We see this through our cover story—designer Sophie Dries’ Paris apartment—and Italian designer Giampiero Tagliaferri’s Los Angeles atelier. Brazilian designer Andre Mellone describes his New York City home as a “lab where you test ideas out”, and CRITERIA and C. Gallery founder Rachael Fry’s restored Victorian villa in Melbourne is a canvas for her diverse style and pieces.

Designer Sebastian Zuchowicki’s hybrid living-working space blurs the lines between comfort and creativity, while Kennedy Nolan reconceives the interiors of a late-modernist apartment for art-collecting clients. Welsh + Major’s new pavilion design for a Sydney terrace honours a building’s past by incorporating a historic well.

Our Bathroom Blueprint special feature gives voice to designers seeking new and interesting materials, shapes, and details. Using our Product Library, we leave you with a definitive guide to bathroom design elements.