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“My advice to aspiring collectors would be to follow their gut. Don’t think about the investment side of things and follow only your taste, which will make things much more interesting. You have to resonate with the stories behind the pieces, to be interested in the stories of the subjects that...
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... its a great house for sharing with friends. Thats what Ill do in Wales, I think, where I have just bought a house I’m going to renovate in The Mumbles on the Gower Peninsula. Friends will come down and we’ll be able to fully let go of London life.
“Im from Wales originally, so Im going ba...
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...u have catered to the needs and wants you have observed in your clients. I think it’s like the moment when a rock star walks off stage, actually – it’s so satisfying.
“The role of an interior designer, at least in my mind, is to observe. I observe my clients – how they move, how...
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... and just liked the idea of doing something for ourselves.
“I don’t think we thought about it that much, we just bought
and sold stuff we loved or were interested in and I dont even think we had any
aspirations for it to be about design in the beginning. Its something that
just came naturally...
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...s what I
care most about I dont ever want to eat or drink somewhere that I think is
boring or drab. It doesnt have to be beautiful in the conventional sense, but
I have to be able to sit down and concentrate on who Im talking to. Im not
going to have a glass of red wine by a set of traffic lights.
...
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... at mills in west Wales, Lancashire or the west coast of Scotland – “I think craft can survive when it meets industry,” Eleanor says.
As well as her seasonal collections of textiles, Eleanor also takes on projects for clients that have included long-term collaborator Margret Howell, Tate, I...
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...hen we can. Its a small community, but a nice one.”
David: “We dont think we could buy a house now, so we will absolutely be building the next one. This house is very bespoke, and I think its very important to satisfy your own brief – you cant be generalised and speculative, because that wa...
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... by Patti Smith
If money was no object, what changes would you make?
I think Id just plant 100 olive trees in my garden.
You’re having people over for dinner: what do you cook?
Im vegan, so its a bit difficult. Pasta and salad.
What does a Sunday here look like?
I work on Sundays, but ...
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...en we thought ‘ah, ok, theres more to this house, it keeps giving. I think because I have a background in fine art and interiors, anything like raw hessian wallpaper and parquet flooring is a gift. It’s all part of the history of the house, which Im fascinated by. It appeals to my need for ...
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...each other?
Fien: “The things we live with are very inspiring for us, I think. That’s why it’s important for our home to be next door to our studio, because we want to make work that is inspired by ideas we have in the home, and its also why we are constantly moving from the house to the stud...
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...ld go to the fishmongers and buy shark steaks and stuff like that, which I think is where my love for odds and ends came from. Im not as interested in the higher end; Id rather eat the wobbly bits and the cheap oily fish than the posh stuff.
“I guess I grew up in a foodie household, but I didnt...
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...king in the kitchen, I found that I loved cooking with a team of people; I think thats what changed how I cook the most.
When you cook in a professional kitchen, collaborating with other people is so stimulating, so exciting, because you learn and create together.
Sometimes when I am cooking a...
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...
Rosa: “Do you ever notice that a lot of fashion
designers wear black? I think it’s because, when you’re exposed to so much, you
tend to kind of retreat into the most streamlined version of yourself. It’s not
a blanket rule, but I suppose Rich and I fall into that category… except black
fo...
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...re
there are original kitchens, half of the glazing is blocked off. I kept
thinking about it, so I shortened the counter and put a fold-up table in front
of the window instead.
“It’s given me a place to eat in the kitchen, which I like, and quite often if I have dinner with a friend we slide...
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...d it important and necessary to put my hands in the ground. Its amazing, I think, to connect your body with the earth in that way.
“The moment I decided to become a chef, it all became completely clear for me. I went to the Hotelschool Ter Duinen in Koksijde, the most famous school in Belgium f...
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...g The Modern House with fellow co-founder Albert Hill in 2005.
I always think its fascinating to see how architects treat their own homes, Matt says.
They are able to look at things holistically and their vision is not diluted by clients; I think you get some of the most genuine results becau...
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...building is a lot more accommodating to modern living than you might first think.
Nicholas: “Start from the beginning? Oh, that could take a while. We’ve worked on and restored nine – mostly listed – houses like this for the best part of 50 years. Weve got horrific pictures of our children ...
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...ving here. All the children were stacked on top of each other, so we began thinking about upsizing in London to get a bit more space.
“We positively didn’t know the area well before we moved here. South London has always been a bit of a mystery to me.
“It still is, to be honest. But the ...
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...ng through things like the River Cafe book, which was really inspiring. To think that I would have been seven years old when their first book came out, when you couldnt go to the supermarket and buy cavolo nero, or Datterini tomatoes, it shows you how way ahead of their time they were.
“Also, I...
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... get really nervous and uptight when they step up to the cheese counter. I thinks it’s because there are so many perceived unwritten rules that people are afraid of breaking, or potential offences waiting to be made.
“I don’t pay attention to any of those rules myself. I think there’s onl...
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...ed copper and wood as well as a unique broach by Alexander Calder, which I think of as a little sculpture, rather than a piece of jewellery. The only things these two works have in common is that I own them, so Im breaking my own rule there…
“If you happen to be very rich, why not just bu...
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... designers, because thats what I thought mightve been a bit predictable. I think I was right on the whole except most of my friends are designers now…
“That was 44 years
ago. I bought a pretty, derelict farmhouse and did a little work to it, and
then we were able to buy part of the barns next...
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... evolving and moving along throughout the year.”
Edouard: “I dont think it makes sense to change anything about a house with this kind of history, with this architecture. To me it’s a bit like when you buy a piece of art, a painting for example, if you dont like a part of the painting, yo...
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... Bethnal Green. It’s kind of Brutalist and minimalist, which is funny to think of compared to this place.
“Then a group of friends from the Spitalfields Trust more or less forced me to live here! They pretty much grabbed me by my collar and told me I was going to buy the house.
“I say th...
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... rice with soy cured egg.
Erchen: “Why is food so
important to me? I think I grew up in an environment in which food was just
naturally important; my family love eating, and all social events are based on
communal meals. Its hard to put a finger on it because I literally live and
breathe food,...
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