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    • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
      The Aesthete
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      The French artist and collector on sardines, silence and his secret calling

    • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
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      Meet the new-gen glass artists shattering tradition

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    • Sunday, 10 July, 2022
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      The joyous appeal of Niki de Saint Phalle

      The French feminist’s playful pieces are now more prized than ever

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
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      ‘In London, Mercury was never in retrograde’

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    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
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      The Onassis Foundation cultural director’s guide to Athens

      Afroditi Panagiotakou on the city’s jazz bars, fish markets and open-air cinemas

    • Saturday, 18 June, 2022
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      Mast-er pieces – the ‘niche niche’ world of yacht art

      This nautical oeuvre includes handpainted sails and modernist hulls. And it looks pretty amazing

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
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      Feel the pull of rope furniture

      Collectors are getting wound up about chairs, tables and mirrors made from humble cord

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      Martha Freud: ‘The best advice I ever received? ‘Go to bed!’

      The ceramicist loves mini cornichons, collects words and swear by the beauty tips of her grandmother

    • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
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      The gallerist who took a ceramics class – and joined the sculpture club

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      Interiors
      Tuft love: tactile, textured rugs that are practically 3D

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    • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
      HTSIMakers and creators: guest edited by Jony Ive
      The mother and daughter florists who conquered Silicon Valley

      Business is blooming for big tech’s go-to flower arrangers

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
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      We’re going la-la for Les Lalanne

      A landmark Mayfair show of the French duo’s eccentric work, loved by Yves Saint Laurent, Peter Marino and the Queen, emphasises its ever-growing collectability

    • Friday, 15 April, 2022
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      The wonder of Wiener Werkstätte

      The Viennese arts and crafts movement is now more popular than ever

    • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
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      Time to rethink the tile

      Lace-carved, feather-fringed and tessellated takes on flooring are the stars at Homo Faber 2022

    • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
      FT SeriesThe HTSI spring design special 2022
      Eight female design names to know

      In an industry where women are still vastly outnumbered, these disruptors are flipping the script

    • Friday, 4 March, 2022
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      Floral designer Ruby Barber offers an insider’s guide to Berlin

      The parks, pastries and beautifully designed stores that keep the florist endlessly in love with her adopted home

    • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
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      No place like home for craft fair Collect

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    • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
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      Under his spell – my life with Picasso

      Diana Widmaier Picasso has channelled her grandfather’s magnetic influence to navigate a creative path of her own

    • Friday, 11 February, 2022
      Art on the West Coast: Frieze Week LA 2022
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      Me and my constant gardener

      Fashion designer Ulla Johnson’s collaborations with landscape architect Miranda Brooks reflect a shared delight in capturing the wild within

    • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
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      If you go down to the gallery today... you’ll find lots of fairytale pictures

      Meet the modern artists channelling the gorgeous, sometimes gruesome, power of folklore

    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
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      Why Chinese snuff bottles are not to be sniffed at

      The decorative vessels beloved by emperors continue to hold court with collectors

    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
      The Aesthete
      John Nollet, the renowned hair stylist, talks taste

      The Frenchman on Carnival, curl care and his friendship with Sophie Calle

    • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
      FT SeriesThe FT guide to hands-on hobbies to boost your mental health
      Open your mind to meditative art

      Painting mindfully has become increasingly credible, for artists and amateurs alike

    • Wednesday, 5 January, 2022
      HTSI
      Would you sleep easier in a vegan bed?

      Introducing a new luxury plant-based alternative

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