Harriet Thorpe
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Architecture and design journalist, editor and author
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3 weeks ago |
worldofinteriors.com | Harriet Thorpe
In Marseille’s Roucas Blanc hills, high above the snaking corniche road, Villa Santa Lucia of 1867 overlooks the Mediterranean sea. Of the house itself, suffice to say that its design gradually evolved over the decades, with a chalet-style wooden lambrequin frieze being added later on in the 19th century.
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2 months ago |
wallpaper.com | Harriet Thorpe
With this Hampstead house project in north London, Belgian architect Hans Verstuyft has brought back the soul of a listed 17th-century cottage that had lost its original interior. By reimagining memories of the past with reclaimed materials and characterful objects, the new design casts an ambiguity over what is new or old: ‘We reinvented something that was never there,’ he says.
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2 months ago |
worldofinteriors.com | Harriet Thorpe
These days, it’s socially acceptable to embrace moments of horizontality in public – from reclining on a dense lounge sofa in a hotel lobby, to stealing a micro-nap in a padded acoustic booth at work. Increasingly, design is all about embracing our comfort, crafted to cocoon and coddle us as an antidote to the mania of modern life. In the mid-20th century, social horizontality was a radical proposition.
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2 months ago |
worldofinteriors.com | Harriet Thorpe
From its Victorian heyday to Mid-century Modern experimentation, wicker has continued to prove useful and beautiful across movements of design. Today, the wild and cultivated natural material provides an ideal solution to replacing less sustainable materials, yet in Europe the craft is barely clinging on, and it’s only thanks to a handful of pioneers and heritage design houses that the skills still remain. The craft of woven basketry, later known as wicker, dates back to the Neolithic period.
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Dec 11, 2024 |
archdaily.com | Harriet Thorpe
The first light switch has come a long way since its invention in 1884 by John Henry Holmes in Newcastle, England. Holmes' ingenious 'quick-break technology' transformed the way electricity was managed, ensuring safer and more efficient lighting control. Since then, switches evolved in both form and function, embracing diverse designs—from toggles and rockers to the LED-illuminated models and sleek touch sensors.
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