Decoded: Secrets from Inside the WOW!Rooms
Take a closer look at WOW!house with 15 things you might not know about the rooms... Once the shell of WOW!house had been built, designers had just five days to install their schemes. Benedict Foley and his partner spent their anniversary hand-making the two huge vases of patinated tinfoil flowers (below left) that greet visitors in the Zoffany Entrance Hall. …
Land and Sea
Artist Jan Erika has collaborated with Jacaranda Carpets and Rugs on a new capsule collection that was inspired by the Mallorcan landscape.
Luxe Live
Interior designer Henry Prideaux designs a set for fashion and lifestyle brand SheerLuxe – a project that started life when Prideaux's work was spotted at WOW!house in 2023.
Meet the Showroom: Quote & Curate
Find out how artist Angela Murray of the Design Centre East fine art consultancy works with interior designers and individuals to enhance their spaces, and why "the process of commissioning is the best type of collaboration."
Design stories from WOW!house 2024
WOW!house 2023 was absolutely packed with stories, but they were too much to take in on one visit. Here are some of the design details you may have missed...
WOW!house Wins House & Garden Award
An award that's testimony to the great things that can happen when the design industry comes together.
People & Parties: WOW!House Gala 2024
See who came to the design industry's best night out of the year – WOW!house 2024's gala night, in aid of charity partner United in Design
A Fantastical Entrance
Jennifer Manners Design creates a fabulously surreal rug to welcome guests to WOW!house 2024 Visitors can't help be struck by WOW!house's entrance, which this year is augmented by a colourful handwoven rug from Jennifer Manners Design. Asked to create something suitably showstopping for this year's showhouse, Jennifer Manners created the 'Secret Garden' rug, inspired by the surrealism of Alice's Adventures in …
Say Hi To Cedric
Collier Webb honours its founder's Sussex roots with its latest lighting collection.
Patchwork of Colour
Pierre Frey's latest rug collection channels the rich textile heritage of Japan and Korea, from silken kimonos to indigo dyeing techniques.
Meet the Showroom: The Rug Company
James Seuss, CEO of The Rug Company, talks about why the brand made the move to the Design Centre, new collections, and why natural and neutral is giving bold and bright a run for its money.
A Couture Crossover
Couture fashion produces some of the finest examples of craftsmanship in the world – so it’s no surprise that Arte chose these rare skills to influence its latest collection
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...
