Designs for life

In addition to bringing an interior to life, art is also the detail that ensures a scheme feels completely unique

An American family has fully embraced an English aesthetic in their Cambridge Arts and Crafts home, which is full of colour, pattern and joyous design details

First-time renovator James Barnes looked to the artisanal approach of the arts and crafts movement to perfectly blend form and function in his 1930s home

The answer is he doesn’t. And the enchanting power of the space in Le Corbusier’s enduring Dots wallcovering shows how – and why – simplicity endures

Strong shapes were key to the elegant interiors of this Edwardian home that design duo Audrey Carden and Eleanora Cunietti decorated in the most beautiful way

Innovative, visionary and just plain fun, space-age style is back – and designers are giving its 1960s look a very 21st-century refresh