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The Who’s Who of Collectible Design – from gallerists and auctioneers, to designers and craftspeople.

Virginia Leonard by Emma Crichton-Miller

Virginia Leonard: The New Zealand-based ceramicist talks to TDE about how she moved from canvas to clay, and how her work gives a voice to trauma and chronic pain.

Jacqueline Surdell by TDE Editorial Team

Jacqueline Surdell: Inspired by the grids of Chicago, Catholic altars, the steel mills of Hegewisch and her career in volleyball, the artist weaves rope into huge textile works.

Wesley Sacardi by Adrian Madlener

Wesley Sacardi: "I was looking for a way out of my career in advertising and a way to revive the creative spirit I had fostered as a child – I wanted to work with my hands again."

David Alhadeff by Osman Can Yerebakan

David Alhadeff: As Frieze Los Angeles kicks off, the founder of The Future Perfect opens the latest Casa Perfect iteration in the Santa Monica mountains.

Driaan Claassen by Adrian Madlener

Driaan Claassen: Mapping the subconscious through materials - TDE interviews the South African designer whose work is on show this week at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair.

James Zemaitis by Adrian Madlener

James Zemaitis: Twenty years ago he was organising some of the first modern design auctions. Many of those iconic pieces have soared in value since – Zemaitis shares his insights.

Jeff Martin by Brecht Wright Gander

Jeff Martin: Brecht Wright-Gander in deep conversation with the Canadian designer about his work with wood, glass, stone, bronze, concrete – and now ceramics.

Collectors’ Confessions by TDE Editorial Team

Collectors' Confessions: TDE asks six experts to reveal their hard-won secret tips for starting a collection.

Misha Kahn by Adrian Madlener

Misha Kahn: As the enfant terrible of American design opens his first solo show in Shanghai, TDE revisits an interview published in our first print edition.

Obituary / Virgil Abloh by Anna Sansom

Obituary / Virgil Abloh: A tribute to the creative polymath who united the fields of art, fashion, music and design.

Wava Carpenter by Sophie Hastings

Wava Carpenter: The new curatorial director of Design Miami/ is fizzing with vision, ambition and determination. Sophie Hastings met her in April, as she took up her post.

Rich Mnisi by Emma Crichton-Miller

Rich Mnisi: "I inherited my bold approach from my ancestors, which is explored through the lens of a queer Xitsonga man living in a modern world."

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