Five reasons to buy this year’s autumn/winter issue of our magazine
The latest edition of our magazine is here – and with it an opportunity to see the world through the lens of the architects, artists, designers, chefs and homeowners who are rethinking and redesigning their respective worlds. Yes, this issue we’ve taken the theme of ‘reinvention’, looking at the brilliant, creative and, sometimes, utterly joyous ways people reinterpret what’s already there. Here are five reasons to get yourself a copy.
Canadian artist Gab Bois reimagines iconic modernist furniture using food and everyday materials
Sometimes, redesigning something should be done for the sheer fun of it. Proof of our theory? The work of artist Gab Bois, who has proven a hit on Instagram with her reworkings of things like Mario Bellini’s Camaleonda sofa into the ‘Camaleon-dough’, in which she refashioned the iconic piece using brioche. For this issue, we tasked her with doing her signature treatment on our favourite pieces, including the Chiclet Chair. The results put a big smile on our faces – who doesn’t need a bit of that?
Your images reveal a fresh perspective on home
Back in June, we asked you to submit your images of what home means to you. The entries we received run the gamut from being fun, serendipitous and candid, to poignant, moving and sombre – testament then, to everything home can be. Helping us whittle down the submissions to the ones that form our Portfolio project for this issue were Jeremy Leslie, founder of magCulture, photographer and gallerist Ronan Mckenzie and Clo founder Lauren Faye – what a hard job they had!
We discover an instant architectural classic at John Pawson’s Cotswolds home
The Classics, our series that spotlights iconic residential architecture, features its first contemporary project: John Pawson’s Cotswolds home, formed of a series of centuries-old farm buildings given the designer’s reductionist treatment. Beautifully captured by photographer Rich Stapleton, who we have collaborated on a forthcoming exhibition with (more details very soon), the story is one whose subject matter might be minimal, but its impact is anything but.
Architect Fahad Malik opens up his thought-provoking home
In west London, we meet Fahad Malik, who contributed to a project designed by Teatum + Teatum and developed by Noiascape, proposing a new way of living in cities. The scheme has compact private arrangements complemented by communal areas, which are designed to spark conversation and collaboration. “If people built more homes to [this] size, and used the remaining space to create shared spaces, you’d see lots of interesting things begin to happen in cities. People would start to talk to each other more, for instance,” he says.
A winemaker, chef and gardener tell the story of how they are regenerating 70 acres in Sussex
In rural Sussex, Tillingham is a winemaker, hotel and restaurant using sustainable and regenerative practices to bring about a holistic restoration of its site, which has seen farming activity since the 13th century. Its winemaker, chef and gardener tell the story of how they are planting the seeds of change by combining age-old techniques with modern technology.
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