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October 2007: Three guest editors meant...
...three different covers
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June 2008: For our work special issue, Wallpaper* commissioned designer and illustrator Anthony Burrill to reinvent his iconic letterpress posters, Work Hard & Be Nice To People, and create three new designs
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October 2007: Three guest editors once again meant...
... three different covers
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October 2009: guest editor Karl Lagerfeld’s cover incorporated a peal-and-reveal sticker
October 2009: second guest editor Philippe Starck’s evolution-inspired cover comprised three layers of transparent tracing paper, each showing an image representing a different stage of life
October 2009: Bespoke covers were created for different territories for the first time ever for our Fab 40 issue, which celebrated the freshest ideas and trends from ten global superpowers of style
October 2009: A further cover was printed for countries not included in the ten territories
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Augmented reality covers for January 2010
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Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo covers for our Born in Brazil issue, June 2010
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Delhi and Mumbai covers for our Reborn in India issue, June 2011
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Year in review: top 10 design stories of 2024
Wallpaper* magazine's 10 most-read design stories of 2024 whisk us from fun Ikea pieces to the man who designed the Paris Olympics, and 50 years of the Rubik's Cube
By Tianna Williams Published
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Sharon Smith's Polaroids capture 1980s New York nightlife
IDEA Books has launched a new monograph of Smith’s photographs, titled Camera Girl and edited by former editor-in-chief of LIFE magazine, Bill Shapiro
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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A multifaceted Beverly Hills house puts the beauty of potentiality in the frame
A Beverly Hills house in Trousdale, designed by Robin Donaldson, brings big ideas to the residential scale
By Ian Volner Published