Ariadne Fletcher

1 week ago | worldofinteriors.com | Ariadne Fletcher

Craft – the skills for which are developed by hands-on making and understanding the full potential of materials – seems to go against the tide of 21st-century mass production. The practical knowledge of how to manipulate materials does, however, underpin all good design and manufacturing, and spans a wide range of disciplines. Take, for instance, this article you are currently reading on your iPhone, iPad or MacBook, three things that would not exist without craft.

1 month ago | worldofinteriors.com | Ariadne Fletcher

Are you ready to spring into action this April with our list of things to do, see, buy and eat around the UK? Expect mania (of the design persuasion), pop-ups aplenty and even some teasingly tactile affairs. TO DOExperience Sienna Murdoch’s deeply sensory, often uncanny and sometimes even erotic work in person.

1 month ago | worldofinteriors.com | Ariadne Fletcher

When artist Tabby Booth relocated to Cornwall with her young family four years ago, she found the shift from living on a houseboat to a traditional, land-bound residence to be nothing short of ‘luxurious’. No longer having to keep track of how much water and electricity they were using or carefully negotiate limited space, they eagerly expanded into the old 1970s coastal bungalow, transforming it as they did so.

1 month ago | worldofinteriors.com | Ariadne Fletcher

After a decade living in the rich, numinous landscape of Cornwall, artist Lucy Stein found it very difficult to leave. When her family relocated to the urban terrain of London, it was vital for her to find somewhere that still retained a spark of magic – and so she found a place in Lambeth, right next to where visionary poet and artist William Blake once lived.

2 months ago | worldofinteriors.com | Ariadne Fletcher

March into a new month with our selection of refreshingly different things to do, see, buy and eat in the UK this month. From a hands-on workshop exploring new paper-based media to pop-ups, markets and a glut of exhibitions, all can be rounded off with a peaceful tipple. TO DOCaroline Kent founded stationery brand Scribble & Daub in 2012 in an effort to ‘provide the paper remedy to an increasingly mass-produced, digital world’.