Decodes, interiors, palettes.
A 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.
La Cité Radieuse, Marseille: Le Corbusier's Vertical Village
337 flats, a shopping street on the third floor, a rooftop turned art centre: the 1952 unit is open to visits — and still lived in.
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The board.
Mood Board2 SeptemberDesign Mirrors: The Market, from the Ultrafragola to Adnet's Suns
The mirror has become design's speculative piece. Ultrafragola, Adnet, witch mirrors: what they really fetch, from new to auction.
Mood Board12 JuneThe Memphis Revival: What Returns, What Stays
Sotheby's Paris, April 2026: a Sottsass Casablanca sideboard sells for €84,000 against a €22,000 estimate. The Memphis revival is official. But which Memphis?
Mood Board4 JuneMixing Materials & Textures — Why Interiors Copy Fashion
Fashion's four-material rule applied to interiors. Three combinations that work, three mistakes that kill a mix, and a fashion-to-decor lag shrinking from six seasons to two.
Mood Board30 MayBeyit Color of the Season — Spring 2026: Walnut Stain
Of the five thousand interiors scanned in April 2026, one shade appears eight times out of ten: walnut stain. Its formula, five wall variations, and where to buy it.
Mood Board23 MayThe artist's bouquet, Constance Spry's palette
Crimson roses, withered ivy, ruffled kale, faded mauve lilac. How the English florist of the 1930s still shapes the finest bouquets of 2026.
Mood Board16 MayThe Cy Twombly palette at Gaeta
Rust. Painter's grey. Sun-baked beige. Cement.
The scan.
The Scan1 SeptemberCamaleonda: Bellini's Sofa and the Invasion of the Clouds
The 1970 modular, reissued by B&B Italia in 2020, against the generic cloud sofas. What makes a real module, and the prices of both worlds.
The Scan30 AugustEgg Chair: Jacobsen's Shell and Its Replicas
Sculpted in 1958 for the SAS Royal Hotel, produced by Fritz Hansen. Mechanism, stitching, base: where the replicas give themselves away.
The Scan28 AugustSaarinen's Tulip Table: the Knoll original and its imitations
A cast-aluminium base, a marble top: the 1957 table against the imitations that wobble. The details that never lie.
The Scan26 AugustUSM or IKEA: the modular face-off
Haller on one side, Kallax and Besta on the other. Price, modularity, lifespan, resale: what each system actually does, without scorn or fetish.
The Scan24 AugustWishbone CH24: the Wegner and its copies, down to the detail
120 metres of hand-woven cord, a Y of solid wood. What sets Carl Hansen & Søn's CH24 apart from the €150 copies.
The Scan22 AugustPanthella: the real Louis Poulsen and the tide of mushrooms
Verner Panton's 1971 mushroom, reissued in three sizes. How to tell a Panthella from a generic £40 mushroom lamp.
The Scan20 AugustBarcelona Chair: telling the Knoll edition from the replicas
Designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1929, made by Knoll. Frame, tufting, straps: the details that separate the edition from £600 replicas.
The Scan18 AugustPanton Chair: the real Vitra against the copies
The first single-piece plastic chair, designed by Verner Panton. Gloss, spring, a signature beneath the seat: how to tell a Vitra Panton from an €80 copy, and what the vintage is worth.
The Scan16 AugustSecond-hand USM Haller: values, prices, pitfalls
The Swiss modular system loses almost nothing on resale. What a used configuration is really worth, and what to check before buying.
The Scan12 AugustMid-century: Italian, Scandinavian, French, American — the tells
Everyone says "mid-century". But each school has its signatures. A guide to spotting a piece's origin at a glance.
The Scan9 AugustTolix A56: the French industrial chair and its imitations
The sheet-steel chair, 1956. Telling a real French-made Tolix — its folds, its galva, its stamp — from the bistro copies.
