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Indonesian design and interior practice Hawawinata & Associates has secured the highly competitive title of The Best Luxury Residential Interior Design in Indonesia in this year’s Luxury Lifestyle Awards. Founded by Erwin Hawawinata the team has long been associated with high-end luxury projects for some of the region’s most affluent families and has an impressive…
NU MI Design House, the integrated interior design, procurement, bespoke furniture manufacturer and homeware product designer, has announced that its 2019 interior and product design exhibition will take place on September 21 and 22. Nigerian art has captured the imagination of a global audience and introduced a new generation of…
Some top oil magnates, captains of industries and government dignitaries including Bola Shagaya and business mogul Julius Rone gathered on Thursday, December 15, 2016 to celebrate the opening of Alter Ego Private Atelier, the first-of-its-kind private Atelier in Africa. The invitations only event held at Alter Ego Private Atelier…
U.S President elect, Donald Trump, sure has a taste for luxury. His Home located at the Trump Tower in the heart of New York, Manhattan is a penthouse decorated in 24 carat gold and marble; designed by Angelo Donghia in the early 1980s Louis XIV style. Trump and his wife…
The mirrored quality of the Copper Shade evokes the space age feel of 1960s design while its contemporary finish provides a chic, industrial feel. While the rounded surface of this copper floor light is captivating in itself, the mesmeric reflections of light within the shade are main attraction creating a…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Lovers of refined home lighting will surely find the summer 2015 lighting collection of Hudson Valley Lighting, a part of Littman Brands and first U.S. manufacturer of classic and transitional lighting fixtures with roots in famous and ornamental design, interesting. This charming collection was unveiled in June at…
How will we move around food in 2025 is the question foremost UK household furniture giant, IKEA seeks to answer as it unveiled its The Concept Kitchen 2025, a pop-up exhibit at EXPO Milano 2015 in Milan, Italy. IKEA did not just envision the kitchen of the future, it actually…
The voluptuous silhouettes of this season’s sofas and armchairs are as sculptural as they are inviting, as FUNKE OSAE-BROWN says you can stay ahead of the curve this Valentine. There is something new happening in the world of furniture, Bidemi Adeoti tells me, as I walked into her showroom. She…
In recent times, furniture designers are reuniting with nature’s willful verve by turning to trees for inspiration, while collectors are enticed by the prospect of bringing the forest indoors, writes FUNKE OSAE-BROWN. As an architect, Tunde Afonja was in London last Spring to witness the latest developments in the field…
Bespoke bed sheets and duvets are considered exquisite from their high thread counts to their exquisite one-off finishes, they are like sleeping under a cloud says FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Abioye Banire slides into her pyjamas as she prepares to go to bed but first she needs a glass of warm milk…
In this era, lamp designers are pushing boundaries with their newest pieces. Recent designs are avant-garde and edgy; they are often inspiring and thrilling, making them sought-after pieces, writes FUNKE OSAE-BROWN. Tomiwa Phillips has just acquired an unusual bedside lamp. A week ago, he had been in search of a…
An unusual thing is happening in the world of wallpaper. The latest designs are walls incarnate writes FUNKE OSAE-BROWN. Bola Ositelu desires to have brush strokes on the walls of her new home but it was difficult to achieve. It is not a task for a common painter. It is…
The interior mood has moved on, bursting into colour and pattern, reintroducing ornament and history and developing an ecological awareness that used to be the preserve of the do-good hippie. FUNKE OSAE-BROWN writes that high spenders have become conscientious consumers, hence flooring is being subjected to the strictest scrutiny. Adeola…
