The Touch - Spaces Designed for the Senses

Houses and interiors under the southern sun

A welcoming, new, down-to-earth modernism is gaining momentum, from California to Morocco, from Portugal to Mexico. This direction in interior design combines Mediterranean folkloric influences with a contemporary aesthetic - it borrows from sunny landscapes and incorporates warmth, light and organic elements.

Design 's book “The New Mediterranean” features inspiring residences and vacation homes around the world that combine rustic, earthy tones with colorful fabrics, ceramics, rattan furniture and Berber carpets juxtaposed with whitewashed walls, concrete, brick, terracotta tiles and glass.