All content Archive | August 2016

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August 31st
- Cali-glam cohesion: RH unveils Eight Palms, its first residence
- Wake up call: Simba Sleep is the hybrid mattress changing the way we sleep
- Creative energy: a family of warehouses form LA's La Kretz Innovation Campus
- Feeling gravity's pull: Jessica Stockholder's stacked works at Mitchell-Innes & Nash
- Little Bao — Bangkok, Thailand
- Wallpaper* surveys new talents and transformations at Northmodern 2016
- Le Bab — London, UK
- Life is sweet: Pierre Marcolini captures quaint Parisian life with new chocolate boxes
- Fashion Maths: A/W 2016
August 30th
- Mix-master: Bosco Sodi stages his first solo show in LA to dramatic effect
- Prototype prefab: Muji unveils the no-clutter Window House
- Fantastic fusion: Van Cleef & Arpels’ homage to the beauty of art and science
- Brazilian bombshell: Oca brings a familiar tapioca treat from Rio de Janeiro to New York
- A woman’s world: Shirin Neshat’s ’Dreamers’ opens in Johannesburg
- Photo shop: Brazil’s SP-Arte/Foto fair provides an arcade of amazing art
- Bao Fitzrovia — London, UK
- Modern love: an Italian design couple take the wraps off their hidden treasure
- 71Above — Los Angeles, USA
August 29th
- Serving the arts: Wim Pijbes introduces W* to the Museum Voorlinden
- The shadow of Moroder: Joogii expands French Touch collection
August 26th
- Modern Latin American architecture through the lens of Leonardo Finotti
- Timber Cove Resort — Sonoma, USA
- Clean sweep: True Botanicals’ toxin-conscious luxury skincare line is a winner
- Cutting edge: Fredrikson Stallard to launch bespoke Swarovski crystal collection at LDF
- Glowing review: Liz West’s Spectral Vision at the Natural History Museum
August 25th
- Mulberry & Prince — Cape Town, South Africa
- Sensory overload: Curio Noir opens flagship store in Auckland
- Divine simplicity: stone-clad Syros Island house is orientated to perfection
- Utopian futures: the Koppel Project launches The Hive residency space
- Grand Café Lochergut — Zurich, Switzerland
- Parade’s end: social media is reshaping the fashion show and set design is key to its future
August 24th
- Cube art: Barozzi Veiga completes addition to Chur’s Bündner Kunstmuseum
- Global gathering: Jyväskylä welcomes the 8th International Alvar Aalto Design Seminar
- Dream out loud’: Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum hosts designs for a better future
- DDG’s XOCO 325 model condo is filled with BDDW pieces
- Loom service: the Italian textile factory spinning remarkable yarns in its own good time
- Shining levels: John McAslan + Partners' Kericho cathedral embraces Kenyan design language
- Opposites attract: Prada releases cleverly complementary his and hers fragrances
- HGU — New York, USA
- Nordic nous: new Danish brand Million launches with an eclectic furniture offering
August 23rd
- Banyan Tree Tamouda Bay — Fnideq, Morocco
- Past, present, future: a new CEDIT collection employs a host of Italian design talent
- Shadow play: Studio Oliver Gustav adds to 11 Howard’s design credentials in NY
- Gort Scott Architects creates a hub for Walthamstow’s burgeoning creative community
- Shop right: Hudson-based design shop Hawkins New York opens a West Village location
- Väkst — Copenhagen, Denmark
- Borderline crazy: Picky Nicky fears Brexit will send creative talent packing
- Body and soul: Novel Skincare launches botanical and book pairings
- New York jeweller Mania Zamani is reaching great heights with her geometric forms
- Soft spot: Esra Bezek Dikencik's contemporary cashmere
August 22nd
- LA looks: Hollywood Proper Residences gets the Kelly Wearstler treatment
- Noku — Kyoto, Japan
- The frame game: an Italian startup is focused on transforming the fashion eyewear business
- Fitting tribute: Blakstad Haffner Architects unveil latest piece in Utøya’s rebuilding
- Medical marvels: Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva's gracefully gruesome sculptures take Nottingham
- Colour code: Rive Roshan’s ’Loom Bound’ installation brightens up Northmodern
- Nightingale — Vancouver, Canada
- Play area: MAD’s Japanese kindergarten merges old and new
August 19th
- Fan fare: Bari Ziperstein creates ceramic vessels inspired by Rachel Comey’s textiles
- Off Paris Seine — Paris, France
- Nike brings immersive fitness spectacular Unlimited You to London