The Scan5 AugustEames DSW: the real chair and all its copies
The moulded shell on wooden legs, 1950. Telling a true DSW (Vitra/Herman Miller) — shell, fixings, base — from the countless dupes.
The Scan1 AugustReal Brass vs Fake: Colour, Weight, Patina
Brass is everywhere — and so is painted gold. Three simple tests to tell solid metal from plating that will flake within a year.
The Scan31 JulySoriana, Mah Jong: the Italian modulars and their counterparts
The plush modular sofas (Cassina, Roche Bobois) that defined 70s comfort — and where to find the same ease, from the real thing to the dupe.
The Scan27 JulyThe Togo Sofa: the icon, its dupes, and should you buy one in 2026?
Ligne Roset's frameless sofa (1973) is everywhere — and everywhere copied. How to spot a real Togo, and the real question worth asking.
The Scan23 JulyPH5 / Louis Poulsen: the original and its replicas
The glare-free Danish pendant, 1958. How to tell a genuine Louis Poulsen PH5 — shade tiers, finish, marking.
The Scan21 JulyDating Furniture by Its Screws and Joinery
Slotted screws, dovetails, tool marks: the clues that reveal a piece's true age — and unmask the fakes.
The Scan18 JulyThe Wassily Chair (Breuer B3): Knoll vs Reissue vs Dupe
The first tubular-steel chair, 1925. Telling a real Knoll Wassily — tube, leather, marking — from the copies.
The Scan13 JulyPanton Chair: the £33 copy versus the Vitra
The first single-piece plastic chair. How to tell a real Panton (Vitra) — material, finish, marking — from the £33 dupes.
The Scan9 JulyReading a Maker's Mark: Knoll, Thonet, Cassina
Where to look, what to decode. A guide to the stamps, labels and numbers that separate a true edition from a copy.
The Scan8 JulyPipistrello Lamp (Gae Aulenti): The Real Thing vs. the Replicas
The 1965 telescopic lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce. Spotting a real one — base, diffuser, markings — against the dupes.
The Scan3 JulyArco lamp: real Flos or replica? The 10-second base test
The world's most copied arched floor lamp. Carrara marble, steel, the hole in the base: the differences that matter, what a vintage one is worth, and what a €200 replica hides.
The Scan30 JuneMaisons du Monde: the 'educational dupes' worth buying
The chain copies design icons on the cheap. Which are honest gateways to real taste — and which to avoid.
The Scan28 JuneThe LC4 Chaise Longue: the Cassina original versus its imitations
The 1928 “adjustable chaise longue” is copied everywhere. How to spot a real LC4 — the stamp, the chrome, the cradle.
The Scan26 JuneHow to Spot a Real Murano in 30 Seconds
The weight, the bubble, the pontil. Five reflexes to tell authentic Murano from an industrial copy — in a shop, at a flea market, or in a photo.
The Scan22 JuneKallax alternatives: 6 design storage systems that outclass it (+ a smart upgrade)
Europe's best-selling cube has better heirs. Six storage systems from budget to high-end — and how to upgrade the Kallax you already own for the price of a dinner.
The Scan20 JuneWestwing: 8 Alternatives, Category by Category
The flash-sale décor club has a very recognisable taste. Category by category, here is where to find the same look — often cheaper, sometimes better.
The Scan15 JuneUSM Haller: dupe or real? The details that give a copy away — and 5 alternatives
A real one trades at €800-4,000, dupes sell for €300. Balls, tubes, colours: the details that never lie — and five alternatives worth the detour, from budget to design.
The Scan11 JuneCamaleonda: why it's everywhere
400,000 Pinterest saves. 72 Instagram posts a day. Eleven reissues and copies. Mario Bellini's 1970 sofa is the most reproduced object of contemporary furniture.
The Scan10 JuneThe Most Searched Furniture Styles — June 2026
Mediterranean Brutalism +340%, Italian Modernism Warm +280%, Memphis Revival +180%. And japandi down 40%. The ten styles climbing this month.
