Latest articles by Hugo Macdonald
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Haller-lujah! USM is reimagined by Buchanan StudioThe Swiss modular furniture brand has collaborated for the first time with a UK-based design studio, and the tessellating results are spectacular
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Maserati joins forces with Giorgetti for a turbo-charged relationshipAnnouncing their marriage during Milan Design Week, the brands unveiled a furniture collection, a car and a long-term commitment
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‘Why is it that an object has an aura?’We sit down with the dynamic duo behind the celestial showcase by Hermès during Milan Design Week
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Tectonic modernity makes for fine dining furniture from KnollThe new ‘Muecke Wood Collection’ by architect Jonathan Muecke for Knoll brings artistry to the table
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Elegance personified, the 'Riley' sofa is a handsome beastA new sofa by Hannes Peer for Minotti has us swooning, not slouching
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At Milan Design Week, 'Material Alchemists' marks the Wallpaper* Class of '25Our own exhibition brings together 20 emerging designers from around the world giving matter form with magic
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At Milan Design Week 2025, Turri launches a circular dining table fit for ceremonial feastsThe new ‘Kenobi’ by Marco Acerbis for Turri is the kind of dining table we like to get around
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The 'Moonbeam' lamp makes light use of leatherA new range of table lamps by Six N. Five is a delightful novelty for Poltrona Frau for Milan Design Week
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Milan Design Week: Afra and Tobia Scarpa’s monastic marvel of a chair returns to lifeMolteni & C’s reissue of the ‘Monk’ chair has us worshipping at the altar of its designers, Afra and Tobia Scarpa
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Milan Design Week: these porcelain lights mimic paper lanternsAn exclusive first look at Lee Broom's ‘Cascade’ lighting for Lladró, launching at Euroluce during Salone del Mobile 2025
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Where next for Salone del Mobile? Maria Porro on the future of the world’s biggest furniture fairAhead of Salone del Mobile 2025 in Milan, we sit down with its president to talk design, data and forging the event’s future in a fast-changing world
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What to see at Milan Design Week 2025A guide to some of the events the Wallpaper* team is checking out at Milan Design Week (7–13 April) – from public installations and major launches to standout venues and must-see exhibitions
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Milan Design Week: Philippe Malouin's ‘Great’ sofa for Hem more than lives up to its nameThree years in development, the Canadian designer’s new sofa for Hem is an elegantly modern, comfortable beast
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Salone exclusive: Enzo Mari’s ‘Boomerang’ desk flies back into productionGebrüder Thonet Vienna brings a lesser-known, marvellous Mari creation back to life as part of its Salone del Mobile 2025 collection to be unveiled in April
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First look: Fritz Hansen kicks-off the 70th anniversary celebration of Arne Jacobsen's ‘Series 7’ chair with a dawn chorus of colourThe Danish classic is reborn with a limited edition palette called ‘7:14 AM’, derived from the colours of the Danish sunrise
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'It’s indisputable that craft has enormous value socially, culturally, economically': interrogating the case for craft in contemporary lifeAhead of next week's 21st edition of Collect, the world's leading fair for collectible craft, we sit down with Natalie Melton, executive director of the Crafts Council, to talk about making a living from making
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‘Design has the power to evoke emotions, good or bad’: Fritz Hansen’s new appointments on the Danish design brand's futureWallpaper* sits down for an exclusive joint interview with Fritz Hansen’s recently appointed CEO Henrik Steensgaard and creative director Els Van Hoorebeeck
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A postcard from Stockholm Design Week 2025Global design director, Hugo Macdonald, reports from the Scandinavian fair which, despite challenges, has much worth venturing into the Swedish winter for
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'A creative explosion' in the West End: Sarabande Foundation takes residency at SelfridgesSarabande Foundation's ‘House of Bandits’ takes up residence with gusto in Selfridges for nine weeks
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This Flexform armchair, inspired by the uplifted lapels of a jacket, is a calculation in comfortThe ‘Eri’ armchair by Fumie Shibata for Flexform wins 'Best Comfort Zone' in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025
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This curvy stovetop espresso maker brings a shot of artistry to your coffee ritual‘The Anticline’ stovetop espresso maker by Cultivation Objects takes its name from a geological formation and wins a Wallpaper* Design Award 2025 for its curves
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Florim’s new ceramic surface collection is an ode to tactilityA primal pleasure, Matteo Thun and Benedetto Fasciana’s SensiTerre collection of ceramic flooring and cladding surfaces for Florim is a Wallpaper* Design Award winner
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Isabel + Helen on bringing the Wallpaper* Design Awards to lifeStep behind the scenes of the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025 cover. Designed by Isabel + Helen, it is a welcome reminder that we still have magic in our own minds and hands
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Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025: Formafantasma revisits the masculine codes of modernist designFormafantasma wins a Wallpaper* Design Award 2025, for its Milan exhibition ‘La Casa Dentro’, which took to task the inherent masculinity and conservatism at the heart of modernism
