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How leading designers are bringing residential design into the workplace

For leading design studios Charles & Co, Ash, and Elicyon, the future of the workspace is looking distinctly residential.
Step inside Laura Hammett’s refined vision for contemporary living

Laura Hammett talks about the role of harmony and authenticity in her studio’s global portfolio of interior architecture and design projects.
How Rebecca Hughes designs homes as creative expressions

A new generation of clients is switching on to the London-based interior designer’s sophisticated yet unpretentious approach
How Philippa Thorp built a global design legacy

As the design company Thorp reaches its 40th anniversary, its founder Philippa Thorp reflects on four decades of creativity and global growth.
The cinematic vision of interior designer Joyce Wang

From Mandarin Oriental to Rosewood, Joyce Wang’s studio has become synonymous with immersive, story-driven interiors.
Fusing design and delivery: the soulful interiors of Own London

Own London is a new breed of property company that integrates interior design, architecture and construction. The company’s founder, Alex Labridis, explains the…
How interior designer Sophie Paterson is empowering the next generation of talent

Sophie Paterson is a London-based interior designer with a rare ability to connect with her audience. Cultural Union talks to the talented design…
Four Seasons designer Ed Ng on creating hotels of the imagination

With clients from Mandarin Oriental to Four Seasons and Rosewood, AB Concept is a design studio that inhabits the global first division. Its…
Inside Club Bâtard, Hong Kong’s immersive private members’ club designed by Joyce Wang

Hong Kong and London-based designer Joyce Wang re-imagines a historic property in Hong Kong into a three-storey private members’ club housing the city’s…
Step inside a £17m London apartment at The Whiteley interior designed by Joyce Wang

Cultural Union visits a new artisanal residence designed by Joyce Wang Studio at the soon-to-launch Foster + Partners mega-development, The Whiteley. A new…
Why Greg Natale, interior design’s king of glamour, is a modernist at heart

Australian super-designer Greg Natale talks to Cultural Union about his world-famous interiors, his influences – and 1980s TV.
How Goddard Littlefair reached the global pantheon of design firms

With a client list that includes Four Seasons, Raffles, Mandarin Oriental, Mondrian and the Berkeley Group, Goddard Littlefair are in a pantheon of…
20 incredible living rooms by top interior designers

If you think the living room – described by Sir Terence Conran as “the temple of the soul” – has been around forever,…
Design studio DE ROSEE SA on curating atmosphere from London to Lisbon

Claire Sá and Max de Rosée speak to Cultural Union about their globally respected London and Lisbon-based architecture and design studio, DE ROSEE…
David Collins Studio have redefined the ocean liner with Cunard’s Queen Anne

London’s David Collins Studio, together with Sybille de Margerie, Richmond International, creative director Adam Tihany and art consultancy Double Decker, have taken cruise…
Tara Bernerd has created a Baroque Modernist jewel at Rosewood Munich

In the newly opened Rosewood Munich, the Bavarian capital now has the landmark hotel it deserves Think of Munich, and you might think…
How Yabu Pushelberg conquered the design world with cinematic beauty

Legendary Canadian designers Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu, founders of the Toronto and New York-based Yabu Pushelberg studio, speak to Cultural Union about…
Natalia Miyar blends glamour with comfort in her dazzling interiors

Architect and interior designer Natalia Miyar speaks to Cultural Union about her contextual approach to creativity and her residential and hotel projects in…
Inside The Astor – a historic £35m London penthouse overlooking Big Ben

Interior designers Goddard Littlefair and developers St Edward debut an extraordinary 10,000-square-foot riverside apartment at 9 Millbank in London Being shown around The…
Tala Fustok brings glamour and edge to her interior design

London-based designer Tala Fustok has brought her singular vision to interiors from the Mandrake Hotel in London to Bleecker Street in New York…
10 incredible dining rooms by leading interior designers

What did the Greeks and Romans do lying down and dogs do standing up? Eating – and we’re increasingly doing it in the…
8 home offices and studies with stunning interior design

We roundup some of the most beautiful home offices and studies that have crossed our desk in the past year from the world’s…
Why you need interior designer Mimi Shodeinde on your radar

British-Nigerian interior designer Mimi Shodeinde, founder of Miminat Designs, speaks to Cultural Union about her bold, uncompromising and stunning spaces In a world…

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