Decodes, interiors, palettes.
207 articles · 12 sectionsA new article every day. The Scan, the Workshop, Open House, Decode, the Notebook, Mood Board — six sections that break down what makes the difference in an interior.
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Featured · La Collection · 21 October 2026ReadThe sections
Each one answers a different question
The Scan
Jacobsen's Series 7: the real Fritz Hansen and its copies
The Screening
La Piscine — Ramatuelle 1969, the Most Copied Summer in French Cinema
Le Style
Danish Modern: The Pieces, the Book, the Album, the Film
L'Artiste
Donald Judd, Marfa: the furniture of a sculptor who refused the word
The Workshop
The Wall Light: Five Icons That Replace a Table Lamp
La Collection
Collecting the Table: The Mediterranean Lunch Seen from Above
Mood Board
Design Desks: The Market, from Prouvé's Compas to 1970s Tops
Open House
5 bis rue de Verneuil: The Gainsbourg House Finally Opens
The OFF
Plegat & Joubin: an architecture studio signs its first collection
DecodeOpen the Image: Design Is the Last Anonymous Visual Culture
Decode
Open the Image: Design Is the Last Anonymous Visual Culture
The NotebookThe Beyit scan, explained: one photo, every piece named, four prices
The Notebook
The Beyit scan, explained: one photo, every piece named, four prices
Stroll
Southern Flea Markets: From Avignon to Italy
Understanding a piece
01 · The Scan · 47 articlesThe Scan
Jacobsen's Series 7: the real Fritz Hansen and its copies
The Scan
Eames Lounge Chair: the Original Against Its Copies
The Scan
Zara Home: What's Actually Worth It
The Scan
IKEA: 10 Pieces Inspired by Design Icons
The Scan
Gaetano Pesce's UP Series: The Manifesto Chair and Its Imitations
The Scan
The Lily-of-the-Valley Floor Lamp: The 1950s Original and Its Copies
The Scan
Prouvé's Standard Chair: the engineer against the copyists
The Scan
String System: the Swedish shelf and its distant cousins
The Scan
Componibili: the Kartell original costs less than its reputation
The Scan
Breuer's Cesca: the real thing, the licences, the copies
The Scan
Atollo: Magistretti's Lamp and Its Replicas
The Scan
Noguchi's Akari: What Separates the Lantern from Paper Lamps
The Scan
Noguchi Coffee Table: the sculpture and its counterfeits
The Scan
Camaleonda: Bellini's Sofa and the Invasion of the Clouds
The Scan
Egg Chair: Jacobsen's Shell and Its Replicas
The Scan
Saarinen's Tulip Table: the Knoll original and its imitations
The Scan
USM or IKEA: the modular face-off
The Scan
Wishbone CH24: the Wegner and its copies, down to the detail
The Scan
Panthella: the real Louis Poulsen and the tide of mushrooms
The Scan
Barcelona Chair: telling the Knoll edition from the replicas
The Scan
Panton Chair: the real Vitra against the copies
The Scan
Second-hand USM Haller: values, prices, pitfalls
The Scan
Mid-century: Italian, Scandinavian, French, American — the tells
The Scan
Tolix A56: the French industrial chair and its imitations
The Scan
Eames DSW: the real chair and all its copies
The Scan
Real Brass vs Fake: Colour, Weight, Patina
The Scan
Soriana, Mah Jong: the Italian modulars and their counterparts
The Scan
The Togo Sofa: the icon, its dupes, and should you buy one in 2026?