- Origami art: Pitsou Kedem adds folded iron feature wall in Tel Aviv loft
- Stirring the senses: Hotel Café Royal and Parfums Givenchy combine forces
- Mid-century memories: Taschen rediscovers hidden gems in the Julius Shulman vaults
- Spoonful of sugar: Studio AH-HA gives Biocol a new graphic identity
- Nordic reflection: Ida Elke introduces her new collection of mirrors
- Back to the future: Page Thirty Three’s new collection references past space age visions
- Mondo Deli — Porto, Portugal
August 18th
- Pacific dreams: a coastal Mexican home built like a micro-village
- Thirsty work: SODA transforms a printworks into a distillery for liqueur-lovers
- La Granja — Ibiza, Spain
- Breakfast bottle: Coffiest is the liquid nutrition Silicon Valley is craving
- Time warp: Panerai’s ’Due’ model is an entirely slimmer proposition
- Le Narcisse Blanc — Paris, France
- Sole searching: John Lobb offered tor stories for S/S 2017 with a trek across Britain’s wild west
August 17th
- German precision: the ’Mbrace’ rocking chair by Sebastian Herkner for Dedon
- Bench marks: Studio Swine is sitting pretty in London’s St James’s
- Novel idea: XL-Muse’s Yangzhou bookstore is inspired by classic Chinese literature
- Midcentury mansion: London’s Devonshire Club brings old-school character to the City
- Higher Ground — Melbourne, Australia
- Small and mighty: exploring Superfolk’s studio in County Mayo, Ireland
August 16th
- Pillars of magic: the making of Note and Antique Mirror’s pastry tables
- Work's a treat: Airbnb launches a 'belong anywhere' themed Tokyo office
- Home slick: why we are tickled pink by Dior Maison’s new collection
- Master strokes: Tomas Maier talks architectural heroes and rebuilding Bottega Veneta
- Between the sheets: Brooklinen’s stylish bedding collection
- Brooklyn Byzantine: ancient artefacts inspire Gamin’s modern unisex jewellery
- Sofitel — M’Diq, Morocco
- Hitting the bottle: Soma launches an ethical and aesthetic water bottle
August 15th
- Luminaries: Rockwell Group and Rich Brilliant Willing team up on a new lighting collection
- Kaikado Café — Kyoto, Japan
- Lip service: Ragnar Kjartansson sets tongues wagging at the Barbican
- Solid Homme: the contemporary Korean menswear brand making waves in Europe
- Dandyism, race and masculinity collide at The Photographers' Gallery
- Road trip: Lexus is in the midst of a design revolution
- Wallpaper* Bar + Kitchen — London, UK
- Moulding gold: in the studio with the Olympic and Paralympic medal makers
- ReActor house: an exchange between spaces and bodies for OMI
- Parallel universe: Laurent Grasso’s beguiling reinvention of a Corsican Beaux-Arts museum
August 12th
- Dash Kitchen — Turin, Italy
- Vintage reflections: Richard Yasmine’s minimalist mirrors are infused with nostalgia
- Glass act: nine glass artists create new works within Salisbury Cathedral’s medieval surrounds
- Buena Vista Culture Club: following Chanel’s foray, W* explores a Cuban creative revolution
- Sculptural cakes
- Fresh face: Fornasetti introduces new looks and scents to candle collections
- From colonialism to Soviet brutalism, Daniel Shea captures Havana's unique landscape
- Timber treasure: architect Teemu Hirvilammi completes his family home in Finland
- Home baking: KUFstudio creates immaculate architecture-inspired cakes
August 11th
- Ritz — Paris, France
- Refresh and reboot: Boundary and Frame team up to host the ultimate urban retreat
- Desert queen: a Tucson Mountain Retreat blends into the Arizona landscape
- Natural balance: The Cold Pressed Juicery brings healthy elixirs to Amsterdam
- Café Weldeck — Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Artist's Palate: Sir Paul Smith's beans on toast
- City limits: Bortolami Gallery’s ’Artist/City’ upends the traditional exhibition model
- High flying fashion: introducing the Style Special
- Erdem Moralioglu on art, design and his pursuit of the perfectly outfitted store
- Sea me now: Studio Nienke Hoogvliet reveals new design collection
- Into the woods: Carmody Groarke designs a brick marvel in North London
- Contour culture
- Pristine chamber: Georgian design firm Rooms brings its ’Wild Minimalism’ collection to NY
- Memphis belle: why jeweller Sabine Getty is not putting away childish things
August 10th
- View master: a Turkish house in Çeşme perfectly frames its sea vistas
