Well shod in a sturdy pair of flatties and fortified by strong coffee I traipsed around the London Design Festival recently to see what’s new in the interiors and design world.

Kya deLongchamps celebrates the enigma and variations of one of the UK’s most celebrated industrial designers — Israeli-born Ron Arad.

Anyone travelling to London next week shouldn’t miss the London Design Festival taking place across the city until the end of this month.

Carol O’Callaghan looks at a new book on pattern design and an upcoming show PATTERNITY at this month’s London Design Week.

French furniture house of Roche Bobois have just launched their autumn winter collection. 

Taking a city break, here or abroad gives us time to stand, stare and listen, sometimes at no expense at all. 

Celebrating 2015, The Year of Design, Refract presents the astonishing work of 20 glass designers from Britain, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, and the USA.

Up to 1,800 jobs will be created as part of an all-island drive to promote Irish design across the world, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton has announced.

The furniture and fittings on display at London Design Festival are so exquisite that it’s best to not bring too much money, unless you plan a specific purchase. Oh, and wear comfortable shoes.

September is time for design lovers to make the annual pilgrimage to the London Design Festival to absorb the latest from creative talent worldwide.

Everything must change so that everything can remain the same,” said Giuseppe di Lampedusa in his book The Leopard.

Carol O’Callaghan suggests going independent with colour and pattern in your interior look.

Irish designers and craft makers are showcasing their goods to the world as part of a conference worth up to €20 million to the economy.

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Kya deLongchamps gives the low down on flooring and goes through the most popular, the most particular and the most practical of walk-on material.

THE annual London Design Festival opened this week, and if there’s a place to feed your tortured design soul this is the place to go.

THERE’S a great deal to be said for tradition. It gives us a sense of who we are, where we come from, our own mythology if you will.

Carol O’Callaghan looks forward to warm woollens and bright copper kettles — amongst other homey styles.

Carol O’Callaghan showcases the Irish element of the influential London Design Festival which takes place next week.

If you want your home to reflect who you are, writes Carol O’Callaghan, you can’t really go wrong with bohemian chic.

MOST little girls go through a phase of clip-clopping around in Mummy’s high heels, bedecked in her jewellery and posing for all they’re worth.