Decorex 2026 turns warm: pattern on pattern, bold burgundy and Coat's most colourful palette yet, image via Houzz

Issue No. 16 · 19 October 2026

THE
EDIT

The design world this week: new cloth, new colour, and the makers worth knowing, gathered by the studio in Ponteland. Curated daily, released weekly, everything sourced.

Georgia Merritt

Designer of the Week

Georgia Merritt

Sculptural furniture · London, UK (showing in Hackney)

Dezeen covered her second solo show, Refrain, on 19 October 2026; it runs at M Kardana, 188A Hackney Road, London, until 31 October 2026.

Georgia Merritt is an emerging designer who completed a gilding apprenticeship in 2020, where she developed the hand-painting technique she now uses to give timber a trompe l'oeil faux marble finish. Refrain brings together five pieces inspired by 18th-century architectural mouldings and musical staves, including the Underscore bench in sapele, a wire-framed floor lamp with a silk organza and gazar shade, and mirrors with black lacquered doors on piano hinges. She describes the work as furniture but equally sculpture, and says its identity may shift depending on where it is placed.

Gallery WhitewashPiano LacquerGazar IvoryGlass Edge Green

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This week, in three

What caught our eye

Benjamin Moore names Webster Green HC-130 its 2027 Colour of the Year, image via Wallpaper*

ColourBenjamin Moore names Webster Green HC-130 its 2027 Colour of the Year

Box 9 clads a Soho Turkish grill restaurant in brick made from recycled construction waste, image via Dezeen

Talking pointBox 9 clads a Soho Turkish grill restaurant in brick made from recycled construction waste

Vikram Goyal stages Wings and Tales, a Ramayana-inspired furniture and textile collection, in a Mayfair townhouse, image via Wallpaper*

FurnitureVikram Goyal stages Wings and Tales, a Ramayana-inspired furniture and textile collection, in a Mayfair townhouse

Chapter I · ColourColourOn the paint card

Wallpaper*

Colour · October 2026

Benjamin Moore names Webster Green HC-130 its 2027 Colour of the Year

Benjamin Moore has named Webster Green HC-130 its Colour of the Year for 2027, a green that sits between bright emerald and deep evergreen. It comes with a seven-paint palette, including Shakespeare Tan, Townsend Harbor Brown and Antique Copper.

From the studio

A deep green with warm neutrals beside it is an easy way to make a library, boot room or run of joinery feel settled. Ring us before you set your heart on it, as colour always changes with the light in your own rooms.

Webster GreenEvergreen StudyShakespeare TanHarbor MochaAntique Copper

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Chapter II · LightingLightMade to glow

Wallpaper*

Lighting · October 2026

Louis Poulsen reissues Poul Henningsen's clef-shaped PH Piano lamp for one season only

Poul Henningsen drew the PH Piano table lamp in 1931 and it has not been made since the late 1930s. This reissue has an aged brass frame, a dark brown fabric cord and three mouth-blown opal glass shades in dusty terracotta, and it is on sale from 1 October to 31 December 2026 at £1180.

From the studio

A lamp with real character for a desk or a sideboard, and the warm terracotta glass is lovely in the evening. It is only around until the end of the year, so ring us soon if you are tempted.

Aged BrassDusty TerracottaOpal MilkCord BrownSand-blast White

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Wallpaper* Lighting

Michael Anastassiades hands his lighting catalogue to Flos after closing his own brand

Michael Anastassiades closed his own lighting brand earlier this year, and several of his best-known pieces, among them Frame, Tip of the Tongue and Relay, now move to Flos, who take on manufacture and distribution. They sit alongside his long-standing Flos classics, the IC series and the Coordinates chandelier.

From the studio

Good news if you have had one of his designs on a wish list, as they stay available under a bigger roof. Simple, sculptural lights like these earn their place in a hallway or over a dining table.

Wallpaper* Ask us

Chapter III · FurnitureFormPieces with a spineRead the chapter

Wallpaper*

Furniture · October 2026

Vikram Goyal stages Wings and Tales, a Ramayana-inspired furniture and textile collection, in a Mayfair townhouse

Vikram Goyal's Wings and Tales is a collection of furniture and textiles inspired by the Ramayana, shown in a Georgian townhouse on Grafton Street in Mayfair and staged as a baithak, a formal Indian drawing room. It is worked in hand-embroidered silk, velvet and brocade, repoussé brass and silver, and mother-of-pearl. The show closed on 16 October.

From the studio

Heavily worked metal and rich cloth look at their best against pale, quiet walls, and that is a lesson for any panelled room. One strong piece is plenty.

Panelled PlasterRepoussé BrassRamayana EmeraldBurnt MarigoldVelvet Oxblood

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Chapter IV · Talking pointTalkWhat the trade is saying

Houzz

Trend · October 2026

Decorex 2026 turns warm: pattern on pattern, bold burgundy and Coat's most colourful palette yet

Houzz went round London's Decorex at Olympia in October and found a warm, layered show. Pattern was piled on pattern, burgundy and oxblood turned up on silk wallcovering, tile and paint, and Coat announced its most colourful palette yet, launching on 3 November.

From the studio

Burgundy is an easy colour to try on a single wall or a pair of curtains before committing a whole room. Ring us if you would like to see how it sits against your own light.

Oxblood SilkBordeaux JacquardPetrol ProteaBurnt Orange FerneryParchment

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Dezeen Talking point

Box 9 clads a Soho Turkish grill restaurant in brick made from recycled construction waste

Box 9 has joined two former units on a Soho corner into Kid, a modern Turkish mangal grill restaurant. Almost every surface, from the central grill to the wine room, is clad in Kenoteq K-Briq, a brick made from at least 90 per cent recycled construction and demolition waste. The studio says it needs no firing and releases a tenth of the carbon of a traditional brick.

From the studio

A reminder that one honest material, used everywhere, can calm a busy room and still feel warm. If you are weighing brick slips for a kitchen or snug, ring us and we will talk through what suits your house.

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Dezeen Trend

Objects with Narratives shows collectible design that looks "found rather than fabricated" at PAD London

The Brussels gallery Objects with Narratives showed What Remains? at PAD London, a group of textured pieces with patinated surfaces that look found rather than fabricated. Highlights include Ben Storms's Ex Hale coffee table in Mexican onyx and Paul Cocksedge's Critical Mass shelf in Corten steel.

From the studio

Weathered, tactile surfaces warm a room up in a way that polished ones rarely do. Think one patinated piece against plaster and timber.

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Dezeen Talking point

Dutch Design Week 2026 takes "raw" as its theme, with Teun Zwets showing fifty new chair designs

Dutch Design Week runs in Eindhoven from 17 to 25 October with a theme of raw. Dezeen's ten picks include aluminium offcut products by 14 designers, almost 100 collectible furniture pieces in Forward Furniture, and Teun Zwets showing fifty new chair designs.

From the studio

Visible making and honest materials are heading for the showrooms. It is worth keeping an eye on if a client likes furniture that shows how it was built.

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