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London Design Festival 2026: live updates from the Wallpaper* teamFrom 12-20 September, London is celebrating design in all its forms. Here's the latest news, launches and other goings-on from London Design Festival 2026, as seen by Wallpaper* editors
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The Stuff That Surrounds You: Rolf and Mette Hay invite Wallpaper* inside their personal design collectionThe Hay founders talk us through the design objects and artworks that form the backdrop to their everyday lives – watch our film
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Patricia Urquiola reimagines the sauna and hammam as an architecture of retreat for EffeBespoke Partnership
‘Baluar’ transforms the protective geometry of a medieval stronghold into a modular wellness system
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‘It’s a paradigm of the design school for the 21st century’: Joseph Grima takes the helm at the Aral SchoolThe architect, curator and critic will direct the experimental Uzbekistan school’s 2027 programme, exploring how place-specific design education might produce tangible change
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‘I wanted to move the world’: meet the man who invented wellnessNerio Alessandri created Technogym’s landmark Unica exercise machine in his garage in 1986. Marking its 40th anniversary, he talks to Wallpaper* about his intuition, vision and how he shaped the best known equipment in sport
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Deoron brings its ‘instinct for the unexpected’ to BerlinDeoron staged its third in-person event in Berlin, bringing together more than 65 designers, brands and independent studios
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Feldspar’s new lighting continues the brand’s playfully dimpled aestheticThe Devon-based design studio launches a series of pendants and lamps, responding to the urge to create pieces the designers would want to own themselves
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Wapping Power Station becomes the London Design Festival’s centre of soundFor London Design Festival 2026, sound artist Chris Watson draws upon Hull’s rich maritime heritage in his ‘sound voyage’, ‘Trent Falls’
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The Product Design 100 hits the shelves to showcase the state of the industryWe cast our eyes over the first volume of The Product Design 100: A Snapshot of Industrial Design Today, a welcome physical monograph created to sum up the modern design landscape
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One to watch: Ollie Olanipekun takes a bird's eye view of social responsibility, community and connectionChallenging perceptions and stereotypes through the (binocular) lens of nature, multidisciplinary creative Ollie Olanipekun and his birdwatching club Flock Together are combatting the underrepresentation of people of colour in nature and relieving the pressures of urban life
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Willo Perron creates a triumphant set design for Céline Dion's return to the stageOn Saturday, Céline Dion's fans welcomed her back to the stage in Paris. We take a look behind the scenes of the set design, by Wallpaper* Designer of the Year Willo Perron
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South Asian design crosses borders at London Design FestivalIn Shoreditch during London Design Festival 2026, Raw Collaborative brings together 25 boundary-pushing studios from South Asia, presenting a compelling cross-section of fine art, collectible and functional objects
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Seven lighting designs to discover at London Design Festival 2026Here are seven illuminating designs our team is looking forward to seeing across the city's exhibitions during London Design Festival 2026
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Svenskt Tenn celebrates Anna Petrus, Sweden’s trailblazing 20th-century metal designerA new exhibition at Svenskt Tenn in Stockholm revisits Anna Petrus’ pioneering pewter and cast-iron work and returns two of her lesser-known designs to production
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These intricate rugs replicate the microscopic workings of Earth’s tiniest creaturesRDAI and Creative Matters present Zoometry, a collection of six fine rugs, now on display at Galerie Mouvements Modernes (on view until 23 September 2026)
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Explore this pop-up library dedicated to queer creativity in LondonAt London Design Festival 2026, Alex Tieghi-Walker presents The Reading Room (part of his wider curation for the Brompton Design District), dedicated to queer design, creativity and cultural history in London. For the occasion, he shares a few must-read from his personal library
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Contemporary furniture and archival rug designs come together in an exhibition from Max Radford Gallery and Christopher FarrAs part of London Design Festival, ‘Progressive Permanence’ by Max Radford Gallery and Christopher Farr creates new dialogues between art, craft and design – and puts forward the masterpieces of the future
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2026 London Design Medals winners ‘demonstrate the transformative power of design’The London Design Medals 2026 are awarded to Jonathan Anderson, Sir Christopher Frayling, Anab Jain and Solveiga Pakštaitė
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After 40 years in Shoreditch, SCP makes a new home in ClerkenwellAs the British furniture brand opens its new townhouse showroom on Clerkenwell Green, founder Sheridan Coakley explains why it was time for a change
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Snap up a collectors' edition of Wallpaper* – with Es Devlin's 16-page concertina coverOne of three guest editors of Wallpaper* October 2026, Es Devlin went all out to create a spectacular, strictly limited-edition cover that lets her story unfold. Here's how to get yours.
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What to see at London Design Festival 2026Here's what to see at London Design Festival 2026 (12–20 September), where craft, architecture and technology meet across city-wide landmark installations and museum commissions
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Behind the scenes of Laika's forthcoming film WildwoodOpening at the Design Museum in London in October 2026, a behind-the-scenes look at the output of Oscar nominee Laika showcases the handcrafted precision and rich visual narrative of the Portland-based animation studio
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Luca Guadagnino and Stefano Baisi unveil a blockbuster lifestyle collection for Zara HomeLuca Guadagnino and Stefano Baisi's first commercial furniture and fashion collection spans more than 200 pieces, from sofas and lighting to clothing, tableware and scent
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Isabel + Helen celebrate their studio's first decade with an exhibition that gives you glimpse into their creative process (and things you can buy)London Design Festival 2026: the creative world's literal movers and shakers, Isabel + Helen mark ten years of the studio at The Conran Shop with an exhibition (12-20 September 2026 ) titled 'Motion Sickness', looking back at a decade of experiential kinetic design
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Giorgetti takes a beautifully tactile seat at the Homo Faber tableEs Devlin brings Giorgetti’s ‘Summa’ pouf to her visual feast at Venice’s biennial celebration of artisanship, revealing the craft and material complexity behind it – watch the film
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Es Devlin casts Homo Faber 2026 in a new lightOn Venice’s San Giorgio Maggiore, the British artist sets the stage for more than 700 handcrafted objects in an exploration of human skill, material and time
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Moto Guzzi opens a new museum at its historic Lake Como factoryThe legendary Italian motorcycle manufacturer unveils its transformed Mandello del Lario headquarters, with a new museum and production facilities designed by American architect Greg Lynn
