the observer interiors, woman of influence it's 16 years since ilse crawford blew the cobwebs out of british interiors with elle decoration. now she's putting her golden touch on anything from hotels to furniture. fiona rattray meets the tastemaker. > read article frame the stylist hotel pieced together with a perfect sense of style - that's the secret behind two hotels that ilse crawford and carla sozzani fashioned in new york and milan, respectively. > read article the new york times diplomacy in design, life in one room by helen kirwan-taylor two years ago, ilse crawford and her new husband, oscar pena, were making a pilgrimage to the organic market near the tate modern here and saw a "for sale" sign on a warehouse. > read article