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Malick Sidibé | The Eye of Bamako

Image courtesy of @Malick Sidibé / Galerie MAGNIN-A, Paris   Nightclubs, beaches and bell-bottoms How Malick Sidibé - the Eye of Bamako - captured carefree and spontaneous moments of post-independence...

Folk | December Playlist

Cooking with Scorsese and others

Hato Press: Cooking with Scorsese  Food in film wields a vitalising, dramatic force. It can bring out the nuances of characters and relationships, drive plots, provide motives and easy metaphors,...

A Stable Relationship

Words - Charlotte Brook Photography - Ioana Marinescu Thoroughbred horses used to live under this roof. Modest quarters for staff and steeds serving the grand villas of Victorian era Holland Park, the Grade...

The Five Pocket Jacket

The five well considered pockets on this simple shaped cotton jacket are typical of our design approach - have more than you show.There are two box patch pockets on the...

Embracing The Flawed

Words by Anne-Celine Jaeger In Japan kintsukuroi is the name given to the traditional art of repairing with gold. Originating in the late 15th century, kintsukuroi is usually performed on...

Queen of Pickling: In conversation with Freddie Janssen

Words Francesca Angelini Photography Helen Cothcort Whenever I picture a pickle, I think of a jar of yellowing onions sharp enough to make eyes water. That’s a picture that needs...

A Material World: Terrazzo

Quartz, Jurassic-age limestone and... Polyester? Welcome to a handsome world of engineered marble. Folk meets the London creative speaking a different language of surface design. Dzek Milan 2014 ©Delfino Sisto LegnaniOh, nice:...

Want To Make Your Mind Dance?

cfaal 505, 2015 by Jessica Eaton Feast on the works of Jessica Eaton, the colour empress of aggregate assemblages When I look at a photograph and don’t understand what I’m looking...

Wadded Hoodie

With the ambition to create a practical outerwear garment with all the comfort and softness of a piece of sportswear, the Wadded Hoodie was born.Like the Assembly ’soft’ playground installation...

How to Read a Fruit

During the lush bounty of September the best-looking fruits can often be a bitter disappointment; so what are the colours and textures you should you be looking for? NATURES RICH...

Assembly Pant

As we constantly aim to design the perfect balance between smart and casual, comfort & style, work and play, the Assembly Pant has been created to offer the new everyday seasonal...

Folk | September Playlist

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She the Beautiful

Salt Pans #20, Little Rann of Kutch, India, 2016 Edward BurtynskySalt Pans | Essential Elements Only Lucien Freud could create an oily palette of flesh tones like this. A smorgasbord...

Clipstone: A Harmonious Riot of Colour and Texture

While Instagram overloads on Clipstone’s bracingly simple, colourful, perfectly formed dishes and critics declare themselves smitten, executive-chef Merlin Labron-Johnson, 25, is quietly going about his business. We talk to the...

The House of Rust and Light

Home to the Lucas family, Kew House in leafy Richmond is clean yet tactile, with earthy colours aplenty. Prior to opening for the day on Sunday as part of the...