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art deco bathroom for Samuel Heath; the spectacular suspended planter that bathed Goddard Littlefair’s Courtyard for Perennials and Sutherland in inviting dappled shade. There were also numerous examples of artworks and design pieces so notable they stopped you in your tracks. In the Treasure House Fair Morning Room, the walls were hung with paintings by Joshua Reynolds and John Piper, while in the kitchen, a pair of Lucian Freud etchings shared space with paintings by John Nash and St Ives School artist Breon OʼCasey. Legendary names from the design world ranged from Marcel Breuer to Charlotte Perriand. That some of the world’s most respected galleries


were happy to loan work of this importance to the WOW!house designers is testament to the esteem in which the event is now held. In just four years, WOW!house has, as Business of Home puts it, “claimed the crown as the yearly seer of interior style and craftsmanship”. Which means it has an important role to play, not simply in inspiring and delighting the many thousands of professional designers, tastemakers and design fans who visit, but also in fostering the next generation of artists and makers. Everyone involved


LEFT: Room sponsor Cox London literally raised the roof on its Entrance Hall – designer Victoria Davar of Maison Artefact’s 5m-tall space included a bespoke stone staircase ABOVE: Stark ‘The Collector's Room’, Spinocchia Freund’s homage to female artists and designers OPPOSITE: “The yearly seer of interior style and craftsmanship” – as Business of Home put it – once again wowed with its diversity, imagination and show of collective creativity


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