July 2024

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Wallpaper* magazine is the the world's official authority and commentator on design and style.

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Editor-in-Chief Bill Prince Executive Editor Bridget Downing Global Design Director Rosa Bertoli Architecture & Environment Director Ellie Stathaki Fashion & Creative Director Jason Hughes Director of Digital Content Charlotte Gunn Entertaining Direc
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Editor’s Letter
They came, they saw, they conferred, and, by common consent, this year’s Milan Design Week – the global gathering of design-led industries hosted each April – was one of the liveliest ever, with a reputed 1,300 events taking place across the city in
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Contributors
He creates dreamy minimalist spaces and designs punctuated with playfully sensual details, making her the perfect fit for our bathroom story (page 119). ‘I was ecstatic to be invited to create a bathroom editorial for Wallpaper*,’ she says. ‘Bathroom
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Newspaper
A magical new capsule collection comes with all the trimmings A fascination with swings formed the basis for Italian designer Sara Ricciardi’s Aristocrazy project, a series of collectible designs that took inspiration from the intricate drapings and
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Making Tracks
As the Paris Olympic Games draw near, the city sees another significant project advance closer to the finish line. The Grand Paris Express, the largest urban design project in Europe, is a system of new rapid transit lines that will allow commuters t
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Clear Vision
La Main, the new Parisian HQ of LVMH Métiers d’Art, is a building steeped in craft traditions. It is the main base of an organisation whose mission it is to elevate, support and open up the world of craftsmanship to all. Located a stone’s throw from
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Touch Wood
During this year’s Salone del Mobile, we were delighted to stage a celebration of emerging talent in the worlds of furniture and product design (see page 166 for the result). For the exhibition – entitled ‘Class of 24’ and held at the Triennale – we
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Breathing Space
The Fondation Maeght, the first private art institution in France, turns 60 this summer, and is marking the occasion with an additional 500 sq m of exhibition space. Its founders, Marguerite and Aimé Maeght, were art dealers and publishers, as well a
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Seating
by Tiziano Guardini and Luigi Ciuffreda, for B&B Italia Upholstered in raw-cut felt, this unusual armchair comes with a winged backrest inspired by the shape of a spotted eagle ray gliding through the sea and jumping out of the water. Its young Milan
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Dining Chairs
by Form Us With Love, for +Halle Available in raw aluminium or powder-coated green and black, the ‘Torno’ series, by Swedish studio Form Us With Love, focuses on the idea of mobility, with light and practical designs that are ‘simple, effortless and
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Tables
by Jonas Van Put, for Fendi Casa This coffee table by young Belgian designer Jonas Van Put adds a new twist to the classical Roman arch. Its base comprises two intersecting arcs, reminiscent of a tender embrace, hence its name inspired by Frederick S
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Lighting
by Benedetta Tagliabue and Ersilia Vaudo, for Artemide A luminous sphere supported by two rotating rings, ‘Lune d’Acqua’s unusual shape was inspired by the mysterious, icy moons that orbit Jupiter, as well as the more down-to-earth game of marbles. A
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Storage
by Christian Haas, for Schönbuch As its name suggests, this collection by German-born, Portugal-based designer Christian Haas is a blank slate offering ‘a billion possible configurations’. Not only do the units come in a variety of shapes and sizes,
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Outdoors
by GamFratesi, for Poltrona Frau Drawing inspiration from classic 20th-century French wrought-iron benches and rattan furniture, this elegant sofa comprises a lightweight powder-coated aluminium frame with an embossed finish, subtle curves and double
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Green Gold
Amid the picturesque peaks of the Biella Alps in Piedmont, northern Italy, lies Oasi Zegna, a 100 sq km slice of bucolic scenery where Ermenegildo Zegna – founder of the eponymous Italian fashion house – opened his first wool mill in 1910. Oasi Zegna
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Kitchens
‘Vertical’, by Carlo Presotto and Andrea Bassanello, for Modulnova Clad in Silver Roots marble slabs, with ‘Groove’ walnut doors in a new Moka finish, this island appears to float on a narrow stone base but can still integrate a large appliance such
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Kitchens
by Gaggenau With this new collection of perfectly balanced designs that seamlessly integrate into worktops, Gaggenau has distilled the cooktop to its essentials: all that is visible is an LED ‘dot’ in the smart cooking zone and a front-mounted perfor
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Curve Appeal
Those on the hunt for a new kitchen are likely to find their fingers drawn to the Vipp V3, an elegantly grooved offering, brimming with industrial chic, that pays homage to the Danish design brand’s metalwork legacy. Founded in 1939, Vipp has become
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Bathrooms
For stockists, see page 185■
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Bathrooms
by Marco Piva, for Visionnaire This magnificently monolithic bathroom unit features a metal top, crossed by two full-height, LED-backlit, lacquered-frame mirrors, paired up with a Travertine marble sink and a vanity station. Adding spa vibes to the d
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Inner Sanctum
On the verge outside Proclamation House are two native peppermint trees, their weeping foliage and sapling trunks framing the home’s façade. So far, so typical in a Western Australia area where, in the mid-19th century, green-thumbed Benedictine monk
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Belle Of The Ball
First launched in 2016, the ‘Pasticcino’ bag, by Weekend Max Mara, takes its name from the Italian word for ‘small pastry’ – its scooping design, in gathered fabric, attached with a small metal frame and ball closure, is made to be clasped in the han
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Red Hot
When Sabato De Sarno was appointed creative director of Gucci in 2023, he had wanted his inaugural runway show to take place on the historic cobblestoned streets of Milan’s Brera district. Those arrangements were dashed when a freak rainstorm forced
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Made To Order
American atist Devin Wilde admits to possessing perfectionist tendencies, but relishes the fallibility of his chosen medium, clay. ‘I find the ceramic process to be an integral part of my personal growth,’ he says. ‘Working with clay is humanistic. I
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July Is All About … Star Quality
p148 SHAPING UP A fabulous fusion of geometric forms p154 FINISHING TOUCHES Drape yourself in this season’s tactile fabrics p166 TOP OF THE CLASS Our celebration of next-generation talent p186 THAI BREAK The new-look Navigator series lands in Bangkok
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Love Triangles
Interiors production: Najah El-Jamil Sadi Photography assistant: Eric Ancel Set assistants: Alban Diaz, Hamid Shams Digi tech: Pedro Teles Post-production: Gaïa Rousset For stockists, see page 185 ■
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Cloak and Dagger
Model: Renée Does at Viva London Casting: Ikki Casting at WSM Hair: Tomi Roppongi at Julian Watson Agency using Bumble and Bumble Make-up: Faye Bluff at Of Substance Agency using Byredo Set design: Stilema Studio at Tristan Godefroy Interiors: Olly M
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Class Acts
Preoccupied by fluid dynamics, LA designer Clark aims to capture the sublime beauty of water and flaunt its physicality with her meditative fountain (opposite). @lilyyill In this bentwood lantern, by Kobayashi in collaboration with Flavia Brändle, li
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Where To Go: BANGKOK
Chef Aruss Lerlerstkul’s restaurant serves playful riffs on classic Thai bar snacks and delightful sharing dishes such as grilled curried mussels. @charmkrung Architect Duangrit Bunnag has turned this block of 1940s warehouses in Charoenkrung into a
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Stockists
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