Ben Spriggs

Editor-in-Chief at ELLE Decoration

Executive editor at ELLE Decoration UK @ELLEDecoUK Design junkie. Opinions all mine.

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Articles

Soothe or provoke? Choose your style tribe with the April issue

2 months ago | elledecoration.co.uk | Ben Spriggs

Regular readers of my dispatches will know that I don’t put much stock in the opinion that decorating is just whimsy, lacking in substance. How we choose to surround ourselves with colour, pattern and texture (or the lack of it) in our most private of spaces says a great deal about who we are, and how we feel about the wider world and our place in it. Nothing ever appears from nowhere.
Intervista a Giorgio Armani, re della moda italiana

2 months ago | elledecor.com | Ben Spriggs

Perché i suoi prodotti hanno risultano senza tempo? Qual è il segreto? Ho sempre scelto di creare qualcosa di valore duraturo, che rispondesse a un modello preciso basato su eleganza, qualità e comfort. Per me questo è senza tempo: un'estetica che non è legata a un momento specifico e che non cerca di rincorrere ciò che è considerato attuale. Affronto ogni progetto, che sia di moda o di interior design, tenendo conto del rapporto tra forma e funzione, un binomio che non può mai essere trascurato.
everything you need to know about the furniture brand

2 months ago | msn.com | Ben Spriggs

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Making Maruni: everything you need to know about the furniture brand

2 months ago | elledecoration.co.uk | Ben Spriggs

Stepping into Maruni’s factory in the lush green hills outside Hiroshima, you are hit by one thing: the heady, intoxicating scent of wood. Wood is everything to this family firm of master craftsmen, who have been expertly turning the world’s most revered timbers into covetable furniture since 1928. Massive slices of majestic oak and walnut trees sourced from all over the world weather in the facility’s open-air storage, waiting to be transformed.
Ready for summer? RH’s new outdoor collections have us longing for sun

2 months ago | elledecoration.co.uk | Ben Spriggs

It may be about as American as stars-and-stripes and blueberry pie, but luxury furniture and homeware brand RH is continuing its global expansion at pace. Following the bold move of transforming a stately pile into its first UK outpost, it’s swiftly swept into Europe with openings in Belgium, Spain, two in Germany and an imminent arrival in France.
Inside the mind of a maestro

2 months ago | msn.com | Ben Spriggs

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Inside the mind of a maestro

2 months ago | elledecoration.co.uk | Ben Spriggs

Why have you had such longevity? What’s the secret? I’ve always chosen to create something of lasting value, which must respond to a precise model based on elegance, quality and comfort. To me, this is timeless: an aesthetic not tied to any specific moment, and certainly not trying to chase what is considered current. I approach each project, whether it be fashion or interior design, taking into account the relationship between form and function – a combination that can never be overlooked.
‘Home is where your health is’ in our new March issue

Feb 13, 2025 | elledecoration.co.uk | Ben Spriggs

Often, it’s said that ‘home is where the heart is’. It may well be true, but I have my own version of the adage: ‘home is where your health is,’ in acknowledgement of the vital role that our environments play when it comes to our physical and mental wellbeing. Sure, I’d definitely advocate filling your home with fewer chemicals and more natural materials, but there’s also an aesthetic consideration. There’s no getting away from the fact: spaces that look good make us feel good.
ELLE Decoration February introduces the moods for 2025

Jan 6, 2025 | msn.com | Ben Spriggs

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India’s largest maker of handmade rugs, has hit the UK…

Nov 6, 2024 | elledecoration.co.uk | Ben Spriggs

It’s unlikely you’ll be familiar with Jaipur Rugs, but you’ll undoubtedly have seen one of its creations, working as it does with many of the world’s luxury labels. While this in-house work continues apace, the company has recently decided to take the exquisite craftsmanship of its creations direct to consumers and designers, with showrooms across India, in Dubai, Singapore, Milan and now a new space in London’s Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour.