Founded in 1962, FLOS began with a simple but radical idea, that lighting should reinvent the way people live, and that the industrial and the creative could coexist without contradiction. Since then, the brand has spent over six decades treating light as an art form, with their pieces being included in museum collections around the world.

FLOS

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The best independent bookshops aren’t necessarily the ones with the most books. They’re the ones with a strong sense of what belongs on the shelves, whether that means rare editions, old photography books, small-run magazines or a love of one particular kind of literature. We’ve picked a few with particularly good selections, in some very good buildings, from Rome to Tokyo.

The World's Best Independent Bookshops

Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design returns with a jam-packed programme of exhibitions, installations and brand takeovers across the city. It’s a lot to soak up, with more than 50 brands taking part this year – but we’ve got you covered.
From interactive installations to first-time collaborations, anniversary milestones and an oyster and champagne bar, here’s what you need to know ahead of the viral design week.

3 Days of Design

The second in our Where We'd Stay series, where we get the people behind exceptional places to stay to talk us through what they built and why.
This time we're on the Devon-Dorset border, at Glebe House: a late Georgian vicarage turned working farm, sleeping up to 18 across nine bedrooms and a handful of cabins, run by Hugo and Olive Guest as an English answer to the Italian agriturismo. Hugo's family home for decades, it was Emma and Chuck Guest's foodie B&B before Hugo and Olive took it on themselves - leaving their jobs in London with a three-month-old baby, an EU grant, and a plan to grow it from three bedrooms to nine. Six years on, there's a restaurant, a kitchen garden, an on-site bakery and salumi ageing room, a sauna and cold plunge, and a sitting room painted a deep terracotta they call fruit fool.
Olive worked with Studio Alexandra on the main house, then took over the interiors herself as the place expanded - painting furniture gradually over the years, and, more recently, teaching herself mosaic-making on a two-metre kitchen backsplash that had to be built upstairs, dismantled, carried down piece by piece, and rebuilt on the kitchen table (where the family ate around it for a fortnight) before it finally went into one of the cabins.
Each instalment covers one property, question by question - the design decisions, the nearby spots worth knowing about, and the one thing guests always comment on. This time: that you've walked into an old friend's house, and somehow you're still being hosted exceptionally well.

Where We'd Stay

There's a particular kind of hotel that doesn't just give you somewhere to sleep, it gives you a colour palette you'll spend the rest of the trip trying to describe to people at home. The kind where the decision to paint every wall a specific shade of green, or to tile an entire courtyard in hand-painted blue and white, wasn't a branding exercise but something closer to a personal conviction. From a clifftop fortress in Calpe that Ricardo Bofill designed in shades of deep red and purple, to a Rajasthani haveli where every room is a different jewel tone, to a quietly extraordinary guesthouse on a car-free island off the coast of Senegal - this guide is for those who book by atmosphere as much as location. Eleven hotels where colour isn't decoration. It's the whole point.

Hotels if you love colour

For all your Secret Santa gifting! For the colleague who loves a good desk trinket, the friend who always notices the small things, or the person whose home is full of personality - we’ve gathered gifts that feel thoughtful without the guesswork. Think a fun candle to brighten their evening routine, a mug for their morning brew, or a small print to bring a little joy to their workspace. Each piece is chosen to feel personal, charming, and easy to love. Secret Santa sorted with something they’ll genuinely smile at.

Gifting for Secret Santa

Elevate every Christmas celebration with our Best of Festive Tableware edit - a joyful collection created to bring warmth, elegance, and seasonal sparkle to your holiday gatherings. Discover beautifully crafted ceramics, glistening glassware, and characterful serving pieces that turn even the simplest meal into a magical Christmas moment. Whether you’re hosting Christmas lunch, a cosy Boxing Day dinner, or a winter dinner party, each piece has been thoughtfully chosen to help you create a table that feels heartfelt, effortless, and full of festive charm. Celebrate the season in style with tableware made to be cherished year after year.

Best Of Festive Tableware

Pistachio green is the interior design trend that whispers luxury while feeling effortlessly fresh. Softer than emerald, more intriguing than sage, this versatile shade slips easily into home décor without demanding attention - yet always draws the eye. Pair this soothing colour palette with warm neutrals for calm, or with chrome and glass for a sharper mood. Whether as a statement vase, lamp, or linen accent, pistachio interiors bring quiet vitality to any room.