Harriet Thorpe

4 days ago | wallpaper.com | Harriet Thorpe

From 15-21 May, the Big Apple's creative scene comes to life as part of New York Design Week 2025 – an ever-expanding ecosystem of exhibitions, talks, tours and parties. The festivities are anchored by the NYCxDESIGN festival, whose 2025 theme is 'Design is for Everyone,' and the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF). There are newcomers to the week as well, notably the first edition of Shelter, a design fair and marketplace created by online furniture platform Afternoon Light.

2 weeks ago | archdaily.com | Harriet Thorpe

What is the meaning of architectural space if it is not used and enjoyed? This big picture question drills down to the essential purpose and sustainability of building architecture in the first place. It's a question that is perhaps most relevant today for offices that risk lying empty in an era of remote and hybrid work. An important challenge for design today is therefore to enhance the workplace environment to encourage attendance.

1 month 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.

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.

Feb 15, 2025 | 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.