Unwrapped - Tapa dura

British designer Carolyn Quartermaine made her mark in the design world through her work for Joseph, Dolce & Gabbana and Donna Karan. Here she uses rooms as canvases; as a medium for self-expression and a means of creating moods. Inspiration is taken from the textures, shapes and colours around her as old is combined with new in a palette of sorbet colours - citrine, violet, tangerine and emerald. Influences are as diverse as a Tuscan frescoed wall and a decorated Cocteau plate.