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OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, ELLE HAS CELEBRATED CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS. HERE, A RANGE OF TODAY’S LEADING ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS SHARE THE RITUALS, ROUTINES AND REALITIES BEHIND THEIR GREATEST WORKS, FROM MIND-BLOWING EXCEL SHEETS TO THE MAGIC OF THE DARK ROOM

With baby number two on the way, Joanne and her husband, Gary, had outgrown the small house they bought before they were married, so they began the search for a larger home. Joanne spotted a new housi

Sandrine Zhang Ferron, co-founder and CEO of online vintage marketplace Vinterior, reveals her favourite things

Using clever ways to make the most of its compact proportions, Leah Clark has filled her pretty cottage with the artistic and decorative objects found on her travels

SO MANY TALENTED ARTISTS were put off art at an early age, and Nisha Sehjpal is a prime example; she vividly remembers a high school teacher once telling her she had no business being anywhere near pa

High up in the lush Cévennes mountains of the Gard in the South of France, British-born couple Lou and Dan Sayers have painstakingly restored a 17th-century farmhouse that is full of unexpected surpri