Nick Steyn, co-founder and partner at Anew, looks at the evolving way wealth is displayed around the world.
Massive crystal chandeliers, big-veined marble, gold-leaf detailing on every surface, polished ivory onyx tabletops, mirrored walls, lacquered woods, silk cushions, gilded throne armchairs, unfeasibly large rugs… or old family cash, cashmere and craft, no logos, pale beiges, soft whites, greige, van der Rohe minimalism, low-slung sofas (you can’t get out of), that Corbusier chaise longue that’s actually not very comfortable, Patek Philippe’s Calatrava watch ‘inspired by the puristic design of the minimalistic Bauhaus principle, where function determines form’.