Latest articles by Anna Solomon
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How do you modernise a home without making it feel modern? This farmhouse renovation is a stunning case study
A 300-year-old English farmhouse has been given a new lease of life while staying true to the old ways
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Out of office: the Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
Another week, another flurry of events, opening and excursions showcasing the best of culture and entertainment at home and abroad. Catch our editors at Scandi festivals, iconic jazz clubs, and running the length of Manhattan…
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The Stuff That Surrounds, episode three: Inside the home of architect Glenn Sestig
In The Stuff That Surrounds, Wallpaper* explores a life through objects. This episode, we’re invited inside an architectural gem – just what you'd expect from one of the most distinctive voices in the field today
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Pantone’s new public art installation is a tribute to Coldplay’s ‘Yellow’, 25 years after its release
The colour company has created a – you guessed it – yellow colour swatch on some steps in Wembley Park, London, where the band will play ten shows this month
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The best contemporary art books to enjoy now
From maverick memoirs to topical tomes, turn over a new leaf with the Wallpaper* arts desk’s pick of new releases and all-time favourite art books
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A new photo book explores the symbolic beauty of the Japanese garden
‘Modern Japanese Gardens’ from Thames & Hudson traces the 20th-century evolution of these serene spaces, where every element has a purpose
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Hilborn House, one of Arthur Erickson’s few residential projects, is now on the market
The home, first sketched on an envelope at Montreal Airport, feels like a museum of modernist shapes, natural materials and indoor-outdoor living
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Visionnaire’s new Ibiza residence is a mellow, earthy sanctuary
The interiors brand has populated a modern-yet-rooted building on the Mediterranean coast with some of its hero furniture pieces
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Dreamily discreet sofa beds for stylish space solutions
Our edit of elegant sofa beds and sleeper sofas proves the sleek and the chic can be comfortable too – these pieces excel in form and function, whether you are sitting or sleeping
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Out of office: the Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
The Wallpaper* team immersed themselves in culture this week, attending theatre, music and art performances and exhibitions at some of London’s most esteemed establishments. Along the way, we may have discovered the city's best salad…
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Steve Martin wants you to visit The Frick Collection
The actor has appeared in a video promoting New York’s newly renovated art museum
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You can now stay in designer Gustaf Westman’s whimsical, postmodern home
The cult designer has listed his Stockholm apartment on home-swapping app Kindred, offering a rare opportunity to live – quite literally – within Westman’s creative vision
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Design ni Dukaan’s new collection both revives and reimagines endangered Indian crafts
By using traditional aesthetics and methods in collaboration with their last living artisans, ‘Roop Aroop’ demonstrates how vernacular design can be both rooted and radical
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Most people know Vipp for its pedal bin. The brand has just opened a guest house in France
A 14th-century home is outfitted in Vipp’s signature Scandi style – and you can stay there
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Out of office: the Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
It’s been another week of Wallpaper* being first through the door – visiting, sampling and reporting back on the freshest in art, design, beauty and more. Highlights included a new rental development, skincare residency and Edinburgh hotel…
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s favourite July houses
From geometric Japanese cottages to restored modernist masterpieces, these are the best residential projects to have crossed the architecture desk this month
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What makes this tropical house in the Bahamas sing? One 'odd' thing in each room
Designer Clive Lonstein and architect Arthur Chabon set out to create a layered home that felt ‘unexpected’ while staying true to its Bahamian provenance
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This historic Sicilian house cost one euro. Go inside its transformation
Palermo-based firm Didea teamed up with AirBNB to reimagine the once-dilapidated property in vibrant colour blocks
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Sofia Coppola’s first documentary will premiere next month, and it’s all about Marc Jacobs
'Marc by Sofia' will show at the Venice Film Festival this summer, and promises an intimate portrait of the fashion designer, who is a close friend and collaborator of Coppola
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Out of office: the Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
Summer holidays are here, with Wallpaper* editors jetting off to some exceptional destinations, including highly recommended Mérida in Mexico. Then it’s back to work, or, for one editor, back to school…
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Step inside a neoclassical-inspired apartment in The Whiteley’s clock tower
Situated within London’s former Whiteleys department store, this newly unveiled residence combines Italian elegance, courtesy of furnishings by Maxalto, with architectural heritage
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‘The point was giving ordinary people access to bold taste’: how Ikea brought pattern into the home
‘Ikea: Magical Patterns’ at Dovecot Gallery in Edinburgh tells the story of a brand that gave us not only furniture, but a new way of seeing our homes – as canvases for self-expression
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Rolf Sachs’ largest exhibition to date, ‘Be-rühren’, is a playful study of touch
A collection of over 150 of Rolf Sachs’ works speaks to his preoccupation with transforming everyday objects to create art that is sensory – both emotionally and physically
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s The Fountainhead – a shining example of Usonian design – is now on the market
This quintessential Wright home – built in a vibrant mid-century neighbourhood – was named after a novel inspired by the architect
