John Pawson

Out of office: coffee and creative small talk with John Pawson

Bodil Blain: How do you take your coffee?John Pawson: Strong Italian espresso shots in my studio. I don’t go to coffee shops. BB: Who was you inspiration to become a creative and how did it evolve?JP: My father. He was...

John Pawson designs architectural oil lantern for Swedish brand Wästberg

Swedish lighting company Wästberg introduces a John Pawson-designed model to its latest collection, Holocene, that is inspired by a certain atmospheric temperature of light, ‘kura skymning’. This is an old southern Swedish word that has no translation in English and...

Slow architecture: John Pawson’s Casa delle Bottere complex in Veneto

‘You’ve come to the right place for slowness,’ says John Pawson in the basement of his King’s Cross studio, from which comes the work that has given Pawson a global reputation as the pre-eminent supplier of architectural calm, be it...

John Pawson’s ‘garden-like’ installation puts his photography in the frame

‘It’s a bit like going through a garden,’ John Pawson says. The renowned architect is talking from his busy London office about his minimalist photographs currently appearing in the multi-artist exhibition ‘A Shade of Pale’, possibly the largest (by...

John Pawson reveals latest residential offering in Los Angeles

Combining John Pawson’s sleek yet considered, minimalist design and Ian Schrager’s forward thinking hospitality concepts and creative direction, The Residences at The West Hollywood Edition are set to be one of Los Angeles’ most highly anticipated projects to date. The...

Inner calm: sublime sustenance at a John Pawson-designed retreat in the Welsh hills

These recipes were shot on location at The Life House, designed by John Pawson and available to rent through Living Architecture

Colour therapy: John Pawson’s new book is a sight for sore eyes

It turns out master of minimalism John Pawson also has a painterly approach to pigment. We first saw hints of such a trait in his first tome A Visual Inventory (2012) – a journey through the details, textures, spatial qualities that...

From Jony Ive’s perfectly minimalist cover to a peek inside Apple Park and beyond

In December our thoughts turn to entertaining, and we offer up an enticing menu of design, architecture, art, fashion and, of course, food. For us, creativity really is at the heart of life-enhancing entertaining. For starters, we love the pairing...

Fantasy island: dream kitchens for creative chief cooks and brilliant bottle washers

Wallpaper* toasts the 2017 Design Awards with Veuve Clicquot at The Berkeley

The accolade for Best New Hotel in the 2017 Wallpaper* Design Awards went to Aman’s new hotel in Cabrera, with interiors by John Heah. So it was only appropriate for us to host our intimate Design Awards dinner in the...

The Vinson View: design luminaries switch Picky Nicky on to his bulb blunders

On a recent visit to the London townhouse of interior designer Jonathan Reed and fashion designer Graeme Black, the subject turned to lighting. Over an aperitif in the kitchen, Reed despaired over a tiny pair of recessed LED spotlights above...

In an exclusive photographic essay, John Pawson casts light on his new Design Museum

‘Retuning the building.’ That’s how architect John Pawson modestly describes the mammoth undertaking of his first public commission, the transformation of the former Commonwealth Institute on London’s Kensington High Street into the new Design Museum. The process involved negotiating...