longer about a pendant hanging in the middle of the room, or even a couple of strategically placed table lamps.

The ten best storage jars

Thursday, 1 April 2010

Chosen by Fiona Roberts

A tired apartment transformed by Habiba. www.habibahome.com

Interior designers see their high earning clients move abroad

Thursday, 1 April 2010

This week, if they haven't done so already, many bankers, entrepreneurs and other high earners will be packing their suitcases and moving to new homes outside the UK.

1. HANGING PARASOL TERRACOTTA. £89.99, Amazon.co.uk. If we really are going to enjoy the promised barbecue summer then, unbelieveable as it might seem now, we're going to be begging for shade in a few weeks time. This free-standing 10ft parasol is easily adjustable, so you don't need a table with a hole in, and, probably crucially, it's showerproof.

Spring's essential garden gear

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

With spring upon us and optimists predicting a long hot summer, Kate Watson-Smyth presents a roundup of the season's must-have accessories

Blinds by Deborah Azzopardi

Interiors: a backdrop to art, or the art itself?

Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Earlier this month, The Affordable Art Fair took place in Battersea Park, attracting over 23,000 visitors looking to snap up a piece of contemporary art for under £3,000.

The ten best coffee tables

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Chosen by Rebecca Burns

Ford says: 'We eat at the table every day; we both have breakfast there together and dinner in the evening. It's a 1950s Ercol Modernist table and chairs set, which I got on eBay.'

A Room Of My Own: Craig Ford, fashion brand manager

Saturday, 13 March 2010

The building is a 1950s piece of Modernist social housing. When I bought it three years ago it was a bit of a mess.

Diane von Furstenburg enters Claridges

Why Diane von Furstenburg is re-modelling Claridge's

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Discover the latest fashion designer to dabble in interior design

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