We were honoured to have been included amongst some of the worlds most exciting flower designers and included in Olivier Dupon’s book – Floral Contemporary: The Renaissance in Flower Design. We spoke to Olivier to find out how he approached researching and writing the book. What was your relationship with flowers before you started on this book?

They represent a wide variety of approaches, from Sophia Webster’s dazzling designs featuring fluoro hues, metallics and whimsical details; through Joanne Stoker’s sculptural pieces with masterfully constructed heels; to Zoe Lee’s restrained, timeless designs in muted palettes. Each designer is introduced with a biography that highlights working practices and key sources of inspiration.

Interview by Philippa Stockley: Olivier Dupon has made a name of himself as a champion of contemporary crafts. Here, he offers advice on commissioning pieces for your home.

An essential compendium, showcasing hundreds of unusual, stylish, whimsical and desirable crafted objects by more than sixty makers. This is the perfect curated resource for discovering unique and beautiful pieces designed and made by talented artisans from around the world. ‘Many of the handmade objects featured, which represent the work of 60 makers from 19 countries, have a new, youthful, almost raw feel to them’ – World of Interiors.

Monumental and modern. Intimate and rustic. Living sculptures. Created by thirty-eight of the world’s most renowned designers, these are flowers as you have never seen them before. Once upon a time, flowers were merely beautiful. Now, they can be breathtaking (Rebecca Louise Law's installation of 7,000 roses strung from the Royal Opera House ceiling), mind-bending (Harijanto Setiawan's floral kaleidoscope), or surprising (Azuma Makoto's candy-colored bottled flowers).

Thirty-eight of the finest florists working worldwide today, accompanied by hundreds of full-colour photographs of their inspirational arrangements and decorations. ‘This showstopping book is a wonderfully indulgent treat’ – Saga Magazine. ‘Nearly 300 pages dripping with blossom … floral arrangements to drool over’– House & Garden.

An introduction to forty of the finest pastry chefs in the world plus unique recipes for re-creating their tempting confections at home. While pâtisserie has long been a popular subject, this book goes a step further to showcase the talented and inventive pastry chefs working today. The chefs’ individual styles are explored through informative biographies and portraits of them in action, and these are accompanied by some ninety of their own recipes, many exclusive to the book.

38 of the finest pastry chefs worldwide today, together with samples of their glorious confections. Some of the chefs are up-and-coming, others are well established; all are innovative pioneers in a uniquely appealing creative field. ‘Tantalizing recipes and photographs of lavish creations’ – Four Seasons Magazine.

‘A great resource for editors, buyers and anyone else who is obsessed with jewelry’ – Marina Larroudé, Market Director, Style.com. ‘A brilliant presentation of some of today’s most talented jewelry designers’. ‘A casket full of future classics... The role of this book is to provide the new generation of jewelers with a red carpet so that we can celebrate them in all their well-deserved fame’ Ines de la Fressange.

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‘Serves well as both a collectible and as a reference guide … a must-have for arts-and-crafts types looking for inspiration or those just interested in learning about contemporary handmade production’ – Cool Hunting. Profiling over seventy artisans who use craft techniques to create stylish, whimsical, desirable objects, this book features hundreds of one-of-a-kind, handmade wonders from all over the world.