Visualista Digest August 2025
- Aug 14, 2025
- 6 min read
Updated: Oct 2, 2025
August is the season of holidays — and our digest is taking a slightly slower, sun-drenched pace. This month, we focus on just three titles: Country & Town House, Homes & Gardens, and Livingetc. Each offers its own perspective on summer living, from celebratory showcases of British design talent to breezy styling ideas for relaxed interiors. Whether you’re a designer, PR professional, or brand strategist, consider this your curated roadmap to the month’s most relevant editorial trends — helping you spot opportunities, shape your narrative, and place your work where it belongs.
Editor’s Letter
The August issue of Country & Town House magazine includes a special supplement dedicated to its annual celebration of the UK’s interior design talent — 50 Finest Interior Designers. Country & Town House is a lifestyle magazine with interiors as one of its key pillars, but once a year it releases a special edition focused entirely on design. Editor Carole Annett reflects on the importance of a judging panel that blends professional expertise with a genuine passion for home-making. This year’s jury includes actor and presenter Richard E. Grant, Henrietta Rix (co-founder of Rixo), and Sara Laming, whose Instagram @ahometomakeyousmile has been chronicling her interior journey for six years.
This Month’s Focus
Titans of Design — A curated spotlight on 10 British studios whose work continues to push the boundaries of traditional British design.
Top 50 Finest Design Studios — The annual Country & Town House ranking celebrating the best in UK interiors.
Interior Design Guide — An index of leading interior studios, manufacturers, workshops, and craft ateliers, all listed in alphabetical order.
Design Highlights
Alongside the listings, the issue features stories about a new generation of craftspeople. Nina Marenzi selects eight textile initiatives weaving sustainability into the fabric of contemporary interiors. Eva Sonaike, the visionary behind her eponymous African interiors brand that celebrates vibrancy and pattern, compiles a list of her favourite things.
PR Insights for Brands
This issue offers prime editorial opportunities, with shopping pages and themed product edits. The magazine has a strong focus on British-made, artisanal, and eco-conscious brands.
For those with budget, the annual 50 Finest Interior Designers edition is an ideal choice for paid placement. Alongside its editorial content, the Interior Design Guide includes an index of leading studios, manufacturers, workshops, and craftspeople — where brands can invest in a spread to showcase their products and become a brand partner.
For brands, this is the issue to target. As a year-long reference edition — many readers keep the 50 Finest list at hand — it offers extended visibility and ongoing brand presence.
Editor’s Letter
Editor Pip Rich opens the August issue by reflecting on the strange time warp of magazine publishing — writing in June, he imagines how readers will experience this Long Hot Summer edition a month later. He captures that special feeling of being drawn to the golden haze of a late-summer afternoon — a mood that is soft, warm, and slightly nostalgic, setting the tone for the entire issue. Pip also shares that he's finishing the renovation of his own home and hopes to write the next Editor’s Letter from there.
This Month’s Focus
August is a celebration of heat, slowness, and high-summer sensorial pleasures. Livingetc continues its Italian summer narrative, curating products and spaces that capture the sun-soaked spirit of the season. From architectural extensions made for indoor-outdoor living to the best hotels to unwind in — and the most stylish places to eat and explore — this issue is your guide to the art of summer living.
Design Trends: Space-age Style
Livingetc declares the return of Space-Age Style — the iconic design language of the 1960s. In new collections, designers are re-exploring futuristic shapes, polished textures, sleek silhouettes, high-gloss finishes, and sculptural forms.
Exhibitions Reviews
Pip Rich continues his regular dispatches from Milan Design Week, spotlighting standout moments that blur the line between art and design. One such highlight is — a surreal installation where a selection of beautiful objects appeared to have landed from the moon. In fact, they came from Mexico. Presented by Sten Studio, the collection features sculptural tables crafted from onyx, marble, and lava stone, celebrating natural materials with a cosmic twist.
PR Insights for Brands
The August product edits are all about high-summer hits: red-hued accents, sculptural jugs, woven accessories, and anything that evokes texture and warmth.
Colour remains central — from terracotta to scarlet — so paint brands, ceramicists, and fabric makers with bold offerings will find plenty of editorial alignment.
As with July, the outdoor section continues to be strong territory for brands with rattan, cane, or other natural outdoor materials.
PR Insights for Interior Designers
As always, Livingetc offers designers multiple avenues to showcase their work beyond the House tour section.
A standout editorial explores sensory design, inviting designers to reflect on how they incorporate emotion, tactility, and memory into their interiors. It’s an ideal opportunity to pitch projects that speak to material storytelling and experiential spaces.
This month’s House Tours span the globe — from California and Greece to Ibiza, Biarritz, and Australia — with only one UK project featured (a modern home in the Hamptons). The international focus signals an appetite for sun-drenched, holiday-inspired interiors rich in timber, organic textures, and coastal palettes.
The issue also carries a strong architectural angle, spotlighting pools and seasonal extensions. For architects and designers working on compact, light-filled garden rooms, pool houses, or summer reconfigurations, this is a valuable moment to share recent projects that embrace indoor-outdoor living.
Roddy Clarke’s walk-in wardrobe round-up offers a clever space for joiners, spatial designers, and stylists to present bespoke work — whether through clever storage solutions or beautifully curated dressing areas.
Lastly, in the Lifestyle section, designer Irene Gunter highlights textile artist Laura Vargas Llanas, demonstrating how designers can use this platform to spotlight emerging collaborators or creative voices. It’s a thoughtful way to position yourself as a tastemaker while broadening your editorial presence.
Editor’s Letter
Editor Jo Bailey opens the August issue by celebrating the power of bold colour and characterful interiors. This month’s palette is shaped by oversized geometrics and expressive design, echoing the vibrant energy of the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition — a showcase she recommends not just for inspiration, but as a place to find art for your home. Online art galleries also get a nod, with Jo highlighting the joy of discovering beautiful, accessible pieces online.
This Month’s Focus
Art and expression are at the heart of the August issue. Whether through curated online platforms or personal collections, the magazine encourages readers to bring more art into their spaces. Columnist Willow Kemp writes a heartfelt ode to ceramics, while the Design Ideas section offers guidance on how to choose and place artwork at home.
Design Trends
Oversized Geometrics: From upholstery to wallpaper, large-scale patterns are having a moment — offering structure, rhythm, and visual impact.
Butter Yellow Kitchens: A sunny new neutral takes centre stage in kitchen design, pairing softness with a cheerful undertone.
PR Insights for Interior Designers
Beyond the House Tours section — which this month features British homes filled with character and art — Homes & Gardens offers multiple touchpoints for designers to share their work or creative perspective.
In Colour of the Month, crimson red is explored through standout interior examples, offering a great opportunity for bold, expressive design schemes.
The Art Feature focuses on smart art placement — ideal for designers with curated, gallery-style interiors.
The Kitchen & Bathroom section continues the summer theme: think buttery yellow kitchens and relaxed, holiday-inspired bathrooms. Designer Eva Sonaike’s feature shows how saturated hues and geometric pattern can bring energy even to compact spaces.
The issue closes with My Life in 10, where Kelly Hoppen shares her personal favourites — a reminder that this section is perfect for established voices to reflect on their aesthetic and influences.
PR Insights for Brands
While Livingetc plays with cherry red this season, Homes & Gardens picks up the same thread — spotlighting crimson red in both product features and interiors. This is a timely moment for brands to share collections with colour-led narratives.
From standout ceramics to big collaborations, the issue embraces decorative details with personality.
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