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Living Etc

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3D-printed furniture • This digital production technique is creating some fascinating forms – just look at these cutting-edge pieces

Wallpaper borders • Yes, the border is back – and this new collaboration shows why this blast from the past is totally modern

Illustrative vases • Accessories never looked so beautiful or artful – these deserve a prime spot at the table

All is vanity • Each month, we look at the story of a favourite piece – this issue, it’s Giorgio Armani’s incredible mother-of-pearl-clad Antoinette dressing table

Ruffles and pleats • This season’s take on romantic design details is structured and bold – on the catwalk and at home

Art form • Alvar Aalto’s classic birch plywood relief has our creative juices flowing for a very artistic workspace scheme

In with the new • Farrow & Ball’s new colour launches always set the tone for how we’re going to be decorating, and the brand’s Joa Studholme sees a very rich future for us all

Future perfect • Interior designer Alex Dauley has a very smart vision for how her home will look in just a few years and it’s a plan we can all be inspired by, as she tells our executive editor Pip Rich

Houses • CREATIVITY ABOUNDS IN THIS MONTH’S LINE-UP OF STYLISH HOMES – COMING TO YOU FROM PARIS, MILAN, LONDON, LISBON, NYC AND KYIV

History boys • One creative couple turned to the heavyweights of Italian mid-century design to make a home that honours the past but is firmly set in the present

French POLISH • Organic curves, precise design and subtle shots of soft pink all contribute to the très-chic reno of this Parisian apartment

THE LIFE ICONIC • This Barbican apartment taps into the London landmark’s brutalist good looks, while forging its own warm identity

CREATIVE WORK • Life and art come together in this Lisbon apartment acts as a home, studio and gallery for two designers

High society • Perched above Manhattan’s High Line, this apartment blends punchy colours and soothing hues in the chicest way

SMALL BUT MIGHTY • This Kyiv apartment – renovated during the war and a symbol of the resilience of the human spirit – is nothing less than a triumph

Decoratin • THE FABRICS, WALLPAPERS AND COLOURS THAT ARE HOT RIGHT NOW, A NEW USE FOR CURTAINS AND BIGGING UP UNUSED SPACES IN THE HOME

Desert haze • The (soft) focus is on blush tones for 2025 and filtering their gentle haze into schemes that soothe and gently energise

Colour decoded • Livingetc colour expert Amy Moorea Wong on a living room that shows the power of a colourful hero piece – or two, or three…

Let’s play dress-up • We’re delighting in the punchy patterns and touch-me textures that make up fabric and wallpaper houses’ SS25 collections – these are the key trends you’ll be decorating with this year

Curtain call • Not just for windows any more – hang this home staple behind your bed for instant softness or even privacy

Spot the difference • Making use of niches like understairs spaces, landings and narrow gaps can be tricky, but these designs show what’s possible with a bit of imagination

Sourcebook • THE HOMEWARE WE’RE COVETING, THE ARTISTS OFFERING A MODERN TAKE ON PASSEMENTERIE, A TOP TABLE AND MORE

Icons reimagined: Tobi-Ishi table • A DESIGNER INTERPRETS A CLASSIC PIECE THROUGH A FRESH LENS – HERE, SCOTT MADDUX SETS THE SCENE WITH A B&B ITALIA GEM

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