Emma O'Kelly
Emma O'Kelly is a contributing editor at Wallpaper*. She joined the magazine on issue 4 as news editor and since since then has worked in full and part time roles across many editorial departments. She is a freelance journalist based in London and works for a range of titles from Condé Nast Traveller to The Telegraph. She is currently working on a book about Scandinavian sauna culture and is renovating a mid century house in the Italian Lakes.
Latest articles by Emma O'Kelly
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Tudor teams up with a third generation French weaver on fabric watch straps
Tudor teams up with a third generation French weaver on fabric watch straps
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Yours trulli: a Natuzzi scion launches his vision for the giant Italian furniture maker
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Men of steel: KGDVS’ uncompromising approach produces extraordinary results
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Inês Lobo remodel a Lisbon family home
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Manhattan Loft Corporation founder Harry Handelsman plots elevated living in east London
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A 1950s ‘Fantasy Home’ by Gio Ponti recreated for landmark auction at Phillips London
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Barn storm: Keith Tyson lands on Finnish art island Sarvisalo
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Celebrating Calder: a timely homage to the patron saint of art jewellery
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The Invisible Collection opens discreet London showroom
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How Donald Wexler and William Krisel turned Palm Springs into a Hollywood retreat
In 2012 (W* 152), we met architects Donald Wexler (1926-2015) and William Krisel (1924-2017), in their natural habitat, Palm Springs, a place that they, along with Albert Frey, E Stewart Williams and William Cody, turned from dust to diamonds. Wexler earned his reputation as an innovator with his steel-framed prefabs, going on to design the second home for actress Dinah Shore, while Krisel, architect of the Twin Palms Estates an elegant tract of holiday homes, was renowned for designing a slew of housing from LA to the San Fernando Valley. Both architects had Palm Springs in common, and lived to watch their legacies unfold.
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Designer Matteo Thun on Memphis' 30-year history
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The Blue Mountain School brings new multidisciplinary space to Shoreditch
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha’s São Paulo house for art dealer Eduardo Leme
Paulo Mendes da Rocha has a fan in art dealer Eduardo Leme, who commissioned the Brazilian architect to design both his house and art gallery in São Paulo. Wallpaper* visited Casa Millán in 2006 (W*88), to find out how the brutal concrete residence, originally built by da Rocha in 1969 for another art dealer, was adapted for its new owner
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SeARCH and Christian Müller’s buried hillside Hole House is a holiday home with altitude
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Art Basel Hong Kong recalibrates with a digital-only edition
Following the cancellation of its Hong Kong fair, Art Basel has bounced back with Online Viewing Rooms, where Asian art takes centre stage
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London's Isokon Building opens a gallery to tell its rich history as the home of modernist designers, writers and spies
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Inside architect Peter Zumthor’s wooden holiday home in the Swiss Alps
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Testing the water at Copenhagen's 1960s modernist swimming baths
Here, we revist our feature from the July 2012 issue of Wallpaper* (W*159), when we explored a refreshingly-designed Copenhagen public bathing complex
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Frieze Art Fair 2011, London
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Frieze Art Fair London 2012 report
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Frieze Art Fair 2010, London
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Yrjö Kukkapuro’s studio near Helsinki is a temple to the art of sitting down
This visit to Yrjö Kukkapuro's home and studio, first featured in Wallpaper’s April 2020 issue, highlights the evolution of the Finnish designer's experimental approach to furniture
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Dealer’s choice: architect Tom Croft on layering character into London’s Skarstedt gallery
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Silicone and silk: Ron Arad Rocks Louisa Guinness’ Mayfair gallery
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