Clare Sartin

2 weeks ago | elledecoration.co.uk | Clare Sartin

When an orchestra prepares before a performance, every musician tunes their instrument to A=440 Hz (also known as concert pitch). The resonance of this note, played in perfect harmony, not only transforms a group of individual artists into a whole, but also sends a ripple of anticipation through the room. It’s this sound, and the response it elicits, that will be a key theme throughout the space Pirajean Lees is creating in collaboration with fabric house Dedar for WOW!House 2025.

2 weeks ago | elledecoration.co.uk | Clare Sartin

It was post-structuralist thinker Michel de Certeau’s belief that an environment is like a sentence – individual places are the words, but it is when a person interacts with them that they gain meaning. If that is true, then this home by Studio Strata is more of a haiku: small, but packed with big ideas.

2 weeks ago | elledecoration.co.uk | Clare Sartin

Miminat Shodeinde’s work has become know for its many juxtapositions – bold yet inviting, structured yet fluid, raw yet refined. The British-Nigerian artist and designer likes to subvert the expected. Since founding her eponymous studio in 2015, her projects have been described as ‘soft brutalism’ and ‘laid-back luxe’, but now design fans can make up their own minds what to call it, as Shodeinde has opened her first showroom, a ‘museum-like jewel box’ of a space in St John’s Wood.

3 weeks ago | elledecoration.co.uk | Clare Sartin

From 12 - 18 May the capital is celebrating artisans with a staggering 220 events. This is our essential edit…By Clare SartinPublished: 12 May 20251Future Icons SelectsNow in its third year, this London Craft Week must-see is moving to 83 Rivington Street in Shoreditch. There you will find the work of more than 50 talented artisans – some of whom have never been showcased in the UK before.

4 weeks ago | elledecoration.co.uk | Clare Sartin

Since it launched in 1985, New Designers has been a launchpad for some of the biggest names in design. This year, to mark the landmark anniversary, we can exclusively reveal that some of those names (all of whom began their career journeys after university by exhibiting at the fair) will return as a star-studded line-up of alumni for the event that runs across two weeks, from 2-5 July and 9-12 July at London’s Business Design Centre.