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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      FT SeriesIcons only – the HTSI autumn arts special 2023
      Artist Anthea Hamilton: ‘Camp architecture really hits all my buttons’

      The Turner Prize nominee on Kendrick Lamar, her Loewe scarf and beloved collection of bricks

      Turner Prize nominee Anthea Hamilton at home in London
    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      FT SeriesMen’s fashion special AW23
      Fashion designer Pierre Mahéo talks taste

      The founder of Officine Générale adores Italian food, his vintage Tank and the WeatherPro app

      Pierre Mahéo at home in Paris with his French bulldog, Co
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      FT SeriesWomen’s fashion special AW23
      Fashion industry leader Alison Loehnis talks taste

      The president of Net-a-Porter and interim CEO of YNAP loves Loretta Caponi, Lee Radziwill and A Tribe Called Quest

      Alison Loehnis wearing a favourite pair of Saint Laurent jeans: her style staple
    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      Design
      Interior designer Rodolphe Parente talks taste

      The Paris-based creative loves Pantelleria, Salomon sneakers and Andrée Putman

      Rodolphe Parente at home in Paris
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Music
      What’s your soundtrack to the summer?

      A very personal playlist, as chosen by HTSI’s Aesthetes

    • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
      Visual Arts
      Illustrator Fee Greening: ‘I have delusions of grandeur about paper’

      The artist shares her love for wild women, woodland flowers and cold beer

      Fee Greening at home with her dog Patti. She wears a custom-made Spirit suit by Realms
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Books
      What to read this summer? Ask an Aesthete

      25 authors, architects, artists and designers recommend their favourite books 

      The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, make-up artist Lucia Pica’s recommended read
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Design
      Architect and designer Vincent Van Duysen talks taste

      The Antwerp-based minimalist on dachshunds, detox and the dandy who became his style icon

      The world of architect/designer Vincent Van Duysen in his living room in his Antwerp home
    • Saturday, 1 July, 2023
      Visual Arts
      Curator Jessica Bell Brown talks taste

      The curator for contemporary art at the Baltimore Museum of Art loves glasses, Greek yoghurt and Gilded Age mansions

      Jessica Bell Brown at home in Baltimore
    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      Cars, bikes, planes and boats
      Japanese racing royalty Mai Ikuzawa’s black book of style

      The automotive and action-sports brand consultant on Snoopy, Japanese streetwear, and innovative uses for nappy-rash cream

      Mai Ikuzawa at home in Chamonix
    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Design
      Princess Ira von Fürstenberg talks taste

      The objet designer and former actress on Gloria Guinness, Coke Zero and her Louis XVI writing desk

      Von Fürstenberg beside her desk in her Madrid home
    • Saturday, 3 June, 2023
      Design
      Design pioneer Gaetano Pesce talks taste

      The Italian designer and architect on Issey Miyake, morning madeleines and his love of R&B

      Gaetano Pesce in his New York apartment
    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      FT SeriesA summer motoring special
      Sir Jackie Stewart: ‘In another life I would have been a Beatle’

      The motor-racing legend and campaigner on Mars bars, E-Type Jags and his fight to cure dementia

      Sir Jackie Stewart at home in Buckinghamshire – in front of him is his 1973 Formula 1 World Championship- winning Tyrrell
    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      HTSIHTSI spring travel special
      Hotelier and designer Liz Lambert talks taste

      The Austin-based creative on psilocybin chocolates, ranch life and perfect fruit plates

      Liz Lambert at home in Austin, Texas, with her dog Poppa
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      FT SeriesThe world according to Kate Moss
      Courtney Love: ‘I went through 280 macarons last week’

      The musician on pub quizzes, night walking and her ‘war buddy’ Tracey Emin

      Courtney Love at home in London. On the wall behind her is a 17th-century Flemish verdure tapestry
    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      HTSI
      Multidisciplinary artist Stefan Brüggemann talks taste

      The Mexican-German artist on collecting tables, wearing Vivienne Westwood’s “drunken trousers” and taming wild cats

      Brüggemann at home in Ibiza. On the walls is his installation Hyper-Palimpsest, 2022
    • Saturday, 29 April, 2023
      Beauty
      Beauty guru Terry de Gunzburg talks taste

      The founder of By Terry loves organic eggs, luminous silks and owns at least 2,000 pairs of shoes

      Terry de Gunzburg at home in London
    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      Style
      White House party planner Jung Lee talks taste

      The Fête creative director loves Californian Cabernet, entertaining in the hallway and walking in Connecticut

      Jung Lee at home in New York
    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      FT SeriesHTSI spring design special 2023
      Design star Harry Nuriev on his ‘inappropriate’ style

      The furniture designer, artist and architect talks taste 

      Nuriev at home in Paris
    • Saturday, 1 April, 2023
      Style
      Author Min Jin Lee: ‘Dua Lipa and Beyoncé give me hope for the next generation’

      The Korean-American author on her love for the Neue Galerie, Thom Browne and Kerrygold

      Min Jin Lee at home in New York
    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      HTSIThe HTSI spring property issue
      Becky Fatemi: ‘If I don’t love it, I can’t sell it’

      The super-prime property agent and Rokstone founder talks taste

      Fatemi at home in London, wearing the vintage Cartier watch her mother gave her
    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      HTSIHTSI spring menswear special
      ‘I absolutely deserve waffles…’ Walter Van Beirendonck talks taste

      The Belgian fashion designer loves Reebok Pumps, rings – and plastic dolls

      The designer at home in Zandhoven, Belgium
    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Visual Arts
      ‘I love name-dropping’: Michael Chow

      The legendary restaurateur and artist on ‘trade dressing’, sea moss and the importance of a good pee

      Michael Chow at home in Los Angeles, with (left) Blue One Breath, from his One Breath series, and (right) Mona Lisa by Gus Van Sant
    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      FT SeriesHTSI spring arts special: creatives in their communities
      ‘Stranger Things’ star Matthew Modine talks taste

      The actor on Marcus Aurelius, ‘Mockingbird’ and manifesting your creative destiny

      Matthew Modine at home in London
    • Saturday, 11 February, 2023
      HTSIThe 2023 women’s style special
      Make-up artist Lucia Pica’s top tip? Lipstick first

      And other maxims from her black book of style

      Make-up artist Lucia Pica at home in Paris
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