The design world this week: real makers, real collections, real conversations, and the people worth knowing. Curated daily, released weekly, everything sourced.
Southern Guild · Imiso CeramicsHis solo show iNgqweji ran at Southern Guild Cape Town from November 2025, the same year he won at South Africa's National Arts and Culture Awards.
Andile Dyalvane treats clay as an ancestral language. Raised herding cattle in the Eastern Cape village of Ngobozana, he scores his large vessel forms with marks drawn from Xhosa tradition, turning pots into carriers of memory and healing. His work now lives in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Vitra Design Museum, yet it never loses its connection to the soil it came from.
A weekly edit of what the design world is making and saying, and the people making it worldwide. Every image links to its source; every palette is our reading of the piece, and becomes a working board in one tap.
ELLE DecorELLE Decor's June round-up of new designer collections is led by Flora Soames's hand-printed Palatine Stripe fabrics and wallpapers, alongside Carolina Irving & Daughters' ceramics-inspired collaboration with WILLIAMSBURG. The through-line is historical reference handled with restraint, useful for clients wary of pattern.
Pierre FreyFabricAt Paris Deco Off 2026 the Maison unveiled four new collections: Jardin a la Francaise, Memoires Colorees with Isabelle de Borchgrave, the wood-toned Barfleur in-outdoor range and the Italian-inspired Via Antica, alongside its first Paris showroom dedicated to furniture.
DedarFabricDedar's January 2026 collection leaves figurative reference behind: watered velvets, drapey satins, mohairs and hand-spun raw silks sit alongside tapestry-derived geometries, plus fire-retardant embroideries and textile wallcoverings.
ZoffanyFabricZoffany's SS26 collaboration with Michael S.
de Le CuonaFabricWoven Earth translates worked landscapes and traditional crafts into weave: Cabana Stripe recalls 1920s Riviera hats, Etched Paisley reworks a Kashmiri archive design in wool, Mokhoro Stripe channels South African huts and Trail Stripe follows the Inca Trails.
Little GreeneIn the Garden is Little Greene's sixth National Trust collaboration: eight designs in 39 colourways, from a Sissinghurst mural to May Morris's embroidered tulips, with a contribution from every roll going to the Trust. The two murals give a mid-market route to the immersive scenic-paper look without bespoke pricing.
House of HackneyWallpaperThe UNTAMED Collection, House of Hackney's SS26 trade launch, treats animal print as authorship rather than trend, with 1% of collection sales going to World Land Trust to protect the habitats the patterns are drawn from.
Porta RomanaFlow, Porta Romana's new seasonal collection, is built around motion held in solid form: handblown glass that reads as still molten, locally forged metalwork and surfaces shifting from raw to reflective, including the Edna Pendant and Boudica lamps. A dependable source of sculptural statement lighting from a newly B Corp certified English maker.
Wallpaper*Pre-loved marketplace Vinterior has sourced five iconic mid-century pieces and reupholstered them in archival Liberty London prints, launched 1 July. It is a neat one-off answer when a client wants provenance and pattern in a single statement chair, and a reminder that a heritage cloth can lift a good vintage frame well beyond its price.
Benchmark FurnitureFurnitureThe OVO Chair Collection, designed with Foster + Partners, comprises an armchair, a stackable side chair and a lounge chair in solid oak or walnut with sheep's wool upholstery, each carrying an independently verified Environmental Product Declaration.
PINCH LondonFurnitureFirst Light is the newest collection from Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon, gathering the Tove circular dining table, the Glover drinks cabinet, Soren and Pium pendants and the Ellery bedside into one warm, pared-back release.
ELLE Decoration UKDesign Centre Chelsea Harbour's annual showhouse opened in June with 22 full-size rooms, including Studio Duggan's speakeasy salon for Black Edition and Albion Nord's octagonal drawing room. It is the UK trade's clearest live read on where decoration is heading, from dual-purpose rooms to richly layered texture.
Wallpaper*Talking pointAnna Solomon's round-up of eleven June 2026 launches runs from Georg Jensen silver to IKEA flat-pack and slow tech, published 30 June.
Independent and emerging talent from around the world, chosen for the Journal. Every one links to their studio.