The Scan
PH5 / Louis Poulsen: the original and its replicas
The Scan
Dating Furniture by Its Screws and Joinery
The Scan
The Wassily Chair (Breuer B3): Knoll vs Reissue vs Dupe
The Scan
Panton Chair: the £33 copy versus the Vitra
The Scan
Reading a Maker's Mark: Knoll, Thonet, Cassina
The Scan
Pipistrello Lamp (Gae Aulenti): The Real Thing vs. the Replicas
The Scan
Arco lamp: real Flos or replica? The 10-second base test
The Scan
Maisons du Monde: the 'educational dupes' worth buying
The Scan
The LC4 Chaise Longue: the Cassina original versus its imitations
The Scan
How to Spot a Real Murano in 30 Seconds
The Scan
Kallax alternatives: 6 design storage systems that outclass it (+ a smart upgrade)
The Scan
Westwing: 8 Alternatives, Category by Category
The Scan
USM Haller: dupe or real? The details that give a copy away — and 5 alternatives
The Scan
Camaleonda: why it's everywhere
The Scan
The Most Searched Furniture Styles — June 2026
The Scan
Seen Everywhere: the opaline-glass mushroom lamp
The Scan
Internet's Favourite Chair — May 2026: Marcel Breuer's Cesca
The Scan
Peter Krauskopf's Studio, Berlin
The Scan
Casa de Vidro, Lina Bo Bardi
Films
02 · The Screening · 7 articlesThe Screening
La Piscine — Ramatuelle 1969, the Most Copied Summer in French Cinema
The Screening
Something's Gotta Give — the most copied Hamptons house in cinema
The Screening
Parasite — the Park house doesn't exist, its furniture does
The Screening
Columbus — the Miller House and its conversation pit, on pause
The ScreeningThe White Lotus in Taormina — the Ceramics That Steal the Scene
The Screening
The White Lotus in Taormina — the Ceramics That Steal the Scene
The ScreeningCall Me by Your Name — the Lombard villa, room by room
The Screening
Call Me by Your Name — the Lombard villa, room by room
The Screening2001: A Space Odyssey — The Red Lounge, on Pause
The Screening
2001: A Space Odyssey — The Red Lounge, on Pause
Le Style
03 · 2 articles
L'Artiste
04 · 1 articleLa Collection
05 · 1 articleMood boards
06 · Mood Board · 9 articlesMood Board
Design Desks: The Market, from Prouvé's Compas to 1970s Tops
Mood Board
Design Vases: The Market, from Aalto to 1970s Murano
Mood Board
Design Floor Lamps: The Rating, from the Arco to the Toio
Mood Board
Design Mirrors: The Market, from the Ultrafragola to Adnet's Suns
Mood Board
The Memphis Revival: What Returns, What Stays
Mood Board
Mixing Materials & Textures — Why Interiors Copy Fashion
Mood Board
Beyit Color of the Season — Spring 2026: Walnut Stain
Mood Board
The artist's bouquet, Constance Spry's palette
Mood Board
The Cy Twombly palette at Gaeta
Visiting a home
07 · Open House · 16 articlesOpen House
5 bis rue de Verneuil: The Gainsbourg House Finally Opens
Open House
Villa Planchart: Gio Ponti's Hidden Masterpiece in Caracas
Open House
Maison Louis Carré: Alvar Aalto's Only Building in France
Open House
The Palais Bulles: the house without a single right angle
Open House
Casa Mollino, Turin: the secret flat where no one ever lived
Open House
La Cité Radieuse, Marseille: Le Corbusier's Vertical Village
Open House
The Eames House (Case Study #8), Los Angeles
Open House
Villa Cavrois (Mallet-Stevens): A Modern Château
Open House
E-1027, Eileen Gray's house at Cap-Martin
Open House
Villa Malaparte, Capri: Red on the Cliff
Open House
Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan: Rationalist Luxury
Open House
Pierre Chareau's Maison de Verre, 1932
Open House
The Houses of Luis Barragán in Mexico City: Colour as Architecture
Open House
The age of the collected interior
Open House
The desk as a world, with an illustrator in the eleventh
Open House
A bookseller from rue de Bretagne, in ten objects
Paris Design Week 2026
08 · The OFF · 37 articlesThe OFF
Plegat & Joubin: an architecture studio signs its first collection
The OFF
Andrée Putman invented the re-edition. Her studio still lives by it
The OFF
Pendhapa gathers artisans from around the world in an apartment
The OFF
Hélène Nepomiatzi Sets Her Leather in a Jeweller's Studio
The OFF
The OFF, on pause: what you can buy, what gets reissued, what exists only once
The OFF
Estel: a patented folding door, and a table designed by Niemeyer
The OFF
Toulemonde Bochart: drawn in Paris, knotted in India and Nepal
The OFF
Hanne's Bedroom: The 1961 Room That Baffled Denmark
The OFF
NV Gallery: ten years, seven hundred square metres, and a question of price
The OFF
Marie Daâge: Nothing Exists Until It Is Ordered
The OFF
Sèvres and Patrick Jouin: Light in Biscuit Porcelain
The OFF
Frette: Linen Woven on Jacquard Looms Since 1860
The OFF
Colefax and Fowler: the yellow room that fixed the English style
The OFF
Arrogant Verneuil: a shop out front, a gallery at the back, and they live in between
The OFF
Counterpoint: Anthony Guerrée Moves Among Bourdelle's Plasters
The OFFSUPERSTARS: A Luminous Collection Made by Fourteen Hands
The OFF
SUPERSTARS: A Luminous Collection Made by Fourteen Hands
The OFF
The Shape of Use: What If the Shelf Turned, What If the Cutlery Were Giant
The OFF
Source Paris: what if a Paris souvenir were actually made in Paris?
