Preview: Milan furniture fair
Designers and brands are playing a cautious game this year, reissuing classics or simply adding new elements to existing lines – and sustainability and recycling are key
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Trends for spring: what’s new in the world of design
A seaweed house, eye-popping cakes, furniture as art and art as furniture are among the ideas turning heads this season
Raf Simons on life after Calvin Klein: ‘I’ve never defined myself as a fashion designer’
In one of his first interviews since leaving the New York fashion house, Simons talks about the joy of designing textiles for Danish fabric company Kvadrat and his plans to open an art foundation
The latest trend in skincare: anti-pollution makeup sales soar
As city air becomes more toxic, sales of a new type of product are booming
Beyoncé effect fills galleries with a new generation of art devotees
Fame sells: that’s the lesson in a survey revealing the world’s most popular exhibitions during a bumper year
Never mind the logo: how savvy buyers are finding luxury for less
Shoppers avoid hefty designer markups on clothes and cosmetics by ordering direct from factories