Latest articles by Michael Reynolds - Art Direction
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Ken Gun Min’s mixed-media montages reframe cultural influences and queer identity
South Korean-born, LA-based Ken Gun Min illusively combines painting, embroidery and illustration
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Blue Green Works's lighting champions a new aesthetic in American design
Manhattan-based design studio Blue Green Works fuses sensuality and masculinity to create mellow, mood-enhancing lighting with visual impact
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The Commerce Inn is a West Village Tavern inspired by the Shakers
We explore the simple pleasures of The Commerce Inn, Rita Sodi and Jody Williams’ perfectly crafted, Shaker-inspired West Village tavern
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Building Salmon Creek Farm: inside California’s ultimate creative retreat
Salmon Creek Farm's founder, the architecture-trained artist Fritz Haeg, opens the doors to his cultural commune and tells us its story
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Achille Salvagni imbues Upper East Side townhouse with understated glamour
Designer Achille Salvagni’s latest project is a Manhattan townhouse whose understated design is led by function and inspired by 1920s and 1930s architecture
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Remembering artist Ashley Bickerton (1959 – 2022)
Ashley Bickerton, known for his subversive, conceptual takes on consumerism, has died aged 63. We explore his life, work, and extraordinary studio, photographed in 2017 when Wallpaper* US director Michael Reynolds and Stephen Kent Johnson visited the artist
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Sandra Nunnerley launches sculptural Corian tables that nod to the stars
Made exclusively for New York’s Maison Gerard, Sandra Nunnerley’s sleek new Corian tables feature bronze inlay
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Gagosian 541 West 24th Street shows off architectural simplicity by Caplan Colaku
Gagosian 541 West 24th Street in New York shows off its sophisticated space, by Caplan Colaku Architecture, with Damien Hirst’s ‘Forgiving and Forgetting’
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West Side Story: Hauser & Wirth’s new Chelsea outpost is big, clever and inclusive
An exclusive first look of Hauser & Wirth's forthcoming new building on Manhattan’s West Side, headlines our May 2020 issue (W*254). Designed by architect Annabelle Selldorf, 542 West 22nd Street is the first purpose-built, ground-up space for the Swiss mega-gallery. We went behind-the-scenes earlier this year, while the building was in its final stages of construction
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Matthew Royce rethinks the Venice Beach house
A new Venice Beach house by architect Matthew Royce on a triangular site makes an eye-catching addition to a Los Angeles neighbourhood
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John Lautner's modernist Garcia House gets landmark makeover
Take a tour of the uplifting restoration at John Lautner’s 1962 modernist architecture gem, the Garcia House in Los Angeles
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Michael Reynolds, Wallpaper’s US director, goes behind the scenes of the first issue
Michael Reynolds, Wallpaper’s US director, goes behind the scenes of the magazine’s first ever cover, a shoot involving a penthouse apartment, heavy furniture – and no elevator service. Reynolds’ recollections feature in the ‘25 Years of Wallpaper*’ series, published in our October 2021, 25th anniversary issue
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Trousdale Estate modernism revamped in this Carla Ridge house
Surrounded by a rippling infinity pool, this art- and design-filled Beverly Hills villa by design studio Lucas is already making waves
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Art and light rule in this Pacific Palisades house
A couple’s Pacific Palisades house, by Johnston Marklee and Studio Shamshiri, puts their art collection in the best light
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Studio Seitz brings Swiss craftsmanship to New York
Studio Seitz’s Kevin Seitz and Rob van Wyen are preparing to open their first showroom – in a former babka factory in Williamsburg, which doubles as their home
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Artist Emily Hass confronts displacement through the poetry of architecture
Through the language of architecture, New York-based artist Emily Hass examines cross-generational forced migration and the psychological power of home
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Collector Eileen Harris Norton on art as a portal for change
Collector and philanthropist Eileen Harris Norton has long been an advocate for underrepresented artists. Profiled in her Santa Monica home, Norton discusses art as a social investment, and providing opportunities for Los Angeles' foster youth
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Jeremy Anderson unveils ceramics inspired by industrial architecture
The co-founder of Apparatus, Jeremy Anderson, reveals his first body of ceramic work, inspired by the black and white photographs of Bernd and Hilla Becher depicting water towers and other industrial structures
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Inside legendary photo agent Lee Gross’ Manhattan apartment
Lee Gross, a photo agent who pioneered the capturing of behind-the-scenes movie-set images in the 1960s, talks us through the treasures of her West Village apartment
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Outer space: Rogan Gregory thinks big in his new LA studio
The artist’s new Santa Monica studio, a former garbage truck depot, is a blank canvas for big dreams
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Cape Cod exhibition explores legacy of artist David Wojnarowicz
In Cape Cod, exhibition ‘Tidal Motion’ explores the legacy of artist David Wojnarowicz. Though the artist’s life was cut short by HIV/AIDs in 1992, his work continues to inspire a generation of contemporary artists
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Daniel Arsham’s Play-Doh-inspired furniture
American multidisciplinary artist Daniel Arsham presents ‘Objects for Living: Collection II’ with Friedman Benda, a new series of hand-sculpted furniture in a combination of wood, resin and stone
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Alexis Bittar and Scott Pask’s theatrical New York jewellery store design
New York jewellery designer Alexis Bittar has collaborated with Tony Award-winning theatrical designer Scott Pask for his New York store design
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Kazem Naderi designs Tribeca salon specialising in curly hair
Kazem Naderi has created an oasis of calm showcasing a minimal mix of materials inside a historic cast-iron Tribeca building
