World Of Interiors, The(Apr)2015

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About this magazine
The World of Interiors is acknowledged as the most infulential, inspiring and lavishly produced design and decoration magazine money can buy. The World of Interiors contains the best design photography and writing, plus expert book reviews, round-ups of the finest new merchandise, and comprehensive previews and listings of international exhibitions.

In this Issue

Scenic Routes
Whether at the Villa del Balbianello, overlooking Lake Como, or the Palazzo Arese Borromeo, whose walls are lined with trompe-l'oeil windows and views, the landscapes of Lombardy loom large for Jessica Hayns - spectacular settings in which to test-drive designs from this year's Milan furniture fair. Photography: Bill Batten
Mister Madoo

Mister Madoo
From 1967 onwards, the late Robert Dash transformed the Long Island house and garden he dubbed Madoo (Scots for 'my dove') into a hotbed of his own seemingly boundless creativity. Despite being a masterly poet, painter, pianist and party entertainer, he has been overlooked by posterity - and Kendell Cronstrum, for one, regards the neglect as deeply short-sighted. Photography: Miguel Flores Vianna
Eyrie on the Arno

Eyrie on the Arno
Sue Townsend had long coveted a flat in Florence whose lofty loggia looked out over the river to the city's sights. Now the founder of soap-and-scent brand Ortigia has her prize, and she's filled it with grand English antiques and Oriental lacquerware brought over from her Notting Hill home. But it's the room with a view that first caught her eagle eye. Photography: Tim Beddow
Rhythm in Blues

Rhythm in Blues
When Agnѐs Emery built a winter retreat alongside her two houses in Marrakesh, her handmade cement tiles were instrumental in bridging the interval between them. Composed of an 'imaginary' garden on the ground floor, and a blue-and-grey roof terrace that blends with the sky, the house works in concert with its neighbours - but, as she writes here, the interior designer takes pleasure in accidental effects…Photography: Roland Beaufre
All Things Considered

All Things Considered
In Johnson Hartig's Los Angeles villa, a Damien Hirst 'Spot' painting sits cheek by jowl with a 17th-century portrait. Quirky juxtapositions of objects are normal for the Libertine label founder, who says of his initial vision to live in a Modernist, minimalist style: 'That lasted for exactly ten minutes.' Photography: Tim Street-Porter