USA
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in USA - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to USA.
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It’ll be all white: the first-ever production Ferrari Luce goes up for sale at RM Sotheby’sFerrari Luce Chassis 0 has been given the Ferrari Tailor Made treatment, creating this uniquely sensual white-on-white car
By Jonathan Bell Published
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14 logos that defined American graphic design historyThis summer, our Anatomy of a Logo series looks at 14 examples of how creative ingenuity combined with design and brilliant marketing to give birth to some of the world's most celebrated logos
By Jonathan Bell Published
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What could our world look like in an alternate reality? Olalekan Jeyifous has the answerThe Brooklyn-based artist and trained architect reimagines social, cultural and environmental realities to create speculative neighbourhoods with a promising future
By Diana Budds Published
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This New York artist uses real human blood to interrogate sexuality, belonging and baseball fandomIn 'Bases Loaded,' now on view at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, Jordan Eagles blends his love of the Mets with the politics of blood donation
By Osman Can Yerebakan Published
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A bijou forest retreat, this Blakely Island cabin offers tree livingDesigned by architects Wittman Estes on an island in Washington state, this guest cabin invites residents to immerse themselves in the forest canopy
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Selldorf Architects reveal new design for the Clark Art Institute in MassachusettsThe 15,000 sq ft insertion will unify two older buildings on the campus and house the dazzling Aso O. Tavitian collection
By Anna Fixsen Published
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A Mickey Muennig house enters a new life chapter in CaliforniaNicole Hollis' clarifying renovation of a Mickey Muennig house on California's Monterey Peninsula creates a playful weekend retreat
By Shonquis Moreno Published
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Felice Flatiron brings Tuscan warmth to a neo-Gothic corner of Fifth AvenueThe family-run Italian restaurant series arrives in Flatiron with a Bonetti/Kozerski-designed dining room, ambitious wine programme and tableside tiramisu cart
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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These are the world’s best hotel pools worth planning a trip aroundFrom cliff-edge infinity pools to volcanic lagoons and desert swims, these design-led hotels make the outdoor pool the main event
By Sofia de la Cruz Last updated
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A yoga retreat in East Hampton translates the art of wellness into architectural formBE_Design’s Woods Retreat is a blackened temple to the principles of yogic process in a spectacular woodland location
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Anatomy of a logo: behind Hollywoodland, the world’s most famous signThomas Fisk Goff and his Crescent Sign Company created the Hollywood sign in 1923. We take a look at this enduring icon of American graphic design
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Anatomy of a logo: the Nike Swoosh‘What we wanted it to stand for was speed, but now it means much more than that,’ says Nike co-founder Phil Knight of sportswear’s most enduring emblem, created by design student Carolyn Davidson in 1971 for just 35 dollars
By Jack Moss Published
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Anatomy of a logo: IBM by Paul RandFuelled by a tech nostalgia and austere futurism, we look at the story of Paul Rand's IBM logo
By Jonathan Bell Published
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In conversation with Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Judd Foundation’s first director of designAhead of Donald Judd’s 2028 centennial, Cunningham Cameron talks Marfa archives and the legacy of Judd design
By Julie Baumgardner Published
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Alaïa’s pink-hued Miami store is made to ‘feel almost alive’Designed by Swedish studio Halleroed, the new store in Miami’s Design District captures the spirit of the Parisian house – one of effortless sensuality and rigorous craft
By Belle Hutton Published
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Anatomy of a logo: Chateau MarmontThe Los Angeles hotel’s storied past is reflected in its timeless logo, a typemark set in calligraphic strokes that invoke a script first used by biblical scribes
By Kevin EG Perry Published
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Perroquet turns a 1950s motel into Florida’s best-dressed new boltholeIn Fort Lauderdale, Belgian architect Bernard Dubois reworks the classic Florida motel formula with a European eye
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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An eight-metre replica of the Fifa World Cup trophy has appeared at Rockefeller Plaza – made entirely from LegoAs Team USA’s World Cup run ends, New York finds another reason to look up: a 1.3 million-brick Lego trophy has landed in Manhattan
By Anna Solomon Published
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The New Museum finally has a restaurantNearly five decades after opening, New York's New Museum unveils its first permanent restaurant. Designed by OMA, Oberon combines sculptural cork interiors, contemporary art commissions and a menu rooted in downtown culture
By Osman Can Yerebakan Published
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Anatomy of a logo: Tiffany & Co by Paula ScherFrom its distinctive shade of blue to the hand-drawn lettering resembling a hot-stamped letterpress typeface, the Tiffany & Co logo is an enduring American icon
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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The Shavin House, Frank Lloyd Wright’s only project in Tennessee, hits the market for the first time in seven decadesThe Chattanooga house was built in 1952 for a newlywed couple who chose to commission Wright rather than buy a home – and it's been in their family ever since
By Anna Solomon Published
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Anatomy of a logo: Snoopy by Charles ShulzAmong our series on enduring American design motifs, Snoopy is perhaps the most endearing – and still a hot shot
By Hannah Silver Published
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The Wallpaper* US400, explainedLast week we launched our annual list of the talents that make up America’s creative landscape. But what exactly is it? And who is on it? Here’s everything you need to know
By Wallpaper* Published
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Anatomy of a logo: New York Mets by Ray GottoIn the 1960s, Ray Gotto's New York Mets logo emerged as a balm for the brokenhearted: Anne Quito explores the genesis of one of the city's most beloved brand identities
By Anne Quito Published
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Artist Danielle Mckinney champions the solitude of the Black female subject, capturing private moments in paintThe American artist cinematically captures moments of stillness and peace in her beautifully rendered oil paintings
By Hannah Silver Published
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IBM Research extends the scope of its home, an Eero Saarinen-designed modernist campusIBM Research, Universal Design Studio and Map Project Office work within a modernist landmark to give a home to the next generation of computing
By Ann Dingli Published
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How Thom Browne created fashion’s most distinctive uniformFirst conceived in a one-bedroom New York apartment, Thom Browne’s shrunken grey suit has helped him forge a $500 million empire. Speaking to Jack Moss, he breaks down this great American success story
By Jack Moss Published


