Why do you think designer baby/children’s products have gained such prominence in recent years? Family and children have always been at the centre of most people’s lives. Although the economic climate may be tough for some at the moment, parents still want the absolute best they ...

Can you tell us the names and ages of your children?Adele (after Adele Hugo), 13, and Emile (after Emile Zola), eight.How did you get the idea for Tidy Books?I was looking for a bookcase for my daughter and I had in mind what has become the original Tidy Books bookcase but couldn...

featured an interiors scene set up with exactly their signature colours. Pale Cloud, who have a similar palette, exhibited on the Friday in one of the rooms available at the Bella Sky hotel nearby. Another theme focuses on small itsy Liberty prints

of the island, built around a big lagoon-shaped pool. There’s a spa, a children’s club – designed by interiors specialist Linda Barker – an adventure playground, water sports, volleyball, tennis and a fitness centre. There are also hiking trails in the nearby

you can eat, drink and shop. Designed by Conran & Partners with interiors by Michael Sodeau, the 132 modernist-style villas are divided into four areas. If you’re travelling with children, the Garden Houses, at the heart of the resort, are ideal

of the Luxury Family Hotels stable and boasts sumptuous interiors with each room fitted with state-of-the-art baby listening technology. The Ofsted-registered children’s club at The Elms is called the Bears Den and offers a multitude of activities, including

modern interiors. From this hotel, you are on the doorstep of the city centre as well as the stunning Mumbles and Gower coastline with parks and gardens. Activities include sailing, surfing, sea angling, canoeing, rowing and hiking.Visit www

Leitrim Glens. The new self-catering eco-cabins are environmentally friendly in every sense of the word, from the wind turbines that deliver power to the natural paints used on the interiors. Located in Ireland’s Greenbox, the country’s first integrated

. At the other end of the price scale, the seven villas at the Santa Marina hotel in Mykonos are gorgeous, with minimalist interiors, private pools, fully-equipped kitchens and all the amenities of the hotel on site – including a private beach, a children’s pool

principal dancers at the Royal Ballet, and an interiors shoot for Grazia Casa. I have the camera with me every day for snaps and a lot of the snaps get used for clothes or a printed fabric, an idea for a lining or for a bag, or maybe a visual reminder