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Winter Olympics opening ceremony: a celebration of Italian culture and creativity
How Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony alternated creativity, culture and spectacle through a celebration of Italian artistic excellences. Laura May Todd reports from Milan's San Siro Stadium
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For Isamu Noguchi, New York City was the ultimate playground
A new show, now on view at the Noguchi Museum in Queens, explores the artist's relationship with the city he called home
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Star florists take centre stage at Madrid Blooms
Floral design is having a major moment: Sylvia Bustamante Gubbins, founder and director of Madrid Blooms, tells Wallpaper* how floristry has evolved into a global, glamorous and increasingly influential creative industry
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Formafantasma creates transitory scenography for Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale
Formafantasma's exhibition design for the Saudi Arabian Biennale encourages a slower, more exploratory movement through the exhibition
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Postcard from DesignTO, Toronto
Beneath record-breaking snowfall, DesignTO’s 2026 edition revealed an independent design scene very much in motion, defined by experimentation, material curiosity and a strong sense of local community.
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Salone del Mobile 2026: OMA will lead a new contract focus for the Milan fair
Salone del Mobile 2026 (21-26 April) will debut a contract furniture forum led by Rem Koohlaas and David Gianotten of OMA, in preparation for a dedicated Salone Contract 2027
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Studio Ahead’s installation for The Future Perfect recalls the pre-internet days of IRL antique hunting
During San Francisco’s FOG Design+Art Fair (until 25 January 2026), The Future Perfect presents 'The Houses Are Haunted by White Night-Gowns', an exhibition curated by Studio Ahead and featuring 13 multidisciplinary creatives
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Five highlights of Maison & Objet 2026
We were at France’s leading homes and interiors fair last week. Here are the key headlines and exhibitions to know about
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The 19 best things we've seen at Paris Design Week 2026
Paris Déco Off and Maison & Objet, France’s top homes and interiors fairs, kicked off yesterday, flooding the city with design talent. Wallpaper* is on the ground – here are the collections that have caught our eye so far
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Patricia Urquiola’s textile adventures at Heimtextil: ‘Design is not about controlling form’
Urquiola presents ‘Among-all’, a new installation at Frankfurt’s Heimtextil fair (until 16 January 2026) that explores new routes for textile experimentation in design
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Togo's Palais de Lomé stages a sweeping new survey of West African design
'Design in West Africa' in Lomé, Togo (on view until 15 March 2026), brings together contemporary designers and artisans whose work bridges tradition and experimentation
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Alexander Wessely turns the Nobel Prize ceremony into a live artwork
For the first time, the Nobel Prize banquet has been reimagined as a live artwork. Swedish-Greek artist and scenographer Alexander Wessely speaks to Wallpaper* about creating a three-act meditation on light inside Stockholm City Hall
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Design Miami announces Dubai collectible design platform in collaboration with Alserkal
The new platform will honour the region’s cultural heritage while highlighting its spirit of innovation
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‘Locally anchored and globally conversant’: Salone del Mobile debuts in Saudi Arabia
Salone del Mobile lands in Riyadh (26-28 November 2025), bringing its creative and manufacturing know-how to one of the world’s fastest-growing markets and setting the stage for Italo-Saudi design relations
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Is this Paris' most design-focused holiday shop?
Shop weird and wonderful design and fashion at this playful, postmodern exhibition from Item Idem, where commerce, culture and humour intersect
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A postcard from Irish Design Week 2025
How Ireland's collaborative design culture, from Kilkenny's 60-year legacy to island circularity offers an expansive model for the future
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Five women-led studios reshaping Indian creativity at Design Mumbai 2025
Design Mumbai 2025 opens 26-29 November – Wallpaper* meets five women-led local brands exhibiting at this year's show
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Itinerant design fair Nomad lands in Abu Dhabi's Zayed International Airport
Nomad brings new life to an iconic Abu Dhabi building, marking a new point of arrival (or departure?) for collectible design in the region
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Salone del Mobile: tickets, timings and locations for Milan Design Week
Here is your expert guide to Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone: how to get to the fair, and what to see across the city
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Alcova 2026 locations include a Rationalist gem and an abandoned church
Alcova returns for an 11th edition in 2026 (20-26 April), once again opening up two exclusive Milanese locations, the Baggio Military Hospital and Franco Albini's Villa Pestarini
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Nifemi Marcus-Bello in Lagos: ‘The conditions and histories of Africa are my greatest inspiration’
As the Nigerian designer stages ‘Material Affirmations: Acts I–III’ at Tiwani Contemporary (until 10 January 2026), he speaks to Wallpaper* about African craft and industry, and Lagos as his muse
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Salone del Mobile 2026 will embrace collectible design with Salone Raritas
Salone del Mobile has Salone Raritas, a new exhibition space at the fair (21-26 April 2026), curated by Annalisa Rosso and designed by Formafantasma
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A postcard from Dubai Design Week 2025: creativity blooms against a desert backdrop
The Emirates may still shimmer with spectacle, but beyond the surface a new generation of creatives is fusing research, heritage and innovation to build sustainable, future-facing practices
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Postcard from Lagos Design Week 2025
This year's Lagos Design Week demonstrated how Nigerian and African designers continue to expand the language of form, texture, and material
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Art Deco's centenary is honoured with a grand exhibition in Paris
To mark 100 years of Art Deco, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris is holding a retrospective that includes furniture, tableware, clothing, jewellery and objets d’art (on view until 26 April 2026)
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A postcard from We Design Beirut: 'We’re learning how to break barriers and create dialogue'
The second edition of We Design Beirut celebrated design, architecture, heritage and creativity
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These are the best design exhibitions to see in Paris this week
As Design Miami Paris and Art Basel Paris make their return, we round up the best design exhibitions to discover in the city
