Wallpaper* Design Awards

Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel Ocean garden chair

Design / 23 Jan 2019

Ocean collection, by Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel wins Wallpaper* Design Award

Reissues have taken the furniture business by storm in recent years, as brands – including many Danish ones – scour the archives of late design greats for overlooked gems begging to be put back into production. Now Mater, the sustainably...

Travel / 23 Jan 2019

Healing Stay Kosmos wins Wallpaper* Design Award for Best New Hotel

Seoul-based architects The System Lab’s Healing Stay Kosmos wins the Wallpaper* Design Award for Best New Hotel. View the entire Judges’ Awards preview here. Healing Stay Kosmos Ulleungdo Island, South Korea Perched on a cliff edge on the volcanic Ulleungdo...

Design / 22 Jan 2019

Nichetto Studio’s ‘Astro’ fan wins Wallpaper* Design Award for Best Domestic Design

An intelligent fan with retro good looks wins Best Domestic Design, as voted by our discerning jury. View the entire Judges’ Awards preview here. ‘Astro’ fan, by Nichetto Studio, for Tubes Designed by Milan-based Nichetto Studio to look like ‘a small...

Architecture / 21 Jan 2019

Porky Hefer’s The Nest wins Wallpaper* Design Award for Best Private House

A secluded African desert retreat with a nest-inspired thatched roof triumphs in the Best New Private House category. Browse the Judges’ Awards winners here. The Nest, Namib Desert, Namibia, by Porky Hefer This secluded retreat in the Namib Desert is the...

Design / 20 Jan 2019

Blockbusting set star and Wallpaper* Design Awards judge David Korins on usable design

Triple threat performers may be typical of musical theatre, but in the design world, multi-disciplinary dexterity is hard to come by. For David Korins, the award-winning set designer and creative director behind the hit musical Hamilton, live shows for Lady...

Fashion / 19 Jan 2019

Salvatore Ferragamo wins Wallpaper* Design Award for Best Men’s Fashion Collection A/W18

The Italian house of Salvatore Ferragamo scoops the Wallpaper* Design Award for Best Menswear A/W18, as voted for in our Judges’ Awards. View the rest of the winners here. Salvatore Ferragamo Guillaume Meilland’s third collection for the Florentine house was...

Ole Scheeren 'Stage' fast food concept for Dean & DeLuca

Design / 18 Jan 2019

Ole Scheeren’s fast food concept for Dean & DeLuca wins Wallpaper* Design Award

When German architect Ole Scheeren first presented the fruits of his collaboration with gourmet grocer Dean & DeLuca at Design Miami in 2016, the trend for healthy fast food was just taking hold. ‘Stage’ is made up of a sculpted...

Art / 18 Jan 2019

South Korean artist Do Ho Suh on judging this year’s Wallpaper* Design Awards

The London-based Korean artist is a longtime Wallpaper* favourite and collaborator (see W*216). His ongoing reimagining of places sort of like home has taken many forms, including and most recently Bridging Home, a plywood replica of a traditional Hanok-style Korean...

Architecture / 17 Jan 2019

V&A Dundee wins Wallpaper* Design Award for Best New Public Building

Kengo Kuma’s cast-stone clad V&A Dundee scoops Best New Public Building. View the entire Judges’ Awards winners here. V&A Dundee, UK, by Kengo Kuma and Associates The highly sculptural V&A Dundee is Japanese architect Kengo Kuma’s first UK building...

Lifestyle / 16 Jan 2019

Neneh Cherry: style icon, Buffalo girl and Wallpaper* Design Award judge

You can argue that Neneh Cherry put an end to the 1980s. Her 1989 debut album Raw Like Sushi, a delirious mix of hip-hop inflected pop, was at once a full stop and an important musical marker for the decade...

Lifestyle / 15 Jan 2019

Biomega SIN electric concept car wins Best Power Trip in Wallpaper* Design Awards

An open-wheel, fully electric vehicle with a modular carbon-fibre body and an uncluttered interior, the new SIN car brings a less-is-more approach to sustainable urban transport. It is the creation of Biomega, a cutting-edge bike specialist based in Copenhagen –...

Fashion / 15 Jan 2019

Rick Owens wins Wallpaper* Design Award for Best Women’s Fashion Collection A/W18

Rick Owens is the sartorial pioneer that wins this year’s Wallpaper* Design Award for Best Women’s Fashion Collection (A/W18). Peruse the rest of the Judges’ Awards winners here. Rick Owens Rick Owens was preoccupied with the physical trappings of human...