Meet the Showroom: Shepel’
Alexander Shepel of furniture and kitchen brand Shepel', whose London showroom is based at the Design Centre, explains how his brand sets out to "redefine modern interiors".
WOW!house 2024 Room Reveals
Get ready for the first room reveals for WOW!house 2024, from a tennis-inspired outdoor space to a minimalist, monochrome studio.
Colour Splash
Interior designer Anna Standish has teamed up with Design Centre showroom Robert Langford to inject some colour into its furniture collections.
The WOW!house 2024 rooms, in the designers’ own words
The Design Centre has been talking to some of the WOW!house 2024 designers to see what they have planned for their spectacular rooms.
Leafy Greens
Matthew Williamson uses fabrics from Design Centre showrooms for a loungey new space at London's Design Museum.
Meet the Showroom: Vispring
Celebrating the luxury bed company's opening at the Design Centre, its managing director Martin Gill explains why natural is best, and how its beds and mattresses have found their way to homes, hotels and yachts around the world (including Titanic).
Sustainability Shared
No longer driven by a passionate few, sustainability is a vital subject that affects everyone, with an appetite among designers for information to make more informed decisions. Here's how events at London Design Week 2024 put the subject under the spotlight, with the aim of opening up debate and sharing best practice.
Collecting at Christie’s
Visit the Design Centre between 9 – 11 April for a special pop-up preview of two forthcoming Christie's sales, which will demonstrate the unique ability of rare antique objects to redefine and enhance an interior.
Forty Years of David Seyfried Ltd
A perennial favourite among interior designers, David Seyfried Ltd has been making furniture for 40 years – 30 which have been spent at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour. In this special interview, Seyfried muses on four decades in business and explains how he's planning to celebrate.
The Must-sees at London Design Week 2024, According to Designers
What's on the radar of designers including Kit Kemp, Emily Todhunter and Suzy Hoodless? Find out where they will be making a beeline for at London Design Week 2024.
What’s New In Kitchens & Bathrooms
Three kitchen and bathroom showrooms explain what's on the radar, from materials and textures to must-have features.
Meet the Showroom: August+Co
Iolanda Martinho and Vincent Pennetier founded August+Co in 2023, deliberately describing their showroom as a "gallery" to elevate the status of the fine craftsmanship to be found within it.
The Creative Collaborations to Look Out for at London Design Week 2024
Amazing things happen when creative minds come together, and London Design Week 2024 will be showcasing the work of some perfect partnerships.
A Meeting of Minds
Hosted by Wells Abbott, 90 US designers visit the Design Centre for a day of discovery and insights.
Garden Rose
Star US decorator Rose Tarlow's latest collection of performance fabrics and rugs for Perennials is inspired by an English garden, drawing on her lived-in, elegant style.
A New Golden Age of Travel
Hospitality group Belmond's new cabins for the legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express usher in a new definition of luxury rail travel, with fabrics by Rubelli helping to meld heritage skills with 21st-century demands.
Meet the Showroom: Crucial Trading
"We like to encourage conversation," says Jason Crump, Crucial Trading's general manager, about the flooring brand's recently opened showroom at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour. Read on to find out what to expect when you visit, and what's new.
Seductive Splendour
Passementerie doesn't get much more sumptuous than Houlès' Volanges collection, designed by French interior designer Olivier Berni – and named after Mademoiselle de Volanges, who sits at the heart of the intrigue of Les Liaisons Dangereuses...
Meet the Showroom: Siminetti
The world's first showroom dedicated to mother of pearl surfaces recently opened in the Centre Dome. To find out more about this fascinating material – natural, beautiful, sustainable and versatile – let Siminetti's Simon Powell introduce you to his brand.
A New Chapter of History
The five-bedroom penthouse by Winch Design is the flagship apartment at The OWO Residences by Raffles, marking a high point of one of London's most spectacular developments of the last decade.
Behind the Faces
The reopening of London's National Portrait Gallery has been one of the year's cultural highlights; but look past the famous faces and you'll see that textile-weaver Gainsborough (available at George Spencer Designs) plays a star supporting role.
Baroque Masterpieces
Ardecora's Trinacria, available from Zimmer + Rohde, is a tribute to the art and architecture of Sicily, named after the ancient name for the Mediterranean island.
From Waste to Wall Tile
Gallotti&Radice has embraced a new category of products with 'Pleiadi', a relief tile system made from cotton linter (the short downy hairs of the cotton seed) and clay.
Meet the Showroom: Tigermoth Lighting
Tigermoth Lighting has opened a showroom in Design Centre East: founder Harriet Daniels talks about the brand's strengths, what to expect from the showroom, and the industry-favourite chandelier that "our interior designer clients specify over and over".
Kieffer’s New Direction
Superstar Italian design studio Formafantasma has revealed its first work as creative director of Kieffer, Rubelli's "most experimental brand",
Textiles in a Trice
Galbraith & Paul 's sought-after block-printed textiles are now available in digitally printed versions with a much shorter lead time: welcome to Ready to Wear.
Enchanted Landscapes
Kit Kemp's collaboration with Andrew Martin has been extended, with two new whimsical wallcoverings, plus more colourways for a well-loved classic.
Meet the Showroom: Forbes & Lomax
You'll know Forbes & Lomax for its 'Invisible Lightswitch' with its clear Perspex plate, but the company is about more than a single product. As it opens a new showroom in Design Centre East, the brand's Gemma Moulton explains below how they got here, and what's next.
Folklore and Artistry
Steeped in folklore and storytelling – and bold pattern and colour – Minnie Kemp's wallcoverings for MindTheGap represent the first time that the Transylvanian brand has worked with an external creative to realise a collection.
Burning Bright
The work of French interior designer François-Joseph Graf, new Chelsea hotel At Sloane is steeped in British craftsmanship – including intricate Arts & Crafts-style lighting, faithfully recreated by Collier Webb.