The Scan2 JuneSeen Everywhere: the opaline-glass mushroom lamp
Sixty-three interiors out of two hundred published in AD, Cabana and The World of Interiors between January and May 2026. But which mushroom, exactly — and how to tell them apart.
The Scan27 MayInternet's Favourite Chair — May 2026: Marcel Breuer's Cesca
Three hundred and ninety-two thousand pins this month, seventy-eight posts a day. May 2026's chair is the Cesca — drawn in 1928, copied since 1932.
The Scan18 MayPeter Krauskopf's Studio, Berlin
The studio of a German painter who redefined monochrome colour — decoded in twelve pigments.
The Scan11 MayCasa de Vidro, Lina Bo Bardi
Living inside a tropical glass cube in São Paulo since 1951. A reading in twelve objects.
Reading design.
Decode17 AugustKONSTRUNDA: IKEA Sells Art from €19.99
Twenty-two objects, seven makers, mouth-blown glass and pine sculptures: KONSTRUNDA lands in stores on 1 September. What it changes, and what it doesn't replace.
Decode15 AugustZaha Hadid: The Curve That Bent Architecture
From drawings deemed unbuildable to wave-like buildings across the world. How Zaha Hadid imposed fluidity — and what she left to object design.
Decode14 AugustLa DoubleJ Casa: the Italian maximalism on its way
Vintage prints, explosive colour, tableware that never apologises: J.J. Martin's brand embodies the unabashed return of joyful decoration.
Decode11 AugustRenzo Mongiardino: the decorators' decorator
Trompe-l'œil, textiles, theatricality: the Italian master who redefined interiors as a total art. Absolute anti-minimalism.
Decode5 AugustKave Home: Mediterranean Design at a Fair Price
From a family workshop in Girona to an omnipresent brand: in-house studio, FSC wood, direct prices. Why Kave Home became the middle ground.
Decode4 AugustThe Berber Throw and the Fouta: From the Loom to the Sofa
Atlas wool, Tunisian cotton, hand-weaving: the story of North African textiles turned essentials — and how to spot the real thing.
Decode3 AugustGubi: The Most Talked-About Name
The Danish editor reviving forgotten designers (Paavo Tynell, Greta Grossman) and setting a mid-century glamour. Why Gubi is everywhere.
Decode30 JulyThe Modernist Lairs of James Bond's Villains
Why do Bond's villains always live in masterpieces of modern architecture? Design as the language of power on screen.
Decode29 JulyThe Forgotten Italian Women: Aulenti, Crespi, Bo Bardi
Italian design tells itself in the masculine. Yet women signed its icons. A portrait of those long erased.
Decode22 JulyCassina: why the brand is worth €4bn on €380m of revenue
The Italian editor holding the rights to Le Corbusier, Perriand, Magistretti. How a furniture brand comes to be worth ten times its turnover.
Decode19 JulyZellige: Why No Two Tiles Are Alike
Earth, water, fire, hand. The Moroccan tile that conquered the world — and how to tell true zellige from its lookalike.
Decode16 JulyJean Royère & the Ours Polaire: the most copied sofa in Paris
Soft curves, bolster arms, velvet: Jean Royère's Ours Polaire sofa has become the grail — and the most reproduced.
Decode15 JulyFlagships: The Shop as the New Design Museum
Aesop, Hermès, Bottega: brands hire star architects and every shop becomes a reference. Retail has replaced the gallery.
Decode10 JulySelency: How to Buy Without Getting It Wrong
Europe's largest online flea market. How to hunt smart, vet a seller, haggle, and spot the real find.
Decode7 JulyYanagi's Butterfly Stool: the West folded the Japanese way
Two sheets of plywood, one brass rod, 1954. How Sori Yanagi reconciled Japanese craft with industrial production.
Decode5 JulyMadeleine Castaing: The Antique Dealer Who Invented a Style
Castaing blue, leopard, neo-Greek, painted climbing plants: the decorator who invented a grammar copied to this day.
