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For future colour directions, art is an evergreen source of inspiration. This is why a visit to Art Basel is so valuable.

This new issue includes features on re-emergent techniques, the question of AI, the best of London Craft Week and an interview with multi-disciplinary designer Faye Toogood.

Disregarding the vagaries of fashion, Fornasetti has always stayed true to the core values of its brand; decoration, illusion and conjuring a world of joyful fantasy. Here, Barnaba Fornasetti talks to Tamsin Kingswell.

Held at Somerset House, the fifth edition of London Design Biennale explored the theme Surface Reflections; how ideas are fuelled by both internal and external influences.

Bringing his knowledge of the automotive world to furniture design, Felix Godard sets out to push physical boundaries as far as they can go.

CDW’s strength lies in its sheer diversity; in showrooms, pop-ups and installations all sectors were represented, from surfaces and paints, to contract, furniture and lighting.

Mitigating climate change was high on the agenda at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. An arid palette offered a striking alternative to the more familiar English garden planting.

Verdigris is not simply a luminous bloom on metal or a colour descriptor. It is a pigment in its own right, in production since ancient times.

Materials choices at Milan Design Week ranged from traditional to experimental. This 11-page report brings together the key directions on show.