Artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and its impact explored by the Wallpaper* team
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'A space where different forms of knowledge meet': Prada Frames announces fifth edition at Milan Design Week 2026The fifth edition of the Prada Frames symposium curated by Formafantasma will take place from 19-21 April 2026 at Milan's Santa Maria delle Grazie
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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CES is awash with the far out and futuristic. Here are nine things that caught our eyeDiscover what’s new in robotics, AI wearables, rollable screens, all-electric roller skis and more in our guide to the quirkiest tech innovations at CES 2026
By Jonathan Bell Published
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From smart glasses to ‘empathy’ machines: what AI gadgets get right (and very wrong)From furry friends to smart glasses, we test the latest AI gadgets promising to enhance your life
By Jonathan Bell Published
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In the frame: Layer is a new high-tech platform for displaying unique pieces of generative artA museum-grade canvas renders digital art with spectacular precision, cutting-edge tech and exacting industrial design
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The new Plaud Note Pro deploys AI to transform the spoken word into searchable dataThe Note Pro promises full-on conversational AI, a pocketable device that can capture roundtable chats and correctly attribute speakers and action points. Help or hindrance?
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Would you let a robot choose your next perfume?With the rise of AI, luxury fashion houses and artisan perfumers are embracing tech-enhanced fragrances. You might even already be wearing one
By Laura Feinstein Published
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Ross Lovegrove on working with AI: ‘The potential is, I think, utopian’Design maverick Ross Lovegrove discusses door handles, data, and why the West is falling behind
By Josh Sims Published
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Google I/O 2025 melded light-touch UI interactions with an enhanced AI-driven coreWe take stock of Google’s new AI offerings. Under a new Material 3 Expressive aesthetic that softens and smooths, AI arrives to take stock of you, your choices, desires, innermost thoughts and exactly what it is you want for dinner
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Use of architectural fungi exhibits a greener side to the RHS Chelsea Flower ShowTom Massey and Je Ahn’s ‘Avanade Intelligent’ gold medal-winning show garden leans into the RHS’ aspirations for a more sustainable Chelsea Flower Show
By Matt Collins Published
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How to use AI in architecture? A practical guide with Tim FuArchitect Tim Fu, an early AI adopter who regularly uses these new technologies in his practice, offers his advice
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Microsoft vs Google: where is the battle for the ultimate AI assistant taking us?Tech editor Jonathan Bell reflects on Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini, plus the state of the art in SEO, wayward algorithms, video generation and the never-ending quest for the definition of ‘good content’
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Wedgwood’s AI tool lets the public reimagine Jasperware for its 250th anniversaryTo celebrate 250 years of Jasperware, Wedgwood debuts an AI tool that opens up the design process to the public for the first time
By Ali Morris Published
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Layer conceptualises a next-gen AI-powered device: introducing the PiAPiA, the Personal Intelligent Assistant, is a conceptual vision of how AI might evolve to dovetail with familiar devices and form factors
By Jonathan Bell Published
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OpenAI has undergone its first ever rebrand, giving fresh life to ChatGPT interactionsA new typeface, word mark, symbol and palette underpin all the ways in which OpenAI’s technology interacts with the real world
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Yves Béhar describes his approach to design, built around a core of sustainable processes and positive social impactYves Béhar is the Swiss-born American founder of Fuseproject, a San Francisco-based multidisciplinary design studio with an outpost in Lisbon. Béhar's work is held in collections at both MoMA and SFMoMA and includes everything from mobility design to medical technology, robotics and high tech start-ups
By Yves Béhar Published
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Wallpaper Design Awards 2025: In tech, we’re worshipping at the altar of inanimate objects, not smart devicesThe very best contemporary technology, as celebrated by the 2025 Wallpaper* Design Awards and detailed by tech editor Jonathan Bell – watch the video
By Jonathan Bell Published
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At CES 2025, Nvidia accelerates towards an AI-driven, robotic-powered autonomous futureNvidia reveals a personal AI supercomputer, digital replicants of the physical realm, and chips to give cars and robots their long-awaited true autonomy
By Jonathan Bell Published
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‘As soon as I feel like somebody has worked me out, I want to switch it up’: set designer Shona Heath on staying authentic in a digital ageShona Heath reflects on her 2024 Oscar win, being named a Royal Designer for Industry and the importance of dreaming
By Ali Morris Published
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Bombed-out bunkers to nuclear disasters: Thomas Demand on the state of the imageOn the heels of his Houston MFA retrospective and ahead of its opening in Taipei in January 2025, German artist Thomas Demand reflects on today’s image culture
By Adrian Madlener Published
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Bali welcomes Tri Hita Karana Tower, a hybrid sound and vision centrepieceTri Hita Karana Tower is launching at Bali's Nuanu City; designed by Arthur Mamou-Mani, it’s a new hybrid art-AI architectural landmark for the island
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Is Google’s Gemini AI the best way of getting the most out of our machines?From summaries to lists of suntan lotion and swimsuits, Google reckons Gemini can save us all time and effort. We dig into new uses for AI
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Apple Intelligence has landed, giving Siri the ChatGPT treatment and adding new AI-powered features and functionsApple’s 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference marked the debut of Apple Intelligence, the company’s long-awaited riposte to Silicon Valley’s current AI obsession
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Torment Nexus or social revolution? Google’s I/O 2024 was all about AI integrationWe sift through the revelations and revolutions from Google’s I/O conference, where its Gemini AI model was pushed to the fore for searching and making. The future is how you find stuff, and Google thinks it has the answer to everything
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The Google Pixel 8a is an AI-driven ‘beginner’s smartphone’ that eclipses its pricier rivalsWe get our hands on Google’s latest device, the mid-range Pixel 8a, a stripped-down smartphone that still packs an excellent camera, solid hardware and an AI-powered software punch
By Jonathan Bell Published
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‘Help me go faster’: How Nike Air is priming its athletes for Olympic successAhead of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Nike’s chief design officer Martin Lotti opens up to Wallpaper* about its latest high-performance sneakers, developed alongside world-leading athletes and honed using AI technology
By Ann Binlot Published
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Samsung Galaxy S24 series goes all out on AIThe Samsung Galaxy S24 series is announced, with a host of AI-powered functions designed to transform your relationship with your phone
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Is AI the future of fashion trend forecasting?Trend forecasting agencies like Heuritech are using AI technology to scan over three million social media images a day, helping brands predict what you’ll want to wear. But what does this mean for creativity? Mary Cleary explores
By Mary Cleary Published


