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COVER talks interiors with Nicolò Castellini Baldissera
How would you describe your interior style? Eclectic, without a doubt. I like to use bright colour schemes and mix modern and antique pieces. My great-grandfather, Piero Portaluppi, was a modernist designer, but he filled his own home with a mix of antiques from...
COVER talks interiors with Nicolò Castellini Baldissera
How would you describe your interior style? Eclectic, without a doubt. I like to use bright colour schemes and mix modern and antique pieces. My great-grandfather, Piero Portaluppi, was a modernist designer, but he filled his own home with a mix of antiques from...
Kangan Arora’s new rug collection for FLOOR_STORY
Denna Jones Sometimes it’s worth explaining a detail that might otherwise be overlooked. Simon Goff is Director of London-based rug company FLOOR_STORY. The detail is in the company logo. The “underscore” between the two words isn’t the ubiquitous symbol used for...
Laundry Bag Tartan Fashion by London Cloth Company
Denna Jones In advance of COVER’s exclusive interview later this year with Daniel Harris, Founder of the London Cloth Company, where we will reveal the weaver’s collaboration on a line of tweed upholstery fabrics, we highlight one of Harris’s line of suit-weight...
Vintage Dutch Design – AaBe Wool Blankets Exhibition
Denna Jones Wool blankets – cream with red or aqua stripes and yellow with red stripes and green borders - are stacked on a flat bed sleigh behind a harnessed reindeer in a snowy landscape. Clad in red with a fur framed yellow hood, the sleigh’s driver holds a receipt...
Lindsay Alker launches “House of Bertoncini” fabric collection
Denna Jones British textile designer Lindsay Alker's second collection of hand silk-screened textiles made in England and printed on natural linen, launches September 2013 at London's prestigious Decorex International design show. Titled "House of Bertoncini", Alker's...
Cathedrals of Culture become Cozy Living Rooms
Denna Jones Knees and elbows planted on the stone floor, head down, a young man's attention is focused on a small square of paper where he draws or perhaps makes notes. Found in the lower left corner of Cornelis de Man's 1664 painting of the interior of St Lawrence...
Otsuki Sama
'Otsuki Sama' – meaning 'the majesty of the moon' (a concept of great significance in Japanese culture) – is the name of a website selling textiles, wallpaper, stationery and accessories inspired by traditional Japanese crafts. After spending 12 years living...
New Designers alumnus: Jasveer Panesar
Denna Jones In less than two weeks, COVER will be a featured media stand at New Designers 2013 - the exhibition for emerging design. Ever on the hunt for trends and new talent in carpet and textile designs, we are delighted to present the work of Jasveer Panesar who...
Rocio Moreno in Barcelona
The beautiful textiles made by Spanish designer Rocio Moreno are on display at the shop Azul Tierra in Barcelona until 30 June 2013.
Patka Restaurant Barcelona
The interior of Patka Restaurant in Barcelona is formed from overlapping wooden looms, which are strung with brightly coloured threads and surround the entire eating area. Local studio El Equipo Creativo designed the space utilising traditional wooden Peruvian...