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A Wunderkammer of reinvention, provenance, intuitive revival and an addictive pursuit of hand-made beauty. Creating is at Neu Heritage’s heart, as is the desire to make something good, animated by time-old techniques, culture and the adoption of lost manufacturing processes.
We glimpse behind the doors and peer into the treasure pot of one-off brands, rarity and inherited blueprints – each throwing a punch at blandness as the incubators of curiosity, originality and legacy. Meet the ‘passioneurs’ of Neu Heritage with these little bastions of craft, culture and talent from mossed glazed ceramics to handmade‚ Oma hats, to the tale of a herbalist turned skincare guru. Neu Heritage is not cool: it never pretends to be, it just is.
The country of Wales is a long-time respected and highly regarded producer of crafted textiles and weaving, and one of the most sought-after British manufacturers, produced in a whitewashed mill that’s been in continuous use since 1841.
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Made in their Athens atelier, Callista's bags are iconic, timeless, and one of a kind, each skilfully handmade using age-old crafts and techniques to incorporate Greek heritage
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Tobias Moretti designed his "Moretti Room" envisioned and realized with interior designer Eugenie Arlt and the artist Degenhard Andrulat, his suite plays between theatre and the Tyrolean mountains. A combination of urbanity and nature, as it only exists on the Austrian stage.
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Artisanal textiles by Fabricaal keep the centuries old traditions of Alentejo alive by crafting rugs, blankets, bags, and homeware made from merino wool - a sustainable, colourful and beautiful company.
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Imagine if you could distil the language of Greek coastline living filled with eternal summer and put it into creative textile design. Well, that's just what the Greek siblings Grigoris and Constantinos Samaras did – the founders of cult brand: SEA YOU SOON.
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Specialising in Scottish tweed and textiles in natural woollen yarns collected from the fluffy sheep that dot the isle, Skye Weavers create a versatile range of 100% Skye wool products.
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Escapism in the wilderness of Scotland is more accessible than ever, with a raft of design boltholes, boutique crofters’ houses for two and everyone’s-invited country piles offering a redefinition of the luxury Highland experience.
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A small, homegrown family company with high ethical standards produces a range of candles and diffusers which paint a picture of the largest Hebridean island.
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Ellen von Unwerth's HEIMAT, a photographic ode to her homeland, Bavaria, has the whole world talking, and we can sure see why
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Some design principles are so uncomplicated and understated that they can be found in different iterations, in different corners of the world. The value placed on craftsmanship is one of these; so is the use of natural materials that not only can last a lifetime, but also get more handsome with each passing year.
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We all love the touch, feel and look of linen which can add drama to any interior. Over in Mühlviertel in upper Austria, is one of Europe's oldest textile producers, an area that has cultivated flax for centuries.
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McNutt of Donegal weave tweed and Irish wool on handlooms and has evolved over the years to produce Irish linen, fabric and accessories including wool blankets, throws and scarfs as found at Breac.House.
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Fashion designer Magda Butrym, an alumnus of Warsaw’s International School of Costumography and Clothing Design, her label launched in Poland back in 2014 is causing a fashion wave.
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Made from 90% Greek cotton, the socks depict heroes, and each one narrates a story: Kira-Xeni, Fisherman, Sailor, Pappa, Pappa's Girl, Merman,Tsolias (Evzone) and Rempetis.
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Wittmann’s unique way of working over the four generations with Austrian and international designers and architects from Josef Hoffmann and Friedrich Kiesler to Matteo Thun and Edward B Tuttle.
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Known as the 'Queen of print' - Vogue, Mary Katrantzou continually pushes the boundaries of textiles, visual drama and innovation, a pioneer of digital art crossed into fashion.
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Trading in Kyiv, Ukraine since 2014, by husband-and-wife team Dan Vakhrameyev and Kateryna Vakhrameyeva, the co-founders of +kouple bring sleek lighting, innovative solutions and a Scandi-inspired design element to interiors.
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Athens-based ceramist, art and design lab Maru Meleniou creates pieces in both the fields of sculptural artworks in the form of stoneware objects and makes 'everyday' a ceremony in tableware that is anything but ordinary.
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The perfect amalgamation of old and new, Benedikta breathes fresh life into Vorarlberg heritage traditions in this smoothly crafted private-hire house originally built in 1836, located in the sleepy village of Vandans clasped by the wildflower-strewn valley of Montafon, west Austria.
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Perched high, this reborn majesty presides over the larch-wrapped resort of Zermatt in the Swiss canton of Valais, a design hotel that rekindles the Geist of Golden Age alpinism.
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In a heritage fusion of aesthetic restraint, the aged inn dates back to 1450 and we are privy to its past in all its whispered glory. Once a post office, coffeehouse and coppersmith, the townhouse has been skilfully reinvented by ASAGGIO architects.
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Sleep under medieval frescoes, sweep down labyrinthine corridors, lord it up on the lofty ramparts or stroll through the Mediterranean garden, admiring the ivy-clad castle backdrop.
A curated style jungle of mid-century furnishings, abstract modernism and bespoke pieces are flavoured by the original pine panelling dating back to 1848 - and all this cuteness is wrapped in a canvas of wild herbs and mountain eye candy.
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A fabulous creative fusing of two historic landmark buildings, this popular restaurant and newly created design hotel is decked in Swiss and Scandi aesthetics and crafts.
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Austere beauty and chunky grandeur are the inaugural hallmarks of this 15th-century castle and glacial-grey monolith perched on the slopes of South Tyrolean village Villanders / Villandro in northern Italy.
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Perfumer H is proud to introduce its new flagship on Clifford Street, Mayfair. In keeping with the street’s 18th-century heritage, the store has been designed to evoke Georgian London.
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Join the self-confessed foodies, lovers of great taste and those pioneers of gastro from flavour-hunters to the mavericks who turn humble into heroic.
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We love finding a patch of really good design production, architecture and style. When executed well, it's like walking into a fantastic novel.
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Pitstop here for a bucket-list dispatch which jumps off the treadmill of busy on a journey through the moi realms of wellness, escapism and curation.
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Capture the essence of the Mediterranean from cool crafted boutique hotels and villa retreats to the makers and artisans who populate the region with products of style.
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