home truths

WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY NEXT TIME?

I would create a very different home: more inward-looking, no external windows and an internal courtyard.

DESIGN ITEM YOU’D LIKE TO OWN?

I would love a new item by Jaime Hayon. I already own The Lover I, designed by Jaime for Lladrò. His ceramic sculpture is a gift I gave to my husband at the beginning of our relationship. I love this piece of art and design!

DESIGN INSPIRATION?

Mies van der Rohe with his Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Le Corbusier with specifically Villa Savoye, Louis Kahn and his Norman Fisher House, Peter and Alison Smithson and The Economist Buildings and Richard Neutra homes.

FAVOURITE ROOM?

My favourite spaces are the most intimate ones. When I am alone, I love to hole up in my bedroom, lie down on my bed under the trees at its four corners.