Less than 300m from Serge Gainsbourg’s Parisian home stands Samuel Mazy’s Cabinet of Porcelaine: an imaginary garden where only the scent of flowers is missing. Porcelain florists represent centuries of tradition and craftsmanship know-how – they first appeared in the 1740s at the Manufacture de Vincennes – but when Samuel opened his cabinet in 2001, few believed it would survive. Samuel followed his intuition, took the risk, and 24 years later the Cabinet is a mandatory stop for porcelain enthusiasts and renewed interior designers alike.

Idarica Gazzoni founded Arjumand's World in 2009 after 20 years mastering the art of mural painting and trompe l’oeil. She shares her obsessions, inspirations and greatest challenges, ahead of exclusively revealing her incredible new home in Cabana Issue 20. Coming soon!

Textile designer Flora Soames lives between London and Wiltshire, but remains drawn to the capital and her memory-filled old haunts. These include a hidden Art Deco gem, the cafe that reignited her caffeine habit and the restaurant where she once dined with Lucien Freud.

Peter Hinwood has come a long way since playing Rocky in the 1970s classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In the decades since, he has created museum-worthy homes in London and Morocco and now shares with Cabana his experiences, inspirations and obsessions. 

Reduced in scale and intensified in detail, these interiors unfold behind glass cases, curio boxes, and cabinet doors, where doll houses, jewels, waxwork objects, and images are made for close looking. This edit steps inside the miniature, where craftsmanship expands as scale constricts. Read on for miniature marvels from the World of Cabana.

Nicolas Kugel and his brother, Alexis, represent the fifth generation of a family of art and antique dealers. Together they run Galerie Kugel, the renowned Paris gallery in an extraordinary hôtel particulieur. Nicolas shares with Cabana his proudest achievements, greatest challenges, happiest memories and ideal interiors. 

British ceramicist Boris Aldridge left a successful music career in London to move to Suffolk and make tiles with his father. After an inspiring visit to the Alhambra, Boris was struck by the beauty and complexities of Islamic patterned tiles, which set him on a totally new career path.

In this series, we ask antique dealers and collectors to share the stories of two special objects that have passed through their hands: their greatest 'find' and the piece they'll keep forever. This week, it's the turn of London-based interior designer, Rachel Aisling Walker.

Italian-born UK-based ceramicist, Giuseppe Parrinello, makes old world-inspired vessels and objects by pouring liquid clay into plaster moulds he has sculpted - a method called 'slip casting' - before drying and painting the moulds. One of a mere few to specialize in the technique at Central Saint Martins, Giuseppe trained under Plaster Technician, David Richards, who, "taught me everything I know about mould making".

Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin unveil their latest design project – Celia, a glamorous private carriage aboard the British Pullman, conceived as a cinematic world on rails. Inspired by 1930s theatre and realised by master British artisans, the new events carriage invites guests to dine, dream and drift through the English countryside. 

Erdem Moralioglu launched his eponymous label in 2005 and quickly took the fashion world by storm with his dramatic florals and elegant, highly crafted designs. In the years since he has won numerous accolades, and in 2020 was awarded a MBE for services to fashion. Erdem shares with Cabana his love of Japan, dream dinner party companions, favorite gifts and greatest challenges.

Yorkshire-born Richard Vermont and his wife, Sophie, relocated from south-east England to a farm on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors in 2020. The couple have since renovated their farmhouse and a collection of beautiful cottages and cabins on their land. They share an insider's guide to this wild and lesser-known part of the English countryside, an inspired choice for a weekend-away. 

The desirability and mysticism of Imperial Jadeite – the rarest form of Jade – endures through cycles of taste and speculation. Its global market, long centred in Hong Kong, reflects both cultural reverence and modern investment for a stone of exceptional quality and beauty. In conversation with Asprey, one of the foremost British Maisons working with Imperial Jadeite, Cabana explores the history of this extraordinary stone.

