Latest articles by Laura May Todd
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Martino Gamper transforms Nilufar Depot into a live workshop for the gallery’s tenth anniversaryNina Yashar celebrates the first decade of Nilufar Depot with a week of live-making by Martino Gamper and a book chronicling the gallery’s extraordinary exhibitions
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Bethan Laura Wood creates a pastel dreamscape to launch her new collaboration with SerapianInspired by Japanese landscapes and Serapian’s ‘Mosaico’ technique, Bethan Laura Wood creates a series of accessories, staged in an installation at Milan’s villa Mozart
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Stay in a pastel-hued Puglian palazzo as it starts a new chapterA haven for the design-minded, Palazzo Daniele reopens following a thoughtful restoration by Milan-based Studio Palomba Serafini and GS Collection
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Pierre-Yves Rochon celebrates ‘the great tradition of Italian design’ in Four Seasons Hotel Milano refreshThe sophisticated hotel’s 118 rooms and suites have been redesigned by the acclaimed designer and long-time collaborator of the brand
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Herzog & de Meuron redefines Swiss hospitality with Les Trois Rois hotel transformationThe Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning studio expands the hotel with a striking restaurant and bar, a sprawling presidential suite, and a decadent rooftop spa
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In Copenhagen, Charlotte Taylor gave us a glimpse into the mess of real lifeAt 3 Days of Design, Charlotte Taylor staged ‘Home from Home’, a group exhibition in collaboration with Noura Residency, showcasing the chaos of the everyday, from unmade beds to breakfast leftovers
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Norman Foster and Porsche reimagine movement at the 19th Venice Architecture BiennaleNorman Foster Foundation and Porsche collaborate on 'Gateway to Venice's Waterway', a flagship installation at the 19th global architecture biennale
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‘Romantic brutalism’ rethinks Polish craftAn exhibition in Warsaw gives local makers their due, looking inside the burgeoning world of Polish design
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Prada opens Sea Beyond, a new centre for ocean education in the Venetian LagoonCreated in partnership with UNESCO-IOC and designed by Carlo Ratti, the centre marks the first educational space of its kind in Italy
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Sunnei’s shape-shifting concept store and café takes up residence in the brand’s Milan HQ‘It allows visitors to shop just steps away from the people who designed the pieces,’ say Sunnei founders Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo of the store, which features a Tommaso Vergano and Anastasia Posca-curated café – perfect for a Milan Design Week pitstop
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Emerging galleries to discover during Milan Design WeekWallpaper’s Milan editor has the inside track on the younger design galleries coming to town
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Buccellati brings the forest and Furry Animals to Milan Design WeekThe jewellery and silverware maison falls back on tradition for its Milan showcase, presenting its now-emblematic collection of intricately crafted creatures
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Aboard Gio Ponti's colourful Arlecchino train in Milan, a conversation about design with FormafantasmaThe design duo boards Gio Ponti’s train bound for the latest Prada Frames symposium at Milan Design Week
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Promemoria’s new furniture takes you from London to Lake Como, with loveAhead of its Milan Design Week 2025 debut, we try out Promemoria’s new furniture collection by David Collins Studio, at founder Romeo Sozzi’s Lake Como villa
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Ahead of Milan Design Week, Vincent Van Duysen gives us an exclusive tour of Palazzo MolteniMolteni’s immersive new design destination on via Manzoni is a seven-storey cultural powerhouse that extends far beyond the realm of home furnishings
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From the Superbowl to the sitting room: No-Ga debuts furniture by Willo PerronWe sit down with the LA-based creative director ahead of the collection's launch at Matter and Shape to hear more.
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Nomad 2025: A postcard from the St Moritz art and design showLast month, Wallpaper* ventured to the icy climes of St Moritz to explore Nomad, an alpine exhibition where contemporary art and design meet
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The best Milan bars for a fashionable aperitivoMilan’s after-dark renaissance is evident in a new wave of design-led cocktail bars, setting the right mood for enticing aperitivos and nightcaps; Milan editor Laura May Todd recommends the best
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Ceramics brand Mutina stages a poetic tribute to everyday objectsDesign meets art as a new Mutina exhibition in Italy reframes the beauty of domestic stillness, juxtaposing ceramics, sculpture, paintings and photography
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‘The craftsman should be within bicycle distance’: the eccentric, hyperlocal world of German furniture brand Nils Holger MoormannGerman furniture brand Nils Holger Moormann's product launches rarely come around, it chooses which pieces to produce by blind submission, and all designs are crafted locally
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Indian furniture brand SĀR Studio is putting Pune on the map with a new flagship and residency programmeSĀR Residence, a multi-use concept space, acts as an extension of the Indian furniture brand
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Design Dynasties: the powerhouse families of Italian furnishingWe profile the powerhouse families of Italian furnishing, uncovering the secrets of their legacies and stamina
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‘If you’re a proper designer, you can design many different forms’: Jony Ive unpacks his modular LoveFrom, Moncler outerwear collectionFive years in the making, LoveFrom and Moncler’s shape-shifting jacket collection marks a new direction for Jony Ive. Speaking to Laura May Todd in Milan, he talks forging new paths and staying curious
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Massimo Giorgetti’s new rug collection takes Milan’s 1960s metro system as a departure pointFashion designer Massimo Giorgetti has designed a rug collection for CC-Tapis inspired by curving metal tubes that run along metro station staircases