The OFF
École Bleue: eight months of research, and nobody is selling anything
The OFF
Alex de Rouvray: his furniture is named after his street
The OFF
Everything Is in Order: the Swedish Institute Puts Swedish Good Taste to the Test
The OFF
Tramonto: Stone, from Waste to Wall Light
The OFF
Posthuman: some thirty wearable objects on avenue Victoria
The OFF
Window: made-to-measure curtains, and a textile valley still holding on
The OFF
The JAD at Avril: Fifteen Makers Who Want to Be Copied
The OFF
Volt Face: studio 5•5 designs furniture starting from light switches and sockets
The OFF
Anankè: A Smoking Menhir in Victor Hugo's Courtyard
The OFF
Polaris: ECAL Asks Helinox to Rethink Light
The OFF
Le Corbusier's Two Parisian Houses, Ten Years On from UNESCO
The OFF
Take One Just In Case: Trinkets Drawn from the Bazaar
The OFF
Galerie BSL: Collectible Design in Its Organic Register
The OFF
The Grand Bouquet: Uchronia Grows a Flower in the Grand Palais Rotunda
The OFF
Savoir Faire Savoir: two weavers open the Galeries Lafayette archives
The OFF
Design Week Lagos: Seven Nigerian Designers on Rue de Turenne
The OFF
DePliable: the piece of furniture that changes trade when you unfold its leg
The OFF
Ateliers J&J: tubular steel, and an exhibition called Botch
The OFF
Paris Design Week 2026: Where to Go, What to See
Understanding a trend
09 · Decode · 33 articlesDecodeOpen the Image: Design Is the Last Anonymous Visual Culture
Decode
Open the Image: Design Is the Last Anonymous Visual Culture
Decode
KONSTRUNDA: IKEA Sells Art from €19.99
Decode
Zaha Hadid: The Curve That Bent Architecture
Decode
La DoubleJ Casa: the Italian maximalism on its way
Decode
Renzo Mongiardino: the decorators' decorator
Decode
Kave Home: Mediterranean Design at a Fair Price
Decode
The Berber Throw and the Fouta: From the Loom to the Sofa
Decode
Gubi: The Most Talked-About Name
Decode
The Modernist Lairs of James Bond's Villains
Decode
The Forgotten Italian Women: Aulenti, Crespi, Bo Bardi
Decode
Cassina: why the brand is worth €4bn on €380m of revenue
Decode
Zellige: Why No Two Tiles Are Alike
Decode
Jean Royère & the Ours Polaire: the most copied sofa in Paris
Decode
Flagships: The Shop as the New Design Museum
Decode
Selency: How to Buy Without Getting It Wrong
Decode
Yanagi's Butterfly Stool: the West folded the Japanese way
Decode
Madeleine Castaing: The Antique Dealer Who Invented a Style
Decode
Saarinen's TWA Terminal: An Airport Turned Pilgrimage
Decode
The Chandigarh Chair: How Jeanneret Furnished a City
Decode
Charlotte Perriand: How to Recognise Her Pieces
Decode
The Set Is a Character: Design in Four Films
Decode
The future of interiors shopping begins with a screenshot
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Decode
The Gap Between Inspiration and Purchase
Decode
Decoration as Aesthetic Fantasy
Decode
The Return of the Ugly Object
Decode
You don't want vintage. You want proof of taste.
Decode
How feeds rewired our sense of taste
Decode
The Beyit Index — Vol. 01
Decode
The end of the silent-luxury era
Decode
The Italian Seventies: Chrome, Smoked Glass, Warm Light
Decode
The new luxury is no longer expensive. It is simply illegible.
Decode
Interior scents, the social marker of 2026 décor
Decode
Smoked glass is dead. Clear glass is back.
Culture, cities, objects
10 · The Notebook · 18 articlesThe NotebookThe Beyit scan, explained: one photo, every piece named, four prices
The Notebook
The Beyit scan, explained: one photo, every piece named, four prices
The NotebookThe Beyit personal shopper, explained: describe the piece, we find it
The Notebook
The Beyit personal shopper, explained: describe the piece, we find it
The NotebookThe Room Designer, explained: your room, refurnished and priced
The Notebook
The Room Designer, explained: your room, refurnished and priced
The NotebookThe Beyit iPhone app, explained: point at a piece, it has a name and an address
The Notebook
The Beyit iPhone app, explained: point at a piece, it has a name and an address
The NotebookThe Beyit Chrome extension, explained: right-click any image
The Notebook
The Beyit Chrome extension, explained: right-click any image
The NotebookThe Beyit Ateliers, explained: buying a piece from the hand that made it
The Notebook
The Beyit Ateliers, explained: buying a piece from the hand that made it
The Notebook
Naples: the city, its workshops, its colours
The Notebook
Beirut: Lebanese design goes abroad
The Notebook
Athens: The Rising Greek Design Scene
The Notebook
Antwerp & Vervoordt: the Belgian school of wabi-sabi
The Notebook
Buying Vintage in Italy: Selency Italia, Mercatini, Markets
The Notebook
Milan Beyond the Salone: Dimore, Nilufar, the Addresses No One Shows You
The Notebook
Marrakech, Capital of Mediterranean Brutalism
The Notebook
Mexico City, Beyond Barragán: The New Guard
The Notebook
Beyit Selection — Issue #1, June 2026
The Notebook
David Zwirner, the Bernstein Collection
The Notebook
Officine Universelle Buly, rue Bonaparte
The Notebook
Galerie Patrick Seguin, rue de Charonne
Places
11 · Stroll · 7 articlesStroll
Southern Flea Markets: From Avignon to Italy
Stroll
Drouot for Beginners: How to Bid Without Getting Burned
Stroll
The Five Galleries That Make the French Design Market
Stroll
Tongeren on a Sunday: Europe's Largest Antiques Market
Stroll
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, the Venice of Antique Dealers
Stroll
Saint-Ouen flea market, allée Paul Bert
Stroll
Vanves flea market, a Sunday morning
Craft and materials
12 · The Workshop · 28 articlesNot the brand that weighs the most — the hand that counts. Here we follow the small workshops, the stubborn makers and the independent signatures: the ones who make eight pieces, never identical, rather than eight thousand all the same.
The whole sectionThe Workshop
The Wall Light: Five Icons That Replace a Table Lamp
The Workshop
Vintage Chandeliers: 1960s, Art Deco, Mother-of-Pearl — the Buying Guide
The Workshop
Trapezoid and vertical blinds: the two forgotten formats that solve the hard cases
The Workshop
Atelier Monochrome: grey and white porcelain from rue de Verneuil
The Workshop
Gonzalo Bascuñan, Milan: lamps in balance, and columns of carded cotton
The Workshop
Pied Carré: the Parabole lamp, a stoneware bowl on a steel easel
The Workshop
Kajsa Willner, Malmö: a pewter ear, and shelves like puddles
The Workshop
Architectural Appetite, Brussels: lamps made of salvaged steel ducts and washi paper
The Workshop
Mac Makes Pots, Rome: mirrors framed in maiolica with lemons and oranges
The Workshop
Designer Office Chairs: The Icons and What They Fetch
The Workshop
Cane and Rattan: What Lies Behind Two Muddled Words
The Workshop
Velvet and Mohair: The Fabrics That Make Vintage Sofas
The Workshop
The Return of the Halogen Floor Lamp
The Workshop
The Secretary Desk: From 1960s Scandinavian to the Antique Model
The Workshop
Solid oak or veneer: the ten-second test
The Workshop
Travertine: Why the Roman Stone Is Everywhere (and How to Choose It)
The Workshop
Toile de Jouy: From Oberkampf to the Bedrooms of Today
The Workshop
Real marble or composite: veins, cold, weight — the three tests
The Workshop
Bed in 140, 160 or 180: which size to really choose
The Workshop
Terrazzo: From the Venetian Palazzo to the Tabletop, a Grand Return
The Workshop
The Extending Table: Choosing Well, from Mechanism to Top
The Workshop
Inside a Tapestry Weaver's Workshop: The Tapestry of Aubusson
The Workshop
A Murano Glassmaker: A Walk Through the Workshop
The Workshop
In a Cabinetmaker's Workshop
The Workshop
In the Studio of Yukiko Noritake
The Workshop
In a Painter's Studio: Colour as Matter
The Workshop
Atelier Eric Schmitt: bronze as a living material
The Workshop