Wallpaper* Design Awards
The Wallpaper* Design Awards is our annual celebration of the very best of the best. From the 9 January 2025, explore this year's winners and hear our editors discuss the selection process
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Wallpaper Design Awards 2025: In tech, we’re worshipping at the altar of inanimate objects, not smart devices
The 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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Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025: meet the travel winners transcending destinations
Discover the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025 travel winners – the year’s places to stay, dine, drink and join – and watch our video to find out why they won
By Lauren Ho Published
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Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025: our fashion winners harness ‘the power of wow’
Our fashion award winners have all created collections that transcend the everyday, prizing experimentation, construction and high-minded design. Fashion features editor Jack Moss and fashion & creative director Jason Hughes take a closer look
By Jack Moss Published
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Wallpaper* 2025 Design Awards issue is on sale now – and full of star turns
Welcome to the Wallpaper* 2025 Design Awards issue; get your copy to discover the best in design, fashion, technology, architecture, interiors, travel and art
By Bill Prince Published
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Design Awards 2025: Alvar Aalto's Finlandia Hall is a modernist gem reborn through sustainability and accessibility
Helsinki's Finlandia Hall, an Alvar Aalto landmark design, has been reborn - highlighting sustainability and accessibility in a new chapter for the modernist classic
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Best Body Slammers: Japanese female wrestling meets design
The Sukeban female wrestling league made its Miami debut in December, with a championship belt by Marc Newson, hats by Stephen Jones, creative direction by Olympia Le Tan – and a win in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
By Maria Sobrino Last updated
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Earth Rated’s sustainable dog toys are our Best Tail Waggers
These dog toys by Earth Rated and design studio Layer are winners in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Bauhaus shapes and bold materials: best scene setters in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
These bold and beautiful interior shapes are the best scene setters in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
By Tianna Williams Published
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The Chanel 31 Le Rouge lipstick receives the Wallpaper* kiss of approval
The Chanel 31 Le Rouge lipstick wins a 2024 Wallpaper* Design Award for best lip service
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Best surrealist furniture: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
These surrealist designs are our favourite weird and wonderful works to wake up to
By Léa Teuscher Published
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L’École Van Cleef & Arpels is school of hard rocks
L’École Van Cleef & Arpels recently opened the doors to its new jewellery school, exhibition space and bookstore in Paris, winning a Wallpaper* Design Award 2024
By Hannah Silver Published
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How the 15-step Korean scalp treatment rejuvenates hair like nothing else
The viral 15-step Korean scalp treatment at the Eco Jardin salon in Seoul wins a Wallpaper* Design Award 2024 – and here is why
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Five eye-catching metallic designs from the Wallpaper* Design Awards
This year’s best gleam team includes our edit of metal furniture offering a new approach to the material
By Léa Teuscher Published
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Seoul is Best City of 2024
Seoul’s unique mix of culture, art and style goes global, thanks to an unstoppable new wave of dynamic creatives. Discover the Wallpaper* Design Awards’ Best City
By Fiona Bae Published
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Transparent Turntable spins into the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
The Transparent Turntable is a high-end record player from Sweden that mixes modular design with minimal lines
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Bottega Veneta’s one-off chocolates are the sweetest Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024 winner
These hand-painted chocolates, made by Peyrano to celebrate Bottega Veneta’s collaboration with Gaetano Pesce, win ’Best Goody Bag’ at the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
By Anne Soward Published
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Rolex wins Best Pop Art in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch rejoices in colour
By Hannah Silver Published
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Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo is the best place to see the solar eclipse in April 2024
Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo on Mexico’s Pacific coast offers the perfect observation deck to catch April’s solar eclipse – earning it a Wallpaper* Design Award 2024
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Marjan van Aubel’s ‘8 Minutes and 20 Seconds’ installation with Lexus is our Best Solar Roller
The Dutch solar designer Marjan van Aubel mounted an interactive installation in Miami to introduce Lexus’ new zero-emission LF-ZC concept car
By Adrian Madlener Published
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This year’s best drinks, for your home bar or a decadent night out
Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024 toast the best drinks for discerning palates, from a grapefruity aperitif to a velvety whisky
By Anne Soward Published
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The Omni Hiraya Ginto face sculpting tool is an exquisitely formed beauty device
The Omni Hiraya Ginto face sculpting tool is coated in 24ct gold and wins a Wallpaper* Design Award 2024
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Genesis X Gran Berlinetta is Best Game Changer
Genesis brings its A-game to the virtual realm with a concept car designed purely for use in Gran Turismo, picking up a Wallpaper* Design Award 2024 en route
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Prada’s origami pumps are a Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024 winner
These floral appliqué Prada pumps are an exploration of contemporary beauty, and win ‘Best Structural Sensation’
By Jack Moss Published
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Talea West Village wins Best Bar at the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
Talea West Village by Alda Ly Architecture is a haven for women and LGBTQ+ communities
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Pollini wins Best Restaurant in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
Pollini is the project of Vincenzo de Cotiis Architects and chef Emanuele, Ladbroke Hall's new restaurant
By Malaika Byng Published
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Lynda Benglis jewellery for Loewe wins Best Wearable Art at Wallpaper Design Awards 2024
Spanish label Loewe and American sculptor Lynda Benglis have collaborated on an award-winning jewellery collection
By Hannah Silver Published
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Patricia Urquiola and Kvadrat create the world’s first upholstery textile made of 100% ocean-bound plastic
Named Best Recycled Material at the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024, Patricia Urquiola’s Sport textile for Kvadrat was created in collaboration with Swiss specialist #tide
By Rosa Bertoli Published


