Mirrors

Extraordinary final flourishes from master craftsmen to add drama and finesse to the home

HiMirror Plus+ examines your appearance and offers tips on how to look your best

With patinated bronze frame, €7,400

Highly polished finishes are back in the spotlight – playing with perception in newly sophisticated ways. Charlotte Abrahams reports

“Assemblage” art pioneered by Picasso is, a century on, enjoying a thrilling new eminence in the world of interior design, says Helen Chislett

The designer’s latest collection draws on the traditions of Kyoto

This playful piece will raise a smile in any room

Coffee tables like diamonds, mirrors like brooches, chandeliers like necklaces – homeowners are making uplifting decorative statements with jewel-like contemporary furnishings. Charlotte Abrahams reports

Lucia van der Post previews the highlights of a new peripatetic exhibition of innovative design in the French Riviera’s beautiful Villa La Vigie

Dramatic and uplifting finds make this Madrid emporium one of the world’s leading dealers in 20th-century art and design

London-based Tree Couture creates masterful cabinetry

Sculpture and immersive performance coalesce at Studio Leigh

Sterling Studios creates hand-painted glass walls and hand-oxidised mirror panels

Portuguese designers are now injecting contemporary verve into statement furniture and lighting, marrying traditional craft with a new playful sophistication. Nicole Swengley reports

Elizabethan portraiture swapped for a cabinet of curious furnishings

Sublime surfaces enriched with ancient artisanal techniques

Secret compartments, tech features and sculptural clout are just some of the elements transforming valet stands and cabinets into handsome boys’ toys. Nicole Swengley reports

Artist-designed mirrors run the gamut from poetically beautiful to conceptually intriguing, says Lucia van der Post