Decode2 JulySaarinen's TWA Terminal: An Airport Turned Pilgrimage
1962, JFK. Eero Saarinen sculpts a terminal like a concrete bird. Sixty years on, it's a hotel — and a shrine to design.
Decode24 JuneThe Chandigarh Chair: How Jeanneret Furnished a City
Teak, cane, V-shaped legs. How chairs Pierre Jeanneret drew for an entire Indian city left the offices for Drouot — and how to spot a real one.
Decode23 JuneCharlotte Perriand: How to Recognise Her Pieces
Beyond the name: how to identify a true Perriand. The co-signed LC chairs, the Maison du Mexique bookcase, the Ombre chair, the Méribel pieces — and the stamps that authenticate.
Decode19 JuneThe Set Is a Character: Design in Four Films
Four interiors that share nothing in common, and the same lesson about what a room reveals.
Decode13 JuneThe future of interiors shopping begins with a screenshot
You see a living room in AD. You take a screenshot. Twenty seconds later, you know. You can buy. This is the future of interiors shopping — and the close of our twenty-day series.
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Decode9 JuneThe Gap Between Inspiration and Purchase
Pinterest 2026: the average interiors user hoards 4,230 pins for a 0.3% purchase rate. Three buys per thousand saves. That gap defines the market.
Decode8 JuneDecoration as Aesthetic Fantasy
38% of Beyit subscribers have never clicked a shopping link. Not out of thrift — by choice. Interiors are becoming what fashion became twenty years ago.
Decode6 JuneThe Return of the Ugly Object
March 2026, Drouot. A cracked, mended Chinese vase sells for €4,800 against a €600 estimate. A decorator's verdict: 'exactly what I needed — the ugly object'.
Decode3 JuneYou don't want vintage. You want proof of taste.
Only 12% of vintage buyers cite sustainability. Sixty-seven percent want a piece no one else owns. Vintage is no longer green. It is status.
Decode1 JuneHow feeds rewired our sense of taste
74% of under-35s say their decor taste was shaped on Instagram and Pinterest. 11% credit their parents. For the first time, taste travels sideways.
Decode31 MayThe Beyit Index — Vol. 01
The first quarterly ranking of interiors online. The obsession of the quarter, the top 10 brands, the top 10 objects, and what's out. Q2 2026, seen from Beyit.
Decode28 MayThe end of the silent-luxury era
Five years of quiet luxury produced interchangeable interiors. What's coming back instead: saturated colour, the signed piece, the room that says its name.
Decode26 MayThe Italian Seventies: Chrome, Smoked Glass, Warm Light
Why the Sciolari, Aulenti, Scarpa and Mangiarotti moment is returning in 2026 — and how to tell real Murano from Chinese smoked glass at a glance.
Decode25 MayThe new luxury is no longer expensive. It is simply illegible.
The old luxury wore a logo and a price tag. The new one wears objects nobody can name — decoded in five pieces.
Decode21 MayInterior scents, the social marker of 2026 décor
Why the same living room no longer smells the same at the neighbour's. And who decides what is still acceptable.
Decode14 MaySmoked glass is dead. Clear glass is back.
What happened between the two. And who's benefiting.
The notebook.
The Notebook13 AugustNaples: the city, its workshops, its colours
Coral, majolica, wrought iron, Tyrrhenian light: Naples cultivates a raw, flamboyant art of living that décor is rediscovering.
The Notebook6 AugustBeirut: Lebanese design goes abroad
Nada Debs, Carwan Gallery, marquetry reimagined: against all odds, Beirut makes some of the most refined design in the Middle East.
The Notebook28 JulyAthens: The Rising Greek Design Scene
Marble, concrete, Aegean blue, island craft: Athens is becoming a design capital. The galleries, studios and hotels reinventing Greek luxury.
