Liberty and Vinterior wrap midcentury classics in archive prints
Liberty London and the pre-loved furniture marketplace Vinterior have released a five-piece capsule collection that pairs restored midcentury and modernist furniture with fabrics drawn from Liberty's archive. Launched at the start of July, the edit was led by Genevieve Bennett, Liberty's head of design for home and interiors, who chose each piece with a particular fabric in mind. Highlights include a Cassina Maralunga sofa upholstered in Liberty's Zig Zag Velvet and a rare 1970s Alky chair finished in the Orabella weave.
The collaboration is a neat statement of where residential design keeps landing this year: heritage pattern, genuine one-off pieces and a circular approach that treats good old furniture as worth keeping rather than replacing. The prints were taken from Liberty's FuturLiberty and House of Liberty ranges, whose 1960s and 70s references sit comfortably against the furniture they cover.
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Inglis Hall moves beyond the kitchen with a standalone collection
Sussex kitchen maker Inglis Hall has unveiled its first collection of standalone furniture and lighting, designed to work alongside its cabinetry or stand on its own. The range takes in a solid-oak dining table with pegged mortice-and-tenon joints and breadboard ends, a bar stool in band-sawn timber cut to sit under standard 900mm counters, a solid-oak bench with an optional leather seat pad handcrafted in Kent, and a minimalist larder cupboard.
The standout is Parlour, a brass pendant bar light made with heritage lighting company Fritz Fryer, cast from solid brass in a pared-back shape intended for hanging over an island or a dining table. Every piece is made in the UK and available to order now, part of a wider move among British makers towards honest materials and long-lived, repairable furniture.
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Interior Design opens entries for its 2026 Best of Year Awards
Interior Design magazine has opened submissions for the 2026 edition of its Best of Year Awards, now in its 21st year. Entries run to an early-bird deadline of 14 August, with general submissions closing on 10 September and late entries on 18 September. Winners will be revealed at a gala in New York on 10 December, hosted by editor-in-chief Cindy Allen and streamed on DESIGNTV.
Categories span residential, commercial and sustainable product design, and this year adds a Made in America category to mark the country's 250th anniversary. The programme is open internationally, so UK studios and product brands can put their 2026 projects forward, and the shortlists make a useful barometer of the interiors and furniture the industry rates most highly.
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