Born into a family of pastry chefs, Diego Crosara—Pastry Art Director for Marchesi 1824 —has spent decades making edible works of pastry-based craftsmanship. As the historic Italian pasticceria, beloved for its famous cakes, baked goods and Panettone, enters its busiest season of the year, Diego shares insider insights – from this year's theme to the creative preparations that start 12 months in advance...

For Paris-based gallerist, Patrick Seguin, collecting is both instinct and intimacy—with a hint of Jean Prouvé reverence. In this edition of Finders Keepers, he shares the stories behind two personal treasures: his greatest find, and the piece he'll keep forever.

From his studios in south London, British artist Hugo Wilson creates vibrant, large - scale works that examine ideology and humanity's obsession with it. Classically trained, his paintings, prints and sculptures have been exhibited and installed in prestigious locations around the world, notably in the ceiling of a ballroom in a Bavarian castle. Hugo shares with Cabana his beginnings and inspirations.

US-born India-based artist and textile designer Peter D’Ascoli established Talianna Studio after years practicing the crafts of weaving, printing and embroidery. Today, the long-time Cabana collaborator heads up the 35-strong studio, which now has several departments including hand embroidery and block printing. Peter shares the inspirational story of his craft.

The Orient Express has been transporting passengers in style for well over a century, but until a year ago never had a dedicated all-Italian train. Now, with multiple journeys across Italy, a hotel in Rome and an imminent opening in Venice, the fabled brand – as much a cultural symbol as a train – is racing towards its future. Camilla Frances hops on board to experience one of La Dolce Vita's three-day Italian itineraries.

As The Winter Show 2026 draws to a close, leading designers, including Ben Pentreath and Studio Giancarlo Valle, share some of their favorite objects from this year's edition, and explain what impressed them most about the two recipients of the 'Best Booth' accolade: Rose Uniacke and Eric Thomsen.

English designer and metal-artist Jess Wheeler creates poetic botanical lighting and decorative objects from her studio beneath an Iron Age fort in West Dorset. Working in brass, bronze, and plaster, her pieces mirror the raw beauty of the natural world, combining fine art, sculpture, and interiors with a timeless, handcrafted spirit. This May, she'll be bringing her Dorset studio to the And Objects showroom to share her artisanal process as part of London Craft Week 2025.

New York based fashion designer turned ceramicist, Peter Speliopoulos, transitioned from an illustrious career in fashion to creating ceramics in his light-filled studio. After experimenting with clay during summer holidays in Patmos, he pursued formal training in 2015, leading to the launch of his ceramics line, Peter Speliopoulos Projects, and a home accessories collection. Speliopoulos has since held two solo exhibitions at Les Ateliers Courbet in New York. 

One of the most iconic couturiers of our time, Christian Lacroix spent his childhood in Provence, dreaming of Paris. By his early 20s, he reached the city and within a decade had opened the House of Lacroix. Christian discusses life after couture, career defining moments and laughing with Princess Diana.

Leading architect Richard Parr sits down with Camilla Frances to discuss career-defining moments – from designing the much-admired Newt in Somerset, to launching his own gallery BRINK – collecting eclectic objects, his dream (and nightmare) interiors, most memorable trips, guilty pleasures and ideal dinner party guests...

In this series, we glimpse into the daily lives of artists, designers, creatives and tastemakers. Alongside raising her young family, cook and travel writer Anastasia Miari has spent the last few years cooking with grandmothers in the Mediterranean to document their authentic homegrown recipes for her new book. She talks Cabana through her flavor-filled days and the lessons she's learnt.

Textile designer, Lisa Fine, lives between New York and Dallas in homes adorned with many of her own fabrics and wallpapers, inspired by her travels in India and the Middle East. Lisa shares her greatest challenges, dream dinner guests and unorthodox childhood.  

Mexico-born London-based French designer, Leo Sentou, sits down with Cabana to share the inspiration behind his debut furniture collection, and discuss some of the challenges facing the design industry today.

To meet Sussy Cazalet, even briefly, is to fully experience her work. The talented British artist - who swapped interior design for textile design - is as warm and expressive as her woven masterpieces, each of which takes on a new dimension in her presence.

