World of Interiors Print Magazine

I have loved this magazine for many years and continue to enjoy rereading every back issue. I treasure each one .They open a world of lifestyles, design, history and culture of people all over the world.

If you've been reading design magazines and catching home interiors stories over the years you might be closing the book and wondering what catalog house everyone's extracting their furnishings from. Every shot seems to be color coordinated to the nth and filled with flowers. Flowers! Flowers! "Cookie Cutter" for all price ranges doesn't begin to describe the conformity of the glossies right now.Frustrated, and holding fond memories of browsing the shots of unique European estates in vintage magazines (Helene De Rothchild's dressing room!), I searched the web for WOI. Knew it was pricey but needed something real. Every month I've been rewarded with images from all over the world of the most fascinating rooms, gardens, mansions etc...that give untold inspiration and wonderment. What makes them so special is their individuality and home-owners who are unafraid to be exceptional in the true sense of the word. I marveled at a shot of a kitchen in Argentina. Tiny room, 2 old school chairs, a stone table, a window. No new fixtures, no crazy antiques. I puzzled until I understood that the editors saw the beauty of clean lines, airy simplicity and intentional composition. They had transported me to a different aesthetic leaving behind all snobbery. I asked for authenticity, lush photography, and exquisite cosmopolitan taste and...I got it. Thank you WOI.

It used to always be very interesting and surprising, often featuring fascinating, eccentric and exotic places. Now it shows mostly boring or predictable interiors, clearly trending away from aesthetics toward fashion or celebrity "culture." So sad to see it become mainstream. A genuine loss.

This magazine's trade is in ideas; its concern is with the ways people (actual people) can take the fundamental elements of art and reflect them in the places they live and pieces they live with. While certainly there are showcased products (and lots of almost pornographically delicious ads), I have never finished an issue feeling covetous or frustrated, but rather invigorated and full of ideas. That alone sets it miles (km?) from anything else in its genre, but there is also an incredible plurality of aesthetics, equal devotion to opulence and simplicity, preserved antiquity and innovation. Pretty cool.As someone else mentioned, the writing is genuinely interesting and faithful to what has been invested into these spaces, not who has been investing in the publication. Inspiration also comes from anywhere, such as a wonderful spread on the 18th-century watercolorist JMW Turner, which left me wondering what other impossibly stupid blindspots I secretly harbored like "landscapes are boring." Many, I'm sure, which is why I subscribe to World of Interiors--to help me see anew!!

I LOVE this magazine. Every issue is gorgeous and the articles are well-written. I love the sumptuousness of it, the quirk, the history. My idea of a great afternoon is to curl up with WOI and tune the world out. There's really no other magazine out there like it.

I stumbled upon this Tome a while back and was very taken with it. Not only are the layouts fabulous but the writers add just a touch of humour to the articles. One of the things I have drawn from the issues is their use of color. I have been able to really track my own preferences from the photos and add them to my storyboard inspiration. Further, the articles are fun and informative, I actually READ them through. WOI manages to be incredibly informational as well as fun. I love finding the "Wink Wink" bits scattered throughout.I have in-fact, actually contacted some of their featured designers and been very pleased with the results. The magazine may seem unrealistic at first but it is actually very obtainable. Lots of fun and beauty.One of my favorite features is the learning curve. I discover so much about various cultures in the esoterica of the design world.Wonderful Magazine.

I have just one question: What TOOK me so long? My subscription to WOI just kicked in, and I am doing the Happy Dance. Not only a stunning issue, but also some accompanying sheets of giftwrap, based on the featured stories inside. This time, it's the "Pattern" issue. Could NOT be better. Here's the tease........Alexander Girard's long-ago Santa Fe house/ a look at the Bloomsbury home and all those wonderful painted touches/a close-up look at a museum-quality collection of vintage textile swatch books/a beyond-intricate Indian palace/an article about the new V&A textile galleries, etc.FAR more than just a shelter magazine, WOI throws a wide net, covering the whole world of visual fascinations.Dive in -- Treat yourself.

I adore this publication!!

Stunning, looks luxurious,which you expect. What I didn't expect was that it's actually useful and inspiring.

I bought the magazine but cannot find it on my kindle and there is no one I can ask.

Not very interesting too much of the same thing