Latest articles by Jonathan Bell
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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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A new exhibition celebrates photographer Hans Hansen’s unique approach to image-making‘Photo: Hans Hansen’ at Hamburg’s Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe showcases the work of a master of commercial photography
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New to the market, this Hamptons home by Bates Masi + Architects is a creative retreatLong Island legends Bates Masi + Architects have built countless desirable houses in the Hamptons, Fire Island and beyond; now available, 131 Windward is one of the studio's classics from the turn of the century
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Apple is 50, bigger and stronger than ever. How does the company shape the world of 2026?1 April 2026 marks Apple’s half-century. Jonathan Bell considers what Cupertino’s relentless ambition means for the modern world
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Casio’s flagship calculator incorporates traditional Japanese lacquer workCasio is upping the aesthetic and material quality of a desk-top mainstay, transforming the S100X-JC1-U calculator with an ancient hand-finished process
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Bang & Olufsen brings ultimate craft to the limited-edition Beolab 90 Monarch and ZenithThe Beolab 90 Monarch Edition and Beolab 90 Zenith Edition represent the peak of Bang & Olufsen’s Atelier customisation service, exploring craft and materiality in unprecedented depth
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Photographer Joel Meyerowitz on reframing some of art history’s most famous props: ‘Morandi’s Objects’In his newly updated book, 'Morandi's Objects. The Complete Archive of Casa Morandi', legendary photographer Joel Meyerowitz brings a practised eye to objects that inspired a master of still life
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Three talented new compact radios for surfing the airwaves in styleRadio continues to endure, and these new players offer up multiple functions within a small form factor
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Changing the clocks? Four new alarm clocks to ease your early startsThe humble alarm clock shouldn’t cause you information overload; we explore the options to greet the dawn without distress
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Celebrating a quarter century of barnstorming V12 GT cars: the Aston Martin VanquishOver 25 years and three generations, the Vanquish has been Aston Martin’s flagship Super GT. As the company assembles three outstanding examples, we take a look at the Vanquish legacy
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Bring the beat back with Bumpboxx's mighty BB-777, a boombox for the 21st centuryCalifornia speaker specialists Bumpboxx have taken their expertise and added a side order of retro inspiration to create this stylish revival boombox
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The Art of the Book celebrates Thames & Hudson’s 75 years of creative publishing'The Art of the Book: 75 Years of Thames & Hudson' is a visual history of the publisher’s greatest hits across art, architecture, graphics, branding and more