Argentine architect, Luis Laplace - head designer of design studio, Laplace - has designed elegant, arresting spaces all over the globe. Read on to see beautiful Laplace interiors, and discover Luis' greatest challenges and guiltiest pleasures.  

Deep in the Baix Emporda countryside, not far from the Costa Brava, lies a masterpiece in stone, discreetly folded into the region and ready to welcome the most discerning of design-loving guests. With wraparound gardens, soaring, undulating ceilings and seamless indoor-outdoor living, Casa Daró sets a high bar for contemporary residential architecture in Spain – both ambitious and humble.

As Cartier unveils its architecturally striking new store in Miami's Design District, with interiors by designer and architect, Laura Gonzales, the Spanish designer and friend of Cabana shares her bold vision for the show-stopping space. Describing the three-storey building as "a unique, original creation", Laura shares insights into the design process, from her inspirations and moodboards to distinctive works of craftsmanship.

Renowned New York-based magazine editor turned basket maker, Deborah Needleman, shares her life-changing decision and personal challenges ahead of a very special collaboration with Cabana.

Eminent Italian architect Duccio Conti Caponi sits down with Cabana to share highlights from his extraordinary life and career in design - from growing up among artists, writers and historians, to travelling the Nile and overcoming psychological burdens. Along with beautiful rooms, Duccio shares his personal achievements, greatest challenges, dream (and nightmare) interiors, guiltiest pleasures, and much more.

The Cozzi bookbinding workshop was founded by great-great-grandfather Alberto Cozzi together with his wife in the early 1900s. This ancient craft has been handed down from generation to generation, and to this day the workshop still uses the same traditional techniques of binding and of restoring paper and antique volumes.

Multi-award winning British designer, Bethan Laura Wood, lives and works in London in a colorful world of intense creativity. Bethan shares with Cabana her experiences, inspirations and obsessions, from influential travel experiences in Mexico and Japan, to her inimitable 'Buckaroo' style.

British antique dealer, Will Fisher, established Jamb more than 20 years ago, cementing over the decades a stellar reputation for dealing in fine antiques and producing fine reproduction antiques. He sits down with Cabana to talk career-defining moments, teenage regrets and guilty pleasures.

Mechanical watchmaking persists as a quiet rebuke to disposable design, uniting centuries of craft, artistry and engineering in objects that do more than tell time. From their origins as decorative curiosities to today’s high horology masterpieces, watches have evolved through a dialogue between makers, jewellers and artists. In an age of frictionless digital convenience, the mechanical watch offers something rarer: a tactile, intimate experience in which time is not merely measured, but carefully constructed, animated and preserved through human ingenuity.

Decorative artist Tess Newall crafts enchanting hand-painted murals, furniture, and homewares that weave together atmosphere and storytelling. Drawing on thoughtful research and inspired by European folk art, she fuses traditional techniques with her distinctive artistic style, creating bespoke works for private clients and designers worldwide. At this year’s London Craft Week, Tess and husband Alfred Newall unveil the Herbarium Cabinet, a handcrafted homage to traditional artistry and natural history.

From the moment a pre-teen Kate Malone MBE set eyes on a ceramics studio, she was hooked. In the decades since, Kare has gone on to become one of Britain's most celebrated ceramicists, her influence and contribution going far beyond commercial ceramics. Along with her own studio practice, Kate has pushed the boundaries of clay and works on large-scale projects that explore how the material can serve the community.

Acclaimed US designer Markham Roberts creates timeless interiors that encapsulate the very best of classic North American style, mixing antique and contemporary furniture in rooms that are both laid-back and sophisticated. Markham shares with Cabana his greatest challenges, happiest memories, favorite antique fairs and career-defining moments. 

With his elegant aesthetic, bold use of color and focus on craftsmanship, Italian architect Fabrizio Casiraghi is making waves in the design world. He sits down with Cabana to share his favorite (and least favorite) interiors, his guiltiest pleasures, go-to recipes and greatest challenges, along with the best advice he’s ever been given and why Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is his dream dinner companion.