Jonathan Bell
Jonathan Bell has written for Wallpaper* magazine since 1999, covering everything from architecture and transport design to books, tech and graphic design. He is now the magazine’s Transport and Technology Editor. Jonathan has written and edited 15 books, including Concept Car Design, 21st Century House, and The New Modern House. He is also the host of Wallpaper’s first podcast.
Latest articles by Jonathan Bell
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Exclusive insight into two bespoke listening rooms at the forthcoming Stylus NYCNew York’s new audio salon features design by O'Neill Rose Architects, tech by Devon Turnbull and Michelin-starred catering. Sign us up
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Porsche Cayenne Coupé Electric: can electrification transform the image of the SUV coupé?The SUV coupé is a benighted typology, neither fish nor fowl. Now that a Porsche-designed performance EV is on the case, do they make a bit more sense?
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The Morgan Supersport 400 is a new flagship sports car from the Malvern manufacturerMore power, more personalisation and a more refined expression of Morgan’s enduring aesthetic, the Supersport 400 is a worthy brand flagship
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EBO Max is a football-shaped FamilyBot that brings intelligence and security to the homeThe robots are coming, trundling slowly through your single-level living space and gazing around in big-eyed wonder. We check out Enabot's EBO Max
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A spectacular private commission showcases Theon Design’s skill with the 911 templateCreated for a Mexican architect, Theon Design’s latest Porsche 911 restomod is a greatest hits compilation on four wheels
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All-new Mercedes-Benz C-Class is both scaled-down S-Class and a riposte to the SUVMercedes has gone all-electric with the latest iteration of its important C-Class model, the mid-market saloon that was once one of its strongest-selling models. Is the new EV inspired by SUVs or does it set out to conquer them?
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Invisible updates give Polestar 3 more power and processing and a steely focus on efficiencyPolestar has given its sporting SUV an upgrade, doubling down on the big EV’s performance credibility whilst also streamlining its environmental footprint
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A transformed homestead becomes a family holiday destination thanks to No ArchitectsThe harsh environment of the Ore Mountains in the Czech Republic backdrops this restored, expanded and updated residential lodge by local studio No Architects
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A new London mews house conjures up a spacious interior from a tiny plotPaper House Project’s Greenview House in Hackney transforms an unpromising site into a neatly defined, low-energy home with a dynamic, interlocking vertical plan
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Fans of compact EVs have two compelling new cars to choose from thanks to Hyundai and VWThe all-new Hyundai Ioniq 3 scales down Hyundai’s EV offering, while VW has a third attempt at making its ID.3 into a winner
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Three new robot-vacuum cleaners make light work of interior upkeepShark, Mova and iRobot unveil three new flagship devices that show the home robotics sector continuing to innovate
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Explore 50 of London's brutalist landmarks with this handy new guidebookIn the pages of 'Brutalist London', London’s most memorable concrete buildings are laid bare
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Peek inside a poetic Canadian residence on the shore's of Lake Huron designed by Omar Gandhi ArchitectsCedar’s Kin, a sprawling residential complex that's threaded through the treeline, makes the most of the light and views on its waterside site
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Mercedes-Benz brings updates galore to three of its big hitters, the EQS, GLS and EQEIt’s update time at Mercedes, which brings revised operating systems, better processing power and a host of other incremental improvements to three of its biggest models
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Two new cassette players tap into generational nostalgia for tech with added frictionSlip away from streaming culture and slow things down with the new Gadhouse Miko and a fresh edition of We Are Rewind’s WE-001. These new portable players showcase the growing love for the compact cassette
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Rolls-Royce announces a new chapter in coachbuilt automobiles, Project NightingaleInspired by the golden age of art deco and streamlined design, Rolls-Royce takes the bespoke process to new levels with its new Coachbuild Collection
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A new house in a South Downs village is a masterful example of modern rural designSandy Rendel Architects has completed Monkton, a generous country house that finds richness and warmth in careful detailing and modest materiality
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A classic A. Quincy Jones house in Brentwood just hit the market for the first time in more than a decadeA modest modernist marvel in one of LA’s most desirable neighbourhoods, the Morris & Lydia Gelb House could be yours for $2.7 million
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The Honda Super-N is a pint-size design classic that’s new to the UKThe pocketable scale of Japan’s Kei car culture is now available in all-electric form courtesy of the new Honda Super-N
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New book, 'Soviet Scientific Institutes', captures the afterlife of a society dedicated to discoveryPhotographer Eric Lusito’s new monograph captures the strange experimental facilities and laboratories scattered across the countries left behind by the USSR
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'Scottish Modern' captures the entrancing vision of architects Brown & BrownA new monograph, 'Scottish Modern,' traces the career and work of Aberdeenshire-based Brown & Brown, one of Scotland’s preeminent residential architects
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The Range Rover London Editions pay homage to four London districtsRange Rover took over Belgravia to announce two more London Edition models to round out its quartet of capital-inspired custom models
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New to cruise? Piero Lissoni cushions the culture shock onboard the Norwegian LunaNCL's Norwegian Luna recently made its inaugural voyage from Miami. Wallpaper* went on board to seek out the shipshape side of modern cruising culture
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Step inside Pyramid House, a reimagined 20th-century experiment in Milton KeynesExplore London studio Khan Bonshek’s tactful refurbishment of an unconventional 1980s show home that was ‘a very, very strange building’
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