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Detail of a <n>Mini turf basket</n> woven from common club rush in Wales.

Architectural detail by <n>Carlo Scarpa</n> at the <n>Castelvecchio Museum</n> in Verona.

A spiral water feature at the <n>Neelkanth Mahadev Temple</n> in Mandu, India.

The <n>Dovetail Bench</n> by artisan <n>Ethan Stebbins</n>, crafted from granite and black walnut.

<n>Open slot mortise</n> from the book <n>The Art of Japanese Joinery</n> by <n>Kiyosi Seike</n>.

The <n>Porte-Bagage</n> shelf, designed by <n>Lise El Sayed</n>. Photo by <n>Véronique Huyghe</n>.

Detail of the <n>Post Office Savings Bank</n> in Vienna, designed by <n>Otto Wagner</n>. Photo by <n>Quintin Lake</n>.

Lee Mawdsley's instinctive feel for pattern and texture make his new updates a real joy

Designer of the Day: Federica Biasi – SURFACE

Walnut wood joinery on a trestle dining table designed by <n>George Nakashima</n> in 1959.

The <n>Great Mosque of Djenné</n> in Mali, an example of <n>Sudano-Sahelian architecture</n>.