Wallpaper* Graduate Directory 2009

From artists to architects, photographers to foodies, fashion and graphic designers to perfumers, illustrators and travel gurus, here's Wallpaper's annual global graduate directory. This is our pick of the raw and the revolutionary who might just change your world forever.
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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).
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Delvis (Un)Limited turns a Brera shopfront into a live-in design installation
What happens when collectible design becomes part of a live performance? The Theatre of Things, curated by Joseph Grima and Valentina Ciuffi, invited designers to live with their work – and let the public look in
By Ali Morris
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With glowing honeycomb-shaped booths, this futuristic Japanese restaurant is ramen heaven
After a successful U.S. expansion, Kyuramen touches down in Los Angeles.
By Carole Dixon
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Women's stories are at the heart of the Cartier Women's Pavilion at Osaka Expo 2025
Japanese architect Yuko Nagayama and British artist Es Devlin are behind the architecture for the Cartier Women's Pavilion
By Danielle Demetriou
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Jaakko Torvinen and Elli Wendelin design transportable wooden building
Our Next Generation 2022 showcase shines a light on 22 outstanding graduates from around the globe. Here, we profile architecture graduates Jaakko Torvinen and Elli Wendelin from Aalto University’s School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland
By Nasra Abdullahi
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Kamal Ranchod uses architectural drawing to decolonise Egyptian history
Our Next Generation 2022 showcase shines a light on 22 outstanding graduates from around the globe, in seven creative fields. Here, we profile Kamal Ranchod, from the University of Johannesburg’s Graduate School of Architecture, South Africa
By Nasra Abdullahi
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‘Cripping Architecture’: Shaina Yang reimagines the world for a different body type
Our Next Generation 2022 showcase shines a light on 22 outstanding graduates from around the globe, in seven creative fields. Here, we profile architecture graduate Shaina Yang from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA
By Nasra Abdullahi
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Matthew Avallone proposes ‘inhabitable park-scape’ for togetherness in Tijuana
Our Next Generation 2022 showcase shines a light on 22 outstanding graduates from around the globe, in seven creative fields. Here, we profile architecture graduate Matthew Avallone, from the Royal College of Art, UK
By Nasra Abdullahi
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Architecture
The next generation of architects and engineers exploring space and surface
By Ellie Stathaki
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Architecture
We cast our nets wide to find the best emerging architects and engineers
By Ellie Stathaki
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Architecture
The next generation of architