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What’s in the air this month

Salone Ranger • Why schlep to Milan for this year’s international furniture fair when David Lipton has done all the legwork to home in on some of the highlights?

Square Routes • If you’ve said ‘pass’ to picking new tiles, stop offering token resistance and put on your game face. Whether aiming to capture delft sea creatures, bright glass oblongs or a mother-of-pearl panel, it’s time to jump on board. Miranda Sinclair shows the direction of play. Photography: Neil Mersh

Viscous Circle • The role of bees in global ecology has been so strongly emphasised that there’s been less of a buzz about their direct impact on our nutrition. Runny or set, on toast, porridge or yoghurt, honey is a one-stop pot to floral or bosky sweetness – but it also pairs fabulously well with salads and cheese. Daisy Garnett is just swarming with ideas.

Nectar Points • What’s sweet and stick-y? Why, a honey dipper or drizzler, obviously. Rose Eaglesfield has been a busy little bee combing through some of the cutest

Shard Secrets

Turn on, Tune in, Walk up

The Upper East Snide • A withering comment never too far from his lips, suave Michael Greer brought a certain sting to the Waspy world of New York decoration in the 1950s and 60s. The man himself is largely forgotten except by the old guard these days, yet the haughty opinions and interiors he aired in the pages of Inside Design remain relevant and memorable – if not always for the right reasons, says Mitchell Owens

Movable Feats

Lion’s Share

Network • Clare Holley chooses the best merchandise and events worldwide

Kook’s Perks • Off beat accessories are the magic ingredient in a kitchen, adding a spirit-lifting flavour to proceedings. David Lipton is feeling counter intuitive

The Big Turn On • Swipe right for easy-on-the-eye cookers, fridges and washers that will all do the job – quite beautifully. Rose Eaglesfield makes the connections

The Specials Hoard • Would madam care for a French classic full of the flavour of jazz-age Paris? Or perhaps your palate leans towards kitschy illustrations of raw meat and schnitzel from 1950s Mittel Europe. Whatever it is that tickles your tastebuds, there’s an old menu out there for you. Jim Heimann, the design connoisseur behind a new book on the subject, lays on quite a smörgåsbord

Waste Not, Want Not • What’s old is new again at VitrA. The brand, already renowned for its thoughtfully designed bathroom products, now launches its newest and perhaps most impactful creation: a washbasin composed of 100 per cent recycled ceramic. This is not just a first for VitrA: it is the first in the world, marking an impressive and necessary change in the way our homes are designed

Cabinets Reshuffle

A Groom of One’s Own • Bathrooms, like their occupants, scrub up really rather well with the right finishing touches, whether it’s a divinely scented soap or an indulgently plush towel. Splashing on the cologne and the chrome – as well as other things in between – Gianluca Longo and Rose Eaglesfield do their toilette most decorously.

Faucets of Nature • What does the sound of running water evoke for you? A twilight dip in a lily pond? A melting glacier? A waterfall in a tropical...