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The World of Interiors

Editor’s Letter • May 2026

ANTENNAE

What’s in the air this month

Pleasures of the Fresh • Faced with temptations such as these at Milan’s forthcoming Salone del Mobile, there is only one sensible course of action, says David Lipton – yield

I’ll Have the Munch Fish… • In the 1920s, the women of Oslo’s Freia chocolate factory tasted canteen culture of the best sort when their refectory was decorated with a coastal frieze by Edvard Munch. Now, not for the first time, this movable visual feast is being relocated for wider consumption. Well, don’t all scream at once, says Rosalind Jana.

Rhythm and Bright Blues • Syllables might taste ‘nutty’, visual artworks have their own melody, while music itself comes in a whole variety of vivid hues. Such is life for the pioneering publisher and writer Margaret Busby, who counts herself fortunate indeed to be among the tiny percentage of creatives touched by chromesthesia. Now what colour, song lyric or shape would this particular neurological phenomenon be…?

Pots-à-Porter • What do you get if you cross Dame Magdalene Odundo’s ceramics with Dior haute couture? A show that bespoke inspiration of the highest order, declares Hamish Bowles

In the Clutter, Looking at the Stars • The gleaming kitchens of our culinary dreams – all stainless steel and high-spec kit – can induce something like performance anxiety in the domestic cook. Bring back the joyful, messy reality of daily meal preparation, cries chef Ben Benton

Manifesto Destiny

Look on My Works

Talking Black, Talking Back

Random Access Memories

Snap Impressions • One look at Poppy Jones’s hazy still lifes and you’d think they were made in the ethereal infancy of photographic history. Not so! In fact, these wrong-footing works are iPhone pics hand-printed on to plush found fabrics. She shoots, she scores, exclaims Holly EJ Black

Network • Clare Holley chooses the best merchandise and events worldwide

Kitchens & Bathrooms

What’s in the air this month

Twist and Spout • New brassware can transform a tired, limescaled kitchen or bathroom into a room that can only be described as the mains event – so just go with the flow, says Meriam Othman

Rinse and Repeat • Whether marble, metal or any material in between, some basins and baths are so becoming you’ll never want to wash your hands of them. Meriam Othman rolls up her sleeves

Loo-y Quinze • You’re on the throne – the lavatory, that is – but the whole set-up is so very majestic that you might equally be ensconced in a Versailles vamped up with or-some pans and cisterns. Sometimes when you gotta go, you gotta Rococo, says Miranda Sinclair, lining up facilities fit for Le Bien-Aimé king. Dais and baldachin entirely optional.

Grout It from the Rooftops • Whether you’re inclined towards refined delft or something slightly more roof luxe – zelliges or bejmats, say – our resident tile icon Ruth Sleightholme can offer a fresh slant on the crucial matter of kitchen and bathroom wallcoverings. Eyes up to see which, in her estimation, make the gradient.

Vroom for Improvement • Haven’t replaced your appliances for ages? Then it’s a racing certainty you’re ripe for a change of gear. Get up to speed with the latest fridges and washers,...