Craft
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Discover a calming ‘library’ dedicated to craft at Collect design fairAt Collect 2026 in London, Tola Ojuolape’s Collectors’ Lounge is a flexible, tactile space for exploration, conversation and co-working, imagined as an homage to the traditional library
By Anna Solomon Published
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Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2026 shortlist reveals 30 fantastic featsThe Loewe Foundation has announced the shortlist for the ninth edition of its Craft Prize, selecting 30 finalists from more than 5,100 submissions. Wallpaper* takes a look at the list
By Ali Morris Published
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Wallpaper* Design Awards 2026: meet the studio redefining the value of craft in contemporary designDesigners Stephen Burks and Malika Leiper travel the globe to meet the world's most skilled craftspeople and create unique works that celebrate both the techniques and the people behind them
By Ali Morris Published
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Bottega for Bottegas 2025 invites artisans to reinterpret the ritual of the aperitivoThe annual initiative showcases makers and creatives who share Bottega Veneta’s dedication to craft. This year’s objects come together as an exquisite, modern still life
By Anna Solomon Published
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Jaipur is having a creative renaissance – visit the Pink City reimaginedHow Jaipur’s artisans, designers, and cultural pioneers are building on its heritage to transform a historic capital into a modern powerhouse of creativity
By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published
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Bosnian brand Zanat has hand-carved its way into global designers’ heartsA decade after Orhan Niksic relaunched his family’s century-old workshop, Zanat celebrates its evolution with an exhibition of new, hand-carved works that look to the future of design and craft
By Ali Morris Published
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Somerset restaurant Osip sets the table for a different kind of art showChef Merlin Labron-Johnson’s Michelin-starred restaurant hosts an artist-in-residence exhibition exploring form, materiality and the poetics of place
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Nicole Hollis launches a collection of home objects ‘rooted in mindfulness’The American interior designer worked with artists, makers and artisans to create objects for the home, emphasising materiality and visual simplicity
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Guatemalan design studio Nada Duele traces a journey of displacement through craftA new collection by Nada Duele explores the theme of emigration of Guatemala’s skilled artisans
By Zac Procter Published
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2025 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize winner announced as Kunimasa AokiThe Japanese sculptor describes his work as ‘50 per cent tradition and 50 per cent innovation’
By Francesca Perry Published
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The animals came in two by two, hurrah!Jonathan Baldock’s ‘WYRD’ menagerie takes up residence at Scotland’s Jupiter Artland for the summer
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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London Craft Week 2025 highlights – what to see this weekendLondon Craft Week 2025 (until 18 May) brings together some 1,000 established and emerging makers. Here is everything we saw and loved so you don't miss a thing
By Malaika Byng Published
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‘Romantic brutalism’ rethinks Polish craftAn exhibition in Warsaw gives local makers their due, looking inside the burgeoning world of Polish design
By Laura May Todd Published
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What to see at London Craft Week 2025With London Craft Week just around the corner, Wallpaper* rounds up the must-see moments from this year’s programme
By Francesca Perry Published
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Inside the Shakti Design Residency, taking Indian craftsmanship to Alcova 2025The new initiative pairs emerging talents with some of India’s most prestigious ateliers, resulting in intricately crafted designs, as seen at Alcova 2025 in Milan
By Henrietta Thompson Published
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SaloneSatellite celebrates craft across continents at Milan Design WeekThe annual showcase for under 35s, SaloneSatellite, reveals how traditional craft can influence design for today and tomorrow
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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William Morris mania meets the design industry’s darker side in a new London show‘Morris Mania’ at the William Morris Gallery explores the British designer’s complicated legacy in an ever-more commodified world
By Tianna Williams Published
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'It’s indisputable that craft has enormous value socially, culturally, economically': interrogating the case for craft in contemporary lifeAhead of next week's 21st edition of Collect, the world's leading fair for collectible craft, we sit down with Natalie Melton, executive director of the Crafts Council, to talk about making a living from making
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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‘Natural gold’ straw weaving by Hanny Newton wins the inaugural QEST Sanderson rising star award'I have been passionate and driven to champion straw embroidery as an exquisite, sustainable “natural gold”’: rising star Hanny Newton on winning the inaugural award
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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Inside the making of Loewe Perfumes’ porcelain bottle toppers, delicately crafted by LladróLoewe Perfumes’ limited edition flask toppers are crafted by Spanish porcelain company Lladró. Mary Cleary takes a look inside the making process, as featured in the October 2024 issue of Wallpaper*
By Mary Cleary Published
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‘There are no shortcuts’: Ten years of Hereu, the cult Spanish shoe brand where craft is front and centreDal Chodha visits Barcelona-based shoe and accessory brand Hereu as it reaches a milestone decade in business
By Dal Chodha Published
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In Kyoto, COS celebrates the ancient art of shibori dyeing with a colour-soaked collection‘We can’t take this type of craft for granted anymore,’ says COS design director Karin Gustafsson, who worked with Kyoto shibori artisan Kazuki Tabata on the airy summer collection. Wallpaper* heads to Japan’s former capital to find out more
By Jack Moss Published
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Championing handcrafts, Toast unveils its 2023 Toast New Makers independent designersToast New Makers 2023 celebrates idependent, under-the-radar designers working across multiple disciplines and using sustainable materials. Their work is now available to purchase from Toast stores and website
By Tilly Macalister-Smith Published
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Industrial revolution: Istanbul’s latest concept boutique sets up shop in a converted garageBy Ali Morris Last updated
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Learn the art of paper crafting with ‘slow artist’ Alice von MaltzahnThe Sarabande Foundation’s artist-in-residence will lead a free virtual workshop on paper crafting and collage techniques on 23 February 2021
By Harriet Lloyd Smith Last updated
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Craft works: makers have their moment at St James’s Market PavilionBy Sujata Burman Last updated
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Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize winner Rita Parniczky on ‘the beauty of making’Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize announces Rita Parniczky as its 2016 winner. The Hungarian-born textile artist's works impressed the jury for their combination of nature-inspired forms and precise craftsmanship
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated


