If you've ever watched the Graham Norton show on BBC One, you’ve already seen some Willy Rizzo furniture. That decked steel and red lacquered metamorphic occasional table, with a divot for champagne and Rococo falls of fruit hovering before his guests, is a signature piece of Rizzo.

Kya deLongchamps explains what Bauhaus is, and why it matters today.

Kya deLongchamps dives in to offer practical advice for the perfect bathroom renovation Kya deLongchamps dives in to offer practical advice for your bathroom renovation

This year marks the centenary of the Bauhaus.

Kya deLongchamps finds 20th-century designed and inspired shelving is still an impressive support act in terms of style and quality

Magda Walecka is an architectural designer based in Galway.

As temperatures rise, Esther N McCarthy suggests a whole lot of ways you can turn up the heat to add warm tones and of course the hottest new looks to your living room, bedroom, bathroom, garden and even your handbag.

“It’s not a party as such, more of a kitten-cuddling day really”

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Kya deLongchamps explains what Bauhaus is, and why it matters today.

Founded by architect Walter Gropius in Weimar Germany in 1919 and closed by the Nazis in 1933, the Bauhaus school has had a huge global influence on art, architecture and design.

Volkswagen’s T-Roc is late to the compact SUV market, but it is pretty and classy, writes Declan Colley

Oonagh Kearney is a film-maker from Ballintemple in Cork. A former pupil of the Ursuline Convent in Blackrock, she also studied at the National Film and Television School in London. Her latest short film, the 24-minute Five Letters to the Stranger who will Dissect my Brain, shows as part of the ‘Best of Cork’ presentation at Cork Film Festival on Sunday, Nov 18, at the Everyman.

Esther N McCarthy picks po-faced pandas, pretty prints and shiny spoons this week.

Make sure you’re armed with the necessary information before splashing the cash on a kitchen tap, with some expert advice from Kya deLongchamps.

The balance between exterior and interior is at its most obvious when it comes to materials, writes Des Breen, as he delves into a thumping tome on the retro-minimal world of MR Architecture + Decor

 

Take the all-in-one approach to dressing with a summer jumpsuit. We’ve got three ways to wear it.

It’s a curious thing that pieces so highly desired at one stage, can crash so far in just a couple of decades. 

Frippery gets the clean edge this season. 

IT WAS a €40 conference table in white, but something in the elegance of the executive grey trim, said quality.

IRISH women designers are often promoted for their essential qualities of firstly, being Irish and secondly, for being women.

A small, well-appointed, kitchen is preferable to a flash but flabby large room, writes Kya deLongchamps.

THE interior of the Lewis Glucksman Gallery is a compelling backdrop for its visual-art programme. The exhibition ‘Folly: Art After Architecture’, which features artists’ impressions of some of the most iconic buildings in modernist architecture, maximises this setting.

Art: Paul Klee: Making Visible

TO MUCH fanfare, Apple announced recently that Angela Ahrendts is to resign as chief executive of Burberry and join the inner circle in Cupertino, California.

Yes, it will be a asset to your home but make sure you know what’s what before purchasing a stove, writes Kya deLongchamps.

Carol O’Callaghan transports us to the 1920s and 30s with its timeless style of fine lines and elegant opulence

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Acclaimed hairdresser Vidal Sassoon has died at home surrounded by loved ones after losing a battle with leukaemia, his family said.

Ireland was a very different place in the 1980s. From Sir Henrys in Cork to The Afro Spot in Dublin, Suzanne Harrington recalls the decade that changed everything

Josef Albers explored our changing perceptions of colour in his art. He considered tricks of the eye sacred, says Tina O’Sullivan

Mass market never looked so good. More and more, designers are joining forces with the high street to bring fashion to the frontline.

Tánaiste Mary Harney is clearly fed up with people whingeing about the pub down the road selling pints cheaper than the pub they’re drinking (and whingeing) in.