ELLE Decoration UK

ELLE Decoration UK showcases the world’s most beautiful homes and makes good design accessible to everyone through its mix of styles, products and price points. Combining all the inspiration, information and ideas you need to bring your home to life, it is the authority on trends, style and contemporary design.

ELLE Decoration UK

SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE 89% • Every issue of ELLE Decoration is packed full of inspiration, information and ideas, with a mix of styles, products and price points that will help you make your home as stylish as your wardrobe

from the editor • This time of year is always a shock to the system.

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African spirit • This Black History Month, instead of looking backwards, we turn to the designers of the zeitgeist – the growing community drawing on its African heritage to weave new stories about the continent

Investing in the future of design • Family-run furniture seller Chaplins celebrates its 30th anniversary by concentrating on what’s important

Pleats, please

Gabriel Hendifar • The artistic director of New York-based design studio Apparatus finds great meaning in a tiny figure

Bang on time • With the clocks set to go back on 29 October, now’s the moment to invest in one of this season’s most fashionable timepieces

Into the light • Here at ELLE Decoration we’re thrilled to announce the launch of our very first lighting collection with design studio lights&lamps. Editor-in-Chief Ben Spriggs reveals how the collaboration came about and why it’s going to light up your life…

Simple wins • Instantly recognisable, increasingly sustainable and now celebrating its 90th anniversary – we delve into the story of Artek’s ‘Stool 60’

Martin Parr • A person of note tells us what they’re watching, listening to and more…

María Medem • For the ultimate doomscrolling antidote, lose yourself in this Seville-based illustrator’s highly saturated, storytelling feed

Words to live by • Thinking deeply about our emotional responses to the rooms we live in is a common thread in this month’s new titles

Laura Jackson • Our design magpie investigates how her lifelong love of fashion has informed her interior-design decisions

Playing Houdini

Charles & Co • Having won global acclaim for her work for Soho House, Brit designer Vicky Charles is now an independent style powerhouse, thanks to her trademark cosy, layered look

Join the decorating debate • Decorex returns from 8-11 October at London’s Olympia, delivering new products, trends and talents

Fair weather • Lovers of natural stone and ceramics have two important dates for their diary coming up this month as Italy welcomes design enthusiasts

Dates for your design diary… • As we head reluctantly towards the end of summer, stay up to date with our selection of the best shows to see in the UK and abroad this month

London Design Festival 2023 • The capital becomes a buzzing hub of ideas and innovation from 16-24 September. With insight from the names behind the most exciting events, this is our guide to the must-see installations and can’t-miss launches

Matthew Hilton • British furniture designer Matthew Hilton is adding ‘sculptor’ to his already impressively varied resumé, with the opening of his ‘Tough Moment’ exhibition

Simone Brewster • The unexpected beauty of a cork forest and its promise of a sustainable future provided the inspiration for the artist and designer’s large-scale LDF installation

Rio Kobayashi • The Japanese artist and designer’s new installation aims to invite visitors into his weird and wonderful world

Disappear into the triangle • As this trendy corner of the capital...