Tricia guild

The Designers Guild creative director takes us for a tour of her gloriously colourful London home

In our Home Truths Livingetc podcast series, we chat to Tricia Guild about her career path, offering insight as to how she got to where she is

“White is an incredibly important colour,” Tricia Guild declares. “It brings balance.” This simple statement of chromatic truth may come as a surprise to devoted followers of Designers Guild, the British interior design, furniture and homeware firm that she founded in 1970, best known for its bold,

Interior designer Tricia Guild's stone farmhouse in Tuscany is on the market for £1.65m. Unsurprisingly, it's beautifully decorated.

A decorative collection of floral prints, elaborate embroideries and complex geometrics, all inspired by the Aesthetic Movement’s ideals on garden design.

Describe yourself in a 5 words. Creative, innovative, eclectic, passionate, What inspires you? Where do you get your inspiration from? I am inspired everyday by the world around me …

Challenging the concept of what is ‘modern’, in her new book, Tricia Guild OBE explores the design process behind her London and Italian homes

Tricia Guild, designer, founder and creative director of Designers Guild, offers advice on boldly combining coloured fabric, wallpaper and paint.

Source: Livingetc December 2011