THE PAPER is an online publication for interior designers and architects. An inside view of the industry, from work and references to thinking and conversations rarely shared outside the studio.
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Conversation
Why Your Best Project Went Unnoticed
What journalist Giovanna Dunmall and PR consultant Olivia Lugarini say about getting interior projects published, from timing and photography to the story editors need.
Conversation
The Sound of Colour, with COAT Paints
What COAT Paints co-founder Rob Abrahams says about colour as instinct, memory and mood, and why naming a shade is about far more than finding the right words.
Conversation
From Specification to Presence
The Australian showroom that changed how I think about specification, and what ABI Interiors co-founder Luli Farrell says about designing for feeling as much as function.
Conversation
Where Ideas Really Begin
For this conversation, we asked three studios to reflect on how they present an idea, read a room, and build the kind of trust that lets the best decisions get made together.
Conversation
From Parti Pris to Presentation
Four studios on how they present a concept, read the room, and why the best client meetings leave space for trust, instinct and decisions made together.
Conversation
The Spirit of the Place: A Conversation with studioutte
The Milan studio on what to do when the spirit of a place and the brief don't agree, and why the strongest decisions are almost always the things you take away.
Thought Pieces
Should Designers Still Go to Design Fairs?
Flying to Copenhagen for 3daysofdesign, and what years of design weeks have taught us about doing it all well.
Conversation
Hand, Pen and Paper: With Amanda Doll Charrin
A conversation with interior designer and architectural illustrator Amanda Doll Charrin.
References
A Hundred Years On: Louis Süe and André Mare
A reflection on Süe and Mare a century on, and why their thinking still belongs in a room being designed today.
Conversation
Hotels That Tell Stories: A Conversation with Bill Bensley
A conversation with Bill Bensley on the art of storytelling, and why hospitality design should never feel bland.
Thought Pieces
Signature Style Isn't What You Think It Is
What we mean when we talk about a studio's signature, and why it has very little to do with a look.
References
Our Edit of Milan Design Week
Casa Ren's edit of Milan Design Week 2026. What we saw across the previews, private apartments and palazzos.
Thought Pieces
The World Around The Work
A reflection on world-building, and why a studio's references often say more than the portfolio itself.
References
Savoir-Faire at Paris Design Week
Notes from Paris Design Week and Déco Off, on tobacco, savoir-faire, and the references shaping interiors into 2026.
Conversation
How Light Shapes The Way We Feel
In conversation with lighting designer Jesper Ravn, on why light should be planned before the spatial layout, not after.
References
Designing Modern Interiors in a Heritage Building
Three projects in Crete on uncovering original material, working with imperfection, and letting the building lead.
