
Best landing pad
Touch down and explore a brave new world of form and high function – it’s the shape of things to come
Rug: Inspired by Roman tesserae that he discovered in the garden of his Wiltshire farmhouse, the hand-woven rugs in Luke Irwin’s Mosaic collection can be ordered in any size and colour.
Floor lamp: Splayed double shades give this cast aluminium lamp by Matter Made its distinctive shape, while its AC LEDs cast a soft, dimmable light.
Sofa: Carlo Colombo’s reinterpretation for Giorgetti of the sofa shape shows how the best designers are constantly fine-tuning classic forms and inventing new ones.
Cabinet: Jean-Marie Massaud’s collection of bookcases and storage units for Poltrona Frau incorporates a system of wooden grids, which can be moved to create different sequences each time.
Bowl: Another Jean-Louis Deniot eye-catcher for Baker, this ‘Iron Eye’ bowl has a glass centre gripped by spider-like arms.
Table lamp: Jean-Louis Deniot’s ‘Obsidian’ table lamp for Baker juggles with notions of weight and balance, with two alabaster hemispheres balanced on each other.
Side table: Newly updated to celebrate the upcoming 30th anniversary of Maison Christian Liaigre, the ‘Praslin’ table is a modern classic, with a bronze base and a polished wood top.
Coffee table: With its jigsaw-piece marble top, Rodolfo Dordoni’s ‘Jacob’ table for Minotti demonstrates his genius for reinvention: expect copycat designs to flood the high street soon.
Armchair: Designed by Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia, the wide seat and high back of the ‘Édouard’ armchair offer excellent ergonomic support, while embracing the sitter with its sinuous lines.
As originally featured in the February 2017 issue of Wallpaper* (*215). Photography: Thomas Brown. Interiors: Matthew Morris. Writer: Christopher Stocks

Best mail model
Automated delivery box, by Siedle
Based in the Black Forest town of Furtwangen, Siedle launched the first door intercom in 1935 and has been innovating ever since. The company’s latest product, an automated home-delivery box, combines user-friendly utility with sleek German design. Developed in response to the unstoppable rise in home deliveries, the Siedle box initiates a video call to your smartphone if you’re out when a parcel arrives, allowing you to talk to the courier and unlock the box remotely. Needless to say, it’s especially handy for all those WallpaperSTORE* packages, alluringly designed by A Practice for Everyday Life. Printed on kraft cardboard, our gift boxes feature a geometric pattern derived from the Wallpaper* asterisk, with a system of sleeves that creates a bespoke layered effect. They certainly ring our bell.
Photography: Jonas Marguet. Interiors: Maria Sobrino. Writer: Christopher Stocks

Best booth
Our personal groom room
Launched to celebrate the 55th Salone del Mobile, Ceccotti Collezioni’s contemporary take on the gentleman’s dressing room combines the elements of a screen, handcrafted in solid ash, with integral shelves, hangers and a circular mirror. Designed by Giuseppe Casarosa, it pairs perfectly with Michael Anastassiades’ first piece for Herman Miller, a pert wooden stool with a parallel metal crossbar.
Pictured: Set’ dressing unit, €8,048, by Giuseppe Casarosa, for Ceccotti Collezioni. ‘Spot’ stool in walnut, $1,470, by Michael Anastassiades, for Herman Miller. ‘Dakota suede II’ fabric in grape, £40 per m, by Kirkby Design. on shelves, from top to bottom, left to right: Clay Pomade, £20; Wax Pomade, £20, both by Daimon Barber. small ‘Shaker’ box, $100, by Jonah Tagaki. Irony Body Butter, £46, by Novel Beauty. Tuscan Wash Bag, £149, by Thomas clipper. Gosha Rubchinskiy Eau de Toilette, £65, by Comme des Garçons. Neolithic Shave Set, Pewter edition, £299; ‘mark k’ Razor, £149, both by Thomas clipper. Shave oil, $60; Brow gelcomb, $45, both by Tom Ford Jacket, £1,466; shirt, £545; roll neck, £822; trousers, £532; jacket (held in hand), £1,500, all by Philipp Plein. Shoes, $990, by Santoni.
Photography: Phil Dunlop. Fashion: Jason Hughes. Interiors: Maria Sobrino. Writer: Christopher Stocks

Best gem setting
‘Diamond Outrage’ watch, by Audemars Piguet
One of a few classic watch marques also dedicated to nurturing specialist jewellery skills, Audemars Piguet has embraced the exotic architectural forms that modern technology allows. Yet its unique, high-jewellery timepieces only emerge as a direct result of the audacious talent of its gemsetters. It is their mastery of precious stones and cuts that injects this watch with its Mad Max-like character. The 11,043 brilliant-cut sapphires that define its icy tones took 1,800 hours to set.
Pictured: the ‘Diamond Outrage’ watch, with dial concealed in the clasp, in 18ct white gold and brilliant-cut sapphires in six gradated tones.
Photography: Charles Negre. Writer: Caragh McKay

Best UFO beams
Stranger things are happening as alien light forms pepper the skies
Jan Kath’s ‘Magic View’ rug asks us to raise our heads and take in a patch of sky framed by the towering rainforest. Suitably awed, we lit a path to our own fecund clearing. ‘White Noise’, a suspension LED lamp by Diesel Living and Foscarini, adds its own star-spangled celestial dome, while an inner dome creates both diffuse divine light and a UFO-ish single beam. Pinch Design’s ‘Nim Natural’ table, apparently unplugged from the lunar surface, casts a distinct moon shadow. And, in a special nod to the late, great Cédric Ragot, we’ve included his ‘Full Moon’ lamp to add a more lunar luminescence.
Pictured: ’White noise’ suspension lamp, $3,145, by Diesel Living, for Foscarini. Screen, €2,490, by Francesco Rota, for La Palma. ‘Magic view’ rug, part of the Jungle collection, €1,085 per sq m, by Jan Kath. ‘Full Moon’ Floor Lamp, £1,625, by Cédric Ragot, for Roche Bobois. ‘Nim natural’ coffee table, £4,850, by Pinch Design. Beech Trees and Juniper bushes, from Living props. ‘Pavilion Gray’ paint, £38 per 2.5 litres, by Farrow & Ball.
Photography: Thomas Brown. Interiors: Matthew Morris. Writer: Nick Compton

Best armour
Floral jacquard armour, by Comme des Garçons
In times of unrest, we all need some kind of armour, but Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo took the concept to new levels, fashioning her version out of floral-patterned jacquards made with silks from Lyon. Arguing for beauty over brute force, the precisely cut voluminous layers explode like high-impact flower bombs. Kawakubo is set for another show of strength, in May, when she will become the second living designer to have a show at The Met’s Costume Institute in New York.
Photography: Benjamin Bouchet. Writer: Siska Lyssens