Wallpaper* Graduate Directory 2009

From artists to architects, photographers to foodies, fashion and graphic designers to perfumers, illustrators and travel gurus, here's Wallpaper's annual global graduate directory. This is our pick of the raw and the revolutionary who might just change your world forever.
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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).
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The artistry of Japanese wine
Fine wine from Japan may not yet register highly on the radars of most oenophiles, but for those who know, it's a hugely rewarding and rich tapestry of flavour. Drinks expert, Neil Ridley visits London's Luna Omakase for the launch of a new dedicated Japanese wine pairing menu
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In Los Angeles, Darling doesn’t want to be your average dinner spot
Vinyl, live-fire cooking, and California’s finest ingredients come together in this immersive new concept from a celebrated Southern chef
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Ashlyn, the quietly romantic New York label from a Yohji Yamamoto alumna
The focus of our latest Uprising column, Seoul-born Ashlyn Park worked for fashion greats before starting her own label in 2020. Showing her S/S 2026 collection at NYFW yesterday, she talks to Wallpaper* about marrying Japanese influences with the romance of Parisian savoir-faire
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Jaakko Torvinen and Elli Wendelin design transportable wooden building
Our Next Generation 2022 showcase shines a light on 22 outstanding graduates from around the globe. Here, we profile architecture graduates Jaakko Torvinen and Elli Wendelin from Aalto University’s School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland
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Kamal Ranchod uses architectural drawing to decolonise Egyptian history
Our Next Generation 2022 showcase shines a light on 22 outstanding graduates from around the globe, in seven creative fields. Here, we profile Kamal Ranchod, from the University of Johannesburg’s Graduate School of Architecture, South Africa
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‘Cripping Architecture’: Shaina Yang reimagines the world for a different body type
Our Next Generation 2022 showcase shines a light on 22 outstanding graduates from around the globe, in seven creative fields. Here, we profile architecture graduate Shaina Yang from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA
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Matthew Avallone proposes ‘inhabitable park-scape’ for togetherness in Tijuana
Our Next Generation 2022 showcase shines a light on 22 outstanding graduates from around the globe, in seven creative fields. Here, we profile architecture graduate Matthew Avallone, from the Royal College of Art, UK
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Architecture
The next generation of architects and engineers exploring space and surface
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Architecture
We cast our nets wide to find the best emerging architects and engineers
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Architecture
The next generation of architects and engineers are setting themselves an ambitious agenda
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Graduate Directory 2012