Acclaimed British designer Wayne Hemingway MBE has had a vibrant career. Founding fashion brand Red or Dead and setting up the award-winning Vintage Festival are just a couple of his inspirational projects. His latest venture includes a vintage-inspired wallpaper collection for Graham & Brown and stunning furniture designs for G-plan. ACHICA Living catches up with Wayne to talk about Camden in the 80s, building his own home and find out how he and fellow-designer wife Gerardine spend the weekend…
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
March 9th, 2012
Meet talented interior designer Helen Turkington, who has a beautiful range of fabrics and furniture. Following on from her success in Dublin, she opened her first London store ‘Helen Turkington Fabrics’ at the beginning of the year and her inspirational designs are going from strength to strength. Get to know her here and find out her top tips on how to design your living room...
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Posted by Emma Morton Turner, Interiors Stylist and Writer
December 28th, 2011
Lisa Levis, the designer formerly known as Lisa Stickley, has had quite a year. Famous for her girlie designs under her eponymous brand, and the homespun charm she injected into Debenhams with six seasonal collections, she is now no longer working at her own company (which will carry on as “Lisa Stickley” without her), has got married, changed her name, and is starting out again. Still a fountain of knowledge on how to turn the banal into the beautiful, we caught up with her to find out her top tips on what to do with those tin...View more
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Posted by Pip McCormac
December 23rd, 2011
Bethan Gray is one of the real unsung heroes of British furniture design. When she graduated in the late 1990s she was soon snapped up by Habitat where she spent nearly a decade creating some of the company’s most popular ranges. She eventually became its head of furniture design.
A couple of years ago Gray set up her own studio and has since designed independently for companies such as View more
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Posted by David Nicholls, Design Editor, Telegraph Magazine
August 15th, 2011
Helen Gordon is a top designer of clothing, accessories and stationery for children, which are inspired by some of our best-loved fairy tales. We quizzed her for her top tips on decorating a child's room and here they are...
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
July 5th, 2011
ACHICA Living catches up with the hottest designer of the moment, Lee Broom, to talk about his latest Parq Life range for design collective Deadgood...
In fashion, the “Designer of the Moment” seems to change almost daily. In interiors, there has only been one name on everyone’s lips for the past three years: Lee Broom. His first collection in 2007 included neon lights bent around vintage furniture, he then moved on to covering cabinets, lamps and tables in carpet. A collection for Heal’s quickly followed, and he has just fi...View more
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Posted by Pip McCormac
June 3rd, 2011
Former Sony music exec John Voigtmann (once manager of Christina Aguilera and The Strokes) gave up working with demanding A listers a few years back in order to open La Bandita, an eight-room luxury bolthole in Pienza, Tuscany, with 360-degree views of the scorched Tuscan hills. It features an infinity pool, honesty bar, canopied outdoor dining and unforgettable menu. And we...View more
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Posted by Nina Fitton, Writer, ACHICALiving.com
May 18th, 2011
ACHICA Living catches up with Nick Munro, whose brand has become synonymous with original, modern British design. We touch on the kaleidoscopic style of his newly renovated home and he tells us why 'safe isn't safe'. Read our exclusive interview here…
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
April 1st, 2011
ACHICA Living chats to hunter-gatherer of the design world and colourholic Laura Slack of Places and Spaces. We talk furniture personality and find out why she dislikes the phrase 'interior design'…
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
February 18th, 2011
First she gave the world the oh-so-flattering wrap dress, and now Diane von Furstenberg has turned her hand to interior decoration too, unveiling 20 suites that she has revamped in her
home-from-home since the 1970s - the iconic and super luxe
Claridge’s hotel, London. When Diane started to notice that her favourite hotel was showing the signs of wear and t...
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Posted by Nina Fitton, Writer, ACHICALiving.com
September 16th, 2010
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