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'They're like my friends:’ Max Lamb exhibits a decade of chairs in a former church hall
The British designer’s new London show, ‘Exercises in Seating 3' (until 2 November 2025), brings together over 30 diverse works in a circle of connection
By Francesca Perry Published
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Fancy transforming your ageing Casio into a smartwatch? Ollee has the answer
The Ollee Watch transforms Casio's cult digital watch into a retro-tinged smart device
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A new concrete house in São Paulo state is designed to open up to its hillside views
Architects Fernanda Padula and Juliana Risso have shaped this family house in Brazil from meticulously poured concrete forms, precise joinery and a close relationship with the landscape
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Community and culture coincide at Mount Street Neighbourhood Arts Festival
With this year’s theme focused on art and books, expect to see various literary moments around the Mayfair address
By Tianna Williams Published
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Sculpture meets jewellery meets sport? Kelly Wearstler’s latest venture is doing something completely new
The designer is launching a new curatorial platform, Side Hustle, free from the limitations of commercial commissions and aiming to foster truly original, experimental and interdisciplinary work
By Anna Solomon Published
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Ballman Khaplova creates a light-filled artist’s studio in upstate New York
This modest artist’s studio provides a creative with an atelier and office in the grounds of an old farmhouse, embedding her practice in the surrounding landscape
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Italy’s most famous recipe book gets a revamp for its latest edition
‘Il Cucchiaio d'Argento’, or ‘The Silver Spoon’, is Italy's best-known recipe book: artist Olimpia Zagnoli and cultural design studio Bunker collaborated on a new look for its latest edition
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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A new American airline hopes to bridge the worlds of private aviation and business class
Magnifica Air’s Airbuses have acres of space, private suites and white-glove treatment for your precious luggage, coming soon to a route near you
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Silver, steel and quartz become olfactory experiences in Georg Jensen’s home fragrance debut
Home Scent marks Georg Jensen’s debut into the fragrance world, an experiential collection that brings the silversmithy to life
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Join us on a first look inside Regent’s View, the revamped canalside gasholder project in London
Regent's View, the RSHP-designed development for St William, situated on a former gasholder site on a canal in east London, has just completed its first phase
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Two new portable projectors from Wanbo and Soundcore showcase extremes of scale
The ultra-compact Wanbo Dali 1 goes up against Soundcore’s mighty Nebula X1 Pro mobile theatre system
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Niels van Roij Design's newest project is this perfectly tailored Rolls-Royce Shooting Brake
Henry II is a hand-crafted Shooting Brake created from a 1981 Rolls-Royce Corniche coupé. Commissioned by its long-standing owner, the car has been upgraded into a true grand tourer
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The Royal College of Art has announced plans for renewal of its Kensington campus
The Royal College of Art project, led by Witherford Watson Mann Architects, includes the revitalisation of the Darwin Building and more, in the hopes of establishing an open and future-facing place of creativity
By Tianna Williams Published
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A bold restaurant adds drama to a Bucharest office building
In the base of Millo Offices, studio AÉ02 dreams up a warm interior where light and material tell a story of contemporary design
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Zagato apply their expertise to the debut machine from a new hypercar brand, capricorn
The capricorn 01 Zagato hypercar combines exotic Italian design with German manufacturing and engineering
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Butter Baby is Jakarta’s new cosmic dessert parlour
Crosby Studios conjures a surreal, butter-yellow dreamscape for an unusual dessert parlour in the Indonesian capital
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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‘This is hostile furniture’: how the sale of National Gallery benches sparked a conversation on museum accessibility
The National Gallery’s red leather seating is to be auctioned, 13-14 October. But its minimal replacement has been criticised for its unwelcome, inaccessible design
By Tianna Williams Published
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TAG Heuer’s Connected Calibre just got a smart new OS, new faces and a new collaboration
TAG Heuer introduces its newest smartwatch, the Connected Calibre E5, along with a partnership edition with running brand New Balance
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Ursula K Le Guin’s maps of imaginary worlds are charted in a new exhibition
Ursula K Le Guin, the late American author, best known for her science fiction novels, is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Architectural Association in London, charting her whimsical maps, which bring her fantasy worlds alive
By Tianna Williams Published
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Tobia Scarpa’s revived wooden lighting for Flos combines ingenuity and visual poetry
Flos reissues Tobia Scarpa’s ‘Seki-Han’ lamp, a 1963 design featuring an ingenious wooden structure updated with contemporary technology
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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In Taylor Swift’s new era, even the typeface has a story
The bold typography behind 'The Life of a Showgirl' started life as a student project in Nicaragua. Its designer didn’t set out to make pop history – but the Swifties found him anyway.
By Lina Abascal Published
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A wellness retreat in south-west France blends rural charm with contemporary concrete
Bindloss Dawes has completed the Amassa Retreat in Gascony, restoring and upgrading an ancient barn with sensitive modern updates to create a serene yoga studio
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Raf Simons’ ‘Shaker System’ for Kvadrat is now available in a kids’ version (and it includes a teddy bear)
The designer tells Wallpaper* about his latest projects for the Danish textile company, and finding inspiration in the natural world
By Laura May Todd Published
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Will future mobility be augmented? We don the new Hypershell X Ultra Exoskeleton to find out
Exoskeletons are already widely used in an industrial context. Hypershell believes there’s a market for a leisure version that makes light work of long hikes
By Josh Sims Published
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Power Hall’s glow-up shines light on science and innovation in Manchester
Power Hall at The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester was given a spruce-up by Carmody Groarke, showcasing the past and future of machines, engineering and sustainable architecture
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Rome’s Basilica di Massenzio has been reinvigorated with fresh architectural interventions
The ancient landmark bridges past and present with a redesigned stage area, new flooring and interactive information points
By Anna Solomon Published
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Avatr Vision Xpectra concept transforms cars into ‘emotionally intelligent companions’
Bespoke Partnership
Revealed in Munich, electric car maker Avatr’s futuristic Vision Xpectra is a car that is not only beautiful, but a true form of ‘emotive luxury’
By Simon Mills Published
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Dacia wants to make small cars great again – all hail the new Hipster Concept
The best way to minimise energy use in all its forms is to downsize. The Dacia Hipster Concept is a smart way of making a practical car way more pint-sized
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Celebrate the angular joys of 'Brutal Scotland', a new book from Simon Phipps
'Brutal Scotland' chronicles one country’s relationship with concrete; is brutalism an architectural bogeyman or a monument to a lost era of aspirational community design?
By Jonathan Bell Published
