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Mark your calendars for Mount Street Neighbourhood Summer Festival, a feast for the senses
The event, 12-14 June 2025, showcases the mix of food, art and community in the heart of London’s Mayfair. Here's what to expect, from afternoon tea to aperitivo, film screenings to biodynamic flowers
By Tianna Williams Published
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Taste a Louis Vuitton summer in sun-drenched Saint-Tropez
The Arnaud Donckele & Maxime Frédéric at Louis Vuitton restaurant returns to the White 1921 Saint-Tropez hotel for its third edition, now with a Michelin star
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Eight highlights from the first Downtown Design Riyadh
Downtown Design Riyadh, an all-new sister showcase to Dubai’s longtime contemporary fair for bespoke and collectible design, held its inaugural edition in the Saudi capital from 20-23 May 2025
By Maghie Ghali Published
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The Serpentine Pavilion 2025 is ready to visit, ‘an exhibition you can use’
The Serpentine Pavilion 2025 is ready for its public opening on 6 June; we toured the structure and spoke to its architect, Marina Tabassum
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A meticulously crafted artist’s space in east London evokes the area’s long creative history
Maich Swift Architects’ artist’s space has radically reconfigured a Victorian terraced house, transforming it into a contemporary live/work interior
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Ukrainian restaurant Sino adds to London's diverse food culture with warming traditions that feel familiar yet new
Pronounced see-no, the new Ukrainian restaurant in Notting Hill, by Polina Sychova and chef Eugene Korolev, is built on the intimate relationship between people and nature – offering beauty in simplicity
By Tianna Williams Published
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This David Lynch auction offers a rare glimpse into the late filmmaker's life
From movie memorabilia to everyday items, the sale – taking place in Los Angeles 18 June – is one not to miss
By Tianna Williams Published
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The Peugeot E-5008 is an adept but ostentatious take on the all-electric SUV
Peugeot has swapped its seductive design language for something shoutier and less discrete as it attempts to conquer the electric SUV segment with the new E-5008
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Skymill is a desktop device that’ll reshape your relationship with the weather
Gustav Rosén’s Skymill Weather Station fuses digital and analogue design to create an esoteric hybrid weather and air quality monitor
By Jonathan Bell Published
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All eyes on Greek jewellery brand Lito as it launches bold new amulets to mark its 25 years
Striking amulets, seductive stones and secret messages characterise Lito's striking new anniversary collection, an extension of its ‘Tu es Partout’ series
By Anne Soward Published
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Ralph Pucci’s new Provence exhibition celebrates sculpture in its purest form
To mark 70 years of Ralph Pucci International, the New York gallery is collaborating with top designers to bring scaled, textural forms to Château La Coste
By Anna Solomon Published
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A refreshed Rockefeller Wing reopens with a bang at The Met in New York
The Met's Michael C Rockefeller Wing gets a refresh by Kulapat Yantrasast's WHY Architecture, bringing light, air and impact to the galleries devoted to arts from Africa, Oceania and the Ancient Americas
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Naoshima New Museum of Art is a home for Asian art, and a lasting legacy, in Seto Inland Sea
The Naoshima New Museum of Art opens, marking a seminal addition to the Japanese island's renowned Benesse Art Site Naoshima; we explore Tadao Ando's design
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Out of office: what the Wallpaper* editors have been up to this week
This week saw the Wallpaper* team jet-setting to Jordan and New York; those of us left in London had to make do with being transported via the power of music at rooftop bars, live sets and hologram performances
By Anna Solomon Published
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A postcard from Malmö’s Southern Sweden Design Days 2025
Southern Sweden Design Days offers a more gentle approach to a design festival, and an opportunity to discover new talent
By Francesca Perry Published
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This Ahmedabad house is enclosed within a curved concrete shell
This Ahmedabad house by Achyutam Designs is a homage to concrete and a celebration of the curve, a family house designed to flow into its surroundings
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Scented lens spray? Alpagota revolutionises the mundane act of cleaning your glasses
Alpagota’s aromatic lens cleaning products inject a daily dose of beauty into the most boring of tasks
By Anna Solomon Published
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Welcome to Omved Gardens, north London’s hidden green oasis
This secret space in Highgate is relaunching as a vibrant community hub with new spaces, activities and exhibitions
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Blink and you might miss the Toyota Yaris Cross, a car designed for dutiful service
Toyota is a dab hand at building cars that don’t get a second glance yet can somehow survive for generations. The Yaris Cross GR Sport is a testament to the power of unshowy design
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Maria Grazia Chiuri to exit Dior: ‘I‘m immensely proud of this chapter’
Following her Cruise 2026 show in Rome earlier this week, Maria Grazia Chiuri has announced that she will be stepping away from her role as creative director of Dior’s womenswear and couture lines
By Jack Moss Published
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How did the Shakers influence modern design? A new exhibition considers the progressive philosophy of the free church
‘The Shakers: A World in the Making’ positions the 18th-century sect as a pioneer of simple, functional and democratic design – principles that still guide aesthetics today
By Anna Solomon Published
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This Madrid villa’s sculptural details add to its serene appeal
Villa 18 by Fran Silvestre Architects, one of a trilogy of new homes in La Moraleja, plays with geometry and curves – take a tour
By Tianna Williams Published
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‘A fuller and silkier sillage’: Acqua di Parma dials up the intensity of Blu Mediterraneo
As Acqua di Parma unveils its new Blu Mediterraneo: La Riserva collection – a reinterpretation of three quintessential scents – Wallpaper* dives deeper into the story behind its making
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Zagato reveals the first model from Bovensiepen Automobiles and a one-off Alfa Romeo
Two new cars emerged from Zagato’s studio to grace the shores of Lake Como at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2025. We explore the Italian coachbuilder’s latest designs
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The Micra (finally) goes electric as Nissan ramps up its range of EVs
The compact Nissan Micra was once a global bestseller. After getting an early head start on electric mobility, the Japanese giant is looking to a new version of its small car to recharge its status
By Guy Bird Published
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Beige is best at this São Paulo apartment by Arthur Casas
With this quietly elegant São Paulo apartment, Studio Arthur Casas celebrates the power of subtle, neutral shades to create warmth and timeless appeal
By Léa Teuscher Published
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Dyson’s new Cool CF1 fan brings quiet, compact cooling into the home
An evolution of Dyson’s quest to reinvent the humble desk fan, the Cool CF1 is enhanced and updated for a new, smarter generation
By Jonathan Bell Published
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San Francisco’s controversial monument, the Vaillancourt Fountain, could be facing demolition
The brutalist fountain is conspicuously absent from renders showing a redeveloped Embarcadero Plaza and people are unhappy about it, including the structure’s 95-year-old designer
By Anna Solomon Published
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Healthy chocolate? Eat it at Makers, London’s new Lebanese chocolatier
Located in Chelsea, Makers is a new ‘healthy chocolate’ shop offering treats free of refined sugar, seed oils, wheat and dairy – and it tastes delicious
By Tianna Williams Published