- Runway project: the making of Alfredo Häberli and Cerruti 1881's jumpsuit
- The architecture of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
August 9th
- Ring around the world: Mariko Mori creates a cascading installation for the Rio 2016 Olympics
- Valencia Lounge Hostel — Valencia, Spain
- Dog days are over: Wonderboo delivers posh nosh for your pampered pooch
- Collins Room — London, UK
- Plastic fantastic: Wallpaper* visits Seoul’s latest music hub, Vinyl & Plastic
August 8th
- Tótem — Madrid, Spain
- Perfect plinths: Linda Brothwell’s wearable art at The Holburne Museum, Bath
- Hotel Camiral — Girona, Spain
- Fat-free eating: W* meets the Melbourne design team behind 'Papermeal'
- Sauvage — New York, USA
- Digital deconstruction: Paul Stephenson's antique graffiti at StolenSpace
- Glenn Murcutt’s Australian Islamic Centre is explored with a preceding exhibition
- Pure McLaren: the full-throttle 570GT runs with scissors
- Sketching ’Serpenti’: Bulgari’s 2016 high jewellery collection
- Brazil’s finest modernist homes
August 7th
- Play time: Paris’ Cité de la Mode et du Design puts on a show dedicated to childish fun
August 5th
- In the hood: Venus Over Los Angeles invites artists to turn cars into canvases
- Power plants: 23 New York artists create indoor perennials for The Plant Show
- JR’s towering Tribeca takeover
- Room Mate Anna — Barcelona, Spain
- Project unfinished: flick through Dimore Studio’s anthology-cum-catalogue
- Technological tradition: introducing Aston Martin’s new DB11
- EAST — Miami, USA
- Long-term luxury: Harvey Nichols’ flagship store gets a sparkling revamp
- Can’t stop: Yield Design Co. continues to evolve
August 4th
- Prince Gallery — Tokyo, Japan
- Summer spectacular: Marks Barfield Architects-designed BA i360 opens in Brighton
- Wallpaper* & Cadillac: Redefining Standards
- Make believe: lose yourself in TeamLab’s immersive lightworks
- Casa Mirante: Brazilian firm FGMF designs a stylishly functional family home
- Wallpaper* & Cadillac: Redefining Standards
- Stick it: 3M unveils an innovative Design Center within its St Paul, Minnesota HQ
- Home run: Commune and West Elm team up on a 50-piece collection
- Design luminaries come out to protect design patent rights
- Mountain view: Gabriel Orozco presents a fresh body of work at the Aspen Art Museum
- Born to run: Swiss athletics brand On re-envisions the traditional office
August 3rd
- Meet the Woolmark Prize’s European finalist, German wunderkind Tim Labenda
- Gathering space: a new cultural centre opens in the South Korean city of Gwangju
- Noor — Córdoba, Spain
- Complex geometry: Heneghan Peng’s Palestinian Museum takes its cue from a natural context
- Room for dessert: Shugaa is a Bangkok pastry cafe with an eye on design
- Get your fix: the Bonanza Roastery Cafe gives Berlin a new coffee star
- Jam — Brussels, Belgium
- The high road: GHA earns accolades for restful service station
- Splinter cell: the making of John Hogan and Lasvit’s ‘Field’ chandelier
- Doctor’s orders: DS+R creates a light-filled Medical Center for Columbia University
August 2nd
- Hole in one: the making of Studio JinSik Kim, Cuellar, Bolon and Anun's ‘One Point’ minigolf
- Brazilian modern: Richard Meier & Partners completes first project in South America
- High life: meet Ten Thousand, the latest addition to LA's skyline
- Print-making: Counter Editions teams up with big name artists on Team GB images
- Coast to coast: Brooks celebrates 150 years with a Tokyobike collaboration
- Urban futures: Raumlabor speak to W* about their largest exhibition of the year
- Haymarket by Scandic — Stockholm, Sweden
- Press play: Studio Wayne McGregor lets loose on the ’Polyphonic Playground’
- Sight and scent: Faye Toogood creates a 'Blackpepper' install for Comme des Garçons
- Power up: Bentley’s Continental GT evolves into the V8 S
August 1st
- Angama Mara — Maasai Mara, Kenya
- London locals: At The Table invites us all to pull up a chair
- Beauty simplified: Alex Carro’s new minimalist skincare collection
- Oil painting: Zevs 'liquidates' a David Hockney classic at London's Lazarides Gallery
- Marble marvel: Apropos’ new men’s concept store in Hamburg
- Sawyer — Los Angeles, USA
- Light touch: Kure Boutique is a new Paritzki & Liani-designed salon in the heart of Tel Aviv
- Vein glory: how to create refined restrooms, awash with magic