House and Garden October 2015

Q How did your career start? ‘My first client was the fashion designer Paul Smith. Since then, I’ve worked with lots of talented people and I still learn from them every time. I’m lucky to travel a lot; I seem to have become a professional tourist.’ Tom Mannion has photographed many of the interiors and fashion worlds’ elite, including Christopher Bailey, Lulu Lytle, Tom Dixon and Terence Conran. When it comes to houses, he says, ‘it’s all about the light’. Indeed, he has captured in perfect light the characterful midcentury modern furniture and Constructivist artwork in the Notting Hill house of two Russian émigrés, featured from page 212. Q When did you know that you wanted to be a writer? ‘I’ve always enjoyed the power of words. My father was a publisher…

House & Garden’s October issue is always the biggest of the year, to coincide with London Design Festival and the launch of the new interiors collections of fabrics, wallpapers and furniture. It’s an exciting month of shows, launches, parties and exhibitions for the interiors and design worlds, and for anybody doing up their house there is plenty to see and glean. Between pages 71 and 80, our features director David Nicholls and the House & Garden team pick out some of the highlights of the festival, which, in its thirteenth year, now comprises more than 350 exhibitions. And for those of you less willing to tramp the streets and aisles of the big design shows in search of the latest decorating ideas, within the pages that follow we have brought…

Acknowledged as a design mecca, Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour is leading the way in inspiration and design direction. Just a stone’s throw from the King’s Road, it casts an impressive silhouette with its spectacular glass domes home to an unrivalled lineup of 105 showrooms and over 500 international brands. Here you can find a treasure trove of gems from some of the biggest names shaping today’s luxury interior industry. All are devoted to the creation of impeccable products of beauty, style and imagination. There’s no better place to discover a raft of superb materials, craftsmanship and artistry all at one address. Whether you’re looking to revamp a country house, find finishing touches for a city apartment or design solutions for a hotel or yacht, Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour offers an…

Now in its thirteenth year, the London Design Festival (LDF) has grown to include more than 350 exhibitions and installations, which take place across the city. One thing’s for sure: you’ll need comfortable shoes. The following pages feature a round-up of what we think are going to be this year’s real highlights. As we were putting together this shortlist, one thing that became evident was the impressive ‘something for everyone’ nature of LDF – a quality that sets it apart from its international counterparts. Decorators will flock to Syon Park in west London for Decorex (September 20–23), where over 400 brands will unveil their latest collections, showcasing textiles, furniture and much more. Emerging talent from all round the world can be discovered at Tent London (September 24–27) and the Shoreditch Design Triangle…