Pip Rich
The editor of Livingetc, Pip Rich (formerly Pip McCormac) is a lifestyle journalist of almost 20 years experience working for some of the UK's biggest titles.
As well as holding staff positions at Sunday Times Style, Red and Grazia he has written for the Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times and ES Magazine. He has been covering interiors trends for so long he has seen some of them come back round again, which has given him a real understanding of how and why people like to decorate.
Through hosting Livingetc's podcast Home Truths, Pip has had long and in depth conversations with some of the world's leading designers, learning from their expertise firsthand.
Pip is a judge on the panel for the Livingetc Style Awards, where he sifts through hundreds of projects with other industry experts to choose the very best in each category. He is interested not just in how something looks, but whether it can improve the life of the user in some way.
He has also published three books - his most recent, A New Leaf, was released in December 2021 and is about the homes of architects who have filled their spaces with houseplants. This project gave him access to many of the world's top creative minds, and knowledge of how great architecture can improve a space.
He has recently moved out of London - and a home that ELLE Decoration called one of the ten best small spaces in the world - to start a new renovation project in Somerset. Knocking an old home into shape, redoing the wiring and heating, removing wallpaper and popcorn ceilings has been an experience he would not care to repeat. But it has given him the chance to study every paint color chart out there, to think more how to use design and decor to create rooms that make you feel something.
Latest articles by Pip Rich
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This family home in Washington, D.C. is full of ideas to steal for displaying art in brilliantly personal ways
Designer Zoe Feldman has created a modern home full of contrast, clever color choices and inspiring ways to showcase art
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Dill plant care – our editor's guide to growing perfect and flavorful fronds
Dill plant care is pretty straightforward, and this foolproof guide will create you a kitchen garden with ease
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How to use neem oil for plants - the organic guide for ridding houseplants of bugs
Step by step instructions for how to use neem oil for plants - the pesticide-free way of keeping houseplant bugs away
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Tom Dixon on the future of design, sustainability, and exactly how to light a room right now
Superstar designer Tom Dixon explains how he's updating his design classics, and how to successfully light wash a room
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How to grow mint indoors - our editor's foolproof guide to a blooming kitchen herb garden
These simple steps for how to grow mint indoors will mean you can have fresh herbs all year long
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Salone del Mobile 2022 Day 4: outdoor furniture takes center stage
Some of the world's biggest brand have placed more focus than ever on outdoor furniture, as going outside becomes the new staying in
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Salone del Mobile 2022 Day 3 - the biggest emerging design trend is for finding peace at home
The world's biggest design brands are embracing quiet and calm as a truly modern way to live
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Salone del Mobile 2022 Day 2 - the new trend for statement lighting as art in its own right
Lee Broom, Tom Dixon and Cattelan Italia have all showcased new lighting designs in Milan that take the form of sculptures
By Pip Rich • Published
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Salone del Mobile 2022 Day 1 - new design trends unveiled in Milan for the first time in three years
Seating that helps forge human connection, a new take on geometrics and the home office that closes at 5pm - here is an edit of the latest design trends
By Pip Rich • Published