The first thing to fall in love with in Lisbon is its light. Second, its colours. Third, its zig-zag of many patterns – in streets of dizzyingly arrayed paving stones and on buildings covered with ever-amazing, omni-present ceramic tiles. Foster & Bloom had the chance to combine all three while working on the creation of The Lumiares boutique hotel, in Lisbon’s Bairro Alto — when we found the rugs and flat-weave tapestries of Ferreira de Sá. READ MORE