The studio of sculptor Eilís O’Connell is perched on a hillside near Inniscarra, Co Cork.

I love everything about 20th century design, Charles and Ray Eames, and, of course, our very own Eileen Gray, Carol-Anne Leyden, director and co-founder of CA Design, tells Aileen Lee

Carol O’Callaghan explores the ever-evolving Irish design collection at the National Museum of Ireland.

A former Cork city-centre hotel, with a 207-year pedigree on St Patrick’s St, is to be partly demolished and redeveloped for high-end shops use, possibly with an appeal to the likes of Zara.

Whichever style has piqued your interest this autumn, Kya deLongchamps shows you the best way to achieve it, from tone on tone to wood notes.

Carol O’Callaghan reviews the life and internationally renowned work of Irish-American architect, Kevin Roche

Rose Martin picks up a copy of William Hall’s latest block buster, which frames the building materials that make up our world. This time he concentrates on timber.

Adrian Coen worked as a carpenter before going to university as a mature student.

Aileen Lee sits down to chat with Gillian Sherrard, interior architect, to pick her brain for ways to create the simple and spacious home you’ve always wanted.

Furniture designer Eileen Gray was one of Ireland’s most pioneering women, yet most of us have never even heard of her. That’s all set to change now Orla Brady is playing her in a new movie, writes Esther McCarthy.

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest news from the world of showbiz

A new film unveils the bitter fallout between Eileen Gray and Le Corbusier over their iconic villa in the south of France, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Des O’Sullivan previews the upcoming Woodward’s auction next week.

Des O’Sullivan on a show of the work of the world-renowned designer.

Des O’Sullivan finds considerable variety on display at Woodwards upcoming event.

EVERY two years the Design and Craft Council of Ireland, in consultation with an advisory panel drawn from the design world, compiles a publication called PORTFOLIO: Critical Selection in which they feature Irish designers and craft makers they deem to have made the most significant impact internationally in the previous 24 months.

Carol O’Callaghan says take a confident approach to styling this season.

SUNDAY: One Ocean: No Limits (RTÉ One, 8pm)

IS it just me, or has the political world gone mad? I’ve never seen so much invective heaped on a political leader, from outside and inside his own party. 

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

IRISH horticulture is in rude health at the moment. We are still coming down from the excitement and buzz of Bloom and Mallow shows and there are more to come.

Size: 155 sq m (1,650 sq ft)

Kya deLongchamps says that despite the artistic merit of chairs, their first function is comfort.

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.

CD review: The Pixies

Wexford woman Eileen Gray was a major force in the Modernist movement. Tina Darb O’Sullivan previews the major retrospective of her work at IMMA

When the exhibition Eileen Gray: Architect Designer Painter opens at IMMA next week, can we expect a lesson in the merits of timeless design from the Modernist era?

THE pair of George IV specimen marble top tables for €195,000 at the IADA fair at the RDS in Dublin this weekend capture a current antique market moment.

ALONG with Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe, Eileen Gray ranks among the architects and designers who have left a significant mark on the 20th century and defined modernity.

Who would have thought that one of the first people to design and make tubular steel furniture would be Irish — and a woman?

Culture Ireland’s new CEO Christine Sisk relishes the opportunity to promote Irish artists abroad, says Richard Fitzpatrick

She was acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest designers, so why was Eileen Gray ignored by Ireland for so long, asks Manchán Magan

Strong design, personal touches and stunning views have resulted in a house of dreams. Margaret O’Brien reports.

AN ART deco armchair by Irish designer Eileen Gray smashed records and topped sales on day two of the Yves Saint Laurent art auction yesterday, becoming the most expensive 20th century piece of furniture ever.

Rose Martin is impressed by this eccentric house in Skibbereen.