Clare Sartin

London

Houses Editor at Hearst UK

Design junkie and ELLE Decoration UK Chief Sub Editor @ELLEDecoUK (all views my own)

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Articles

ELLE Decoration Design Discussion: Join us to explore Kvadrat’s new collection of curtains and rugs

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

Kvadrat is known for its innovative approach, so when creative director Isa Glink began to conceive of the theme for the brand’s new collection of curtains and rugs, ‘Frequency’, she sought out people who do things differently, collaborating with Meyers and Fügmann and Katrin Greiling.
Ahead of the opening of WOW!House, take an exclusive look at its ‘listening library’

1 month 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.
This Rome apartment may be small but it’s packed with big ideas

1 month 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.
What Miminat Shodeinde’s London showroom tells us about her style

1 month 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.
The quick guide to London Craft Week 2025: 11 unmissable events

1 month 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.
Find out how New Designers is celebrating 40 years of finding the industry’s next big names

1 month 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.
Look inside the new Ikea Oxford Street store before the doors open

1 month ago | elledecoration.co.uk | Clare Sartin

Since the first Ikea store opened in the UK back in 1987, as a nation we have become hooked on the brand’s ethos of creating affordable, thoughtfully-designed pieces for the home. It’s a concept Ikea calls democratic design, and the next step in its progress is the opening of city stores that bring the experience directly to where people are. And few locations are more bustling than London’s Oxford Street.
The directory: UK’s best bespoke kitchen brands

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

These brands and their in-house design teams will help you achieve the kitchen of your dreamsBy Clare SartinPublished: 29 April 20251CabbonetAndrew Hays, previously creative director of Poggenpohl and Smallbone, knows about stylish kitchens, so when he launched Cabbonet back in 2019, the design world paid attention.
Denk kleiner: dé keukentrend die je volgens interieurexperts niet wil missen

2 months ago | elle.com | Clare Sartin

‘We noemen het het Jamie Oliver-fenomeen’, zegt Maria Speake, oprichter van interieur- en hergebruikbedrijf Retrouvius, over de grote open leefkeukens die de afgelopen decennia voor veel huiseigenaren het ultieme droombeeld waren.
Decorate with monochrome: the ultimate shopping edit

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

Skip to ContentWe earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. The finest furniture, fabrics and wallpapers for those who dream in black and whiteBy Clare SartinPublished: 22 April 20251‘1 2 3 chair’, Molteni & CThe work of British designer Michael Anastassiades (perhaps better known for his fantastically minimalist lighting), this chair’s name comes from the act of counting the perfect number of slats for the backrest (three was the magic number).