The Notebook20 JulyAntwerp & Vervoordt: the Belgian school of wabi-sabi
Before global wabi-sabi there was Axel Vervoordt in Antwerp. Raw materials, patinas, inhabited emptiness: the Belgian grammar that shaped everything.
The Notebook17 JulyBuying Vintage in Italy: Selency Italia, Mercatini, Markets
Italy is full of underrated design. Where to hunt — markets, mercatini, platforms — and how to take a piece home without missteps.
The Notebook11 JulyMilan Beyond the Salone: Dimore, Nilufar, the Addresses No One Shows You
Beyond April's fair, Milan rewards the year-round visitor: collectible design galleries, discreet showrooms, manifesto flats.
The Notebook1 JulyMarrakech, Capital of Mediterranean Brutalism
Raw earth, tinted concrete, bare lines: the Marrakech design scene has become the reference for warm brutalism. Studio KO, reinvented riads, artisans.
The Notebook21 JuneMexico City, Beyond Barragán: The New Guard
Pedro Reyes, Carla Fernández, a scene of galleries and workshops between Roma and Juárez. Mexico City has become a design capital.
The Notebook7 JuneBeyit Selection — Issue #1, June 2026
Ten pieces hand-picked this month, vintage or new, with the exact price and the case for buying now. Theme: insider objects.
The Notebook29 MayDavid Zwirner, the Bernstein Collection
The private collection of Joel and Carole Bernstein — fifty years of postwar American art, never shown, open to the public in New York until 21 June.
The Notebook22 MayOfficine Universelle Buly, rue Bonaparte
A perfumery opened in 1803, closed in 1956, brought back in 2014. How Ramdane Touhami rebuilt the most truthful apothecary in Paris.
The Notebook15 MayGalerie Patrick Seguin, rue de Charonne
How to read a genuine Prouvé in thirty seconds.
Their homes.
Open House10 AugustThe Eames House (Case Study #8), Los Angeles
A meccano house of steel and colour, 1949. How Charles and Ray Eames invented joyful modern living in a single home.
Open House2 AugustVilla Cavrois (Mallet-Stevens): A Modern Château
Near Lille, a 1932 modernist manifesto: yellow brick, pure lines, built-in furniture. Robert Mallet-Stevens's total house.
Open House24 JulyE-1027, Eileen Gray's house at Cap-Martin
The modernist villa facing the Mediterranean, and the quarrel with Le Corbusier that nearly erased it. A pioneer at last acknowledged.
Open House14 JulyVilla Malaparte, Capri: Red on the Cliff
A red house set on a rock above the sea, immortalised by Godard in 'Le Mépris'. Architecture as pure gesture.
Open House4 JulyVilla Necchi Campiglio, Milan: Rationalist Luxury
Portaluppi's Milanese house (1930s), star of the film “Io sono l'amore”. Marble, precious woods, a pool — Italian rationalism at its peak.
Open House25 JunePierre Chareau's Maison de Verre, 1932
Behind a courtyard in the 7th arrondissement, an entire house of glass brick and steel. The manifesto that brought clear glass and industrial materials into the home.
Open House16 JuneThe Houses of Luis Barragán in Mexico City: Colour as Architecture
Casa Barragán, Casa Gilardi and its pink wall on water, the stables of Cuadra San Cristóbal. Three places where colour became building matter.
Open House5 JuneThe age of the collected interior
The opposite of the decorated interior. A deliberate mix of periods, prices and cultures that ends up speaking together. Darré, Vervoordt, Coppola.
Open House20 MayThe desk as a world, with an illustrator in the eleventh
A desk is not a piece of furniture. It is a portal into the imagination of whoever sits there — and the place that makes the work possible.
Open House13 MayA bookseller from rue de Bretagne, in ten objects
Thirty-five square metres, no big-name brands, and three Mathieu Matégot pieces found at Emmaüs.
Stroll
Stroll8 AugustSouthern Flea Markets: From Avignon to Italy
A hunting route from the Vaucluse to Liguria: markets, antiques villages and mercatini where design still costs less than in Paris.
Stroll26 JulyDrouot for Beginners: How to Bid Without Getting Burned
Paris's auction temple, demystified. How to read a catalogue, set your limit, spot the piece — and buy clever design.
Stroll6 JulyThe Five Galleries That Make the French Design Market
Downtown, Jousse, Kreo, Chastel-Maréchal, Pascal Cuisinier: the Paris map where real design changes hands, with provenance.
Stroll27 JuneTongeren on a Sunday: Europe's Largest Antiques Market
Belgium's oldest town hides, every Sunday morning, the continent's biggest antiques market. Flemish, industrial and mid-century pieces, far from Paris prices.
Stroll18 JuneL'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, the Venice of Antique Dealers
Three hundred dealers, a river, and Europe's third antiques market after London and Paris. A guide to browsing the Vaucluse without losing your way.
Stroll24 MaySaint-Ouen flea market, allée Paul Bert
Three hours in the most honest aisle of the market. What to see, what to avoid, where to lunch.
Stroll17 MayVanves flea market, a Sunday morning
Five hundred sellers, two boulevards, six hours on foot. How to hunt without getting fleeced.
The hands.
Not 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 Workshop29 AugustTravertine: Why the Roman Stone Is Everywhere (and How to Choose It)
The Colosseum is made of it, and so is your feed. Holes, tones, finishes: understand travertine before you buy a coffee table that costs as much as a sofa.
The Workshop27 AugustToile de Jouy: From Oberkampf to the Bedrooms of Today
Born in 1760 at Jouy-en-Josas, the printed cotton with its pastoral scenes has crossed the centuries. Its story, its codes, and how to use it without pastiche.
The Workshop25 AugustReal marble or composite: veins, cold, weight — the three tests
Half of all "marble tops" aren't. Through-running veins, cold to the touch, weight: three simple checks before you buy.
The Workshop23 AugustBed in 140, 160 or 180: which size to really choose
The 140 saves space, the 160 became the standard, the 180 changes your nights. Room, couple, budget: the real decision grid.
The Workshop21 AugustTerrazzo: From the Venetian Palazzo to the Tabletop, a Grand Return
Marble chips set in cement: terrazzo is six centuries old and resurfacing everywhere. Spotting the real thing, avoiding the printed imitation, choosing well.
The Workshop19 AugustThe Extending Table: Choosing Well, from Mechanism to Top
From six to ten places without spoiling the everyday: butterfly, folding or end leaves, materials, dimensions — what makes a good extending table.
The Workshop7 AugustInside a Tapestry Weaver's Workshop: The Tapestry of Aubusson
Low-warp loom, dyed wools, months of labour: a UNESCO-listed craft returning to contemporary interiors.
The Workshop25 JulyA Murano Glassmaker: A Walk Through the Workshop
1,200 degrees, the blowpipe, the breath. Inside a Murano fornace, how an object is born — and why the real thing is worth its price.
The Workshop12 JulyIn a Cabinetmaker's Workshop
Wood, grain, patience. A visit to a workshop where joints replace screws — and where you relearn what a real piece of furniture is worth.
The Workshop29 JuneIn the Studio of Yukiko Noritake
The Franco-Japanese illustrator, her Paris studio, her palette of earth and foliage. How she composes a drawn interior.
The Workshop17 JuneIn a Painter's Studio: Colour as Matter
Not a swatch chart — a substance. A visit to a studio where colour is ground, scratched, layered, and where one relearns how to look at a wall.
The Workshop19 MayAtelier Eric Schmitt: bronze as a living material
Sculptor and designer, for forty years he has been casting objects that resemble nothing — except themselves.
The Workshop12 MayAstier de Villatte's workshop, rue Saint-Honoré
How three thousand ceramic pieces come out of a Bastille workshop each month — and why they age white.