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Photography courtesy of SICIS, Mosaicist and Jo Thorpe. As both art form and functional design element, mosaic has rarely drifted out of vogue since the Mesopotamians first embedded terracotta cones into the surfaces of pillars a staggering four thou...

March 31, 2010

  Sugarcane was King. Michael Connors' newest photographic odyssey, 'Caribbean Houses: History, Style and Architecture’, documents some of the never-before-seen domestic architecture of the Caribbean. A veteran decorative arts’ scholar and autho...

March 31, 2010

Photography by Isaac Alongi and Carlos Ignacio Morales. Her intuitive 'cool-as-linen' style graces design magazines worldwide with its casual blend of sophisticated comfort and colonial-Caribbean chic. Having made her name breathing fresh life into t...

April 08, 2010

Photography by Dan Christaldi. Furiously coveted by French and British empires, St Lucia - known as ‘Helen of the West Indies’ in reference to the mythical Helen of Troy – seems the perfect setting for La Belle Heléne. Possessing all the pomp...

March 30, 2010

Photography by Christian Gomez and Michael Wilson. How else to explain the unfathomable beauty of their cascading plumage? Invoking similar celestial associations, the spacious 5,575 square foot home – which doubles as a luxury rental when the own...

March 30, 2010

Photography by Bruce Buck, Andreas Kornfeld and Brent Winebrenner. A veteran decorative arts’ scholar and authority on West Indian furniture, Connors’ latest lavishly illustrated tome, examines the venerable houses of the West Indies that remain...

April 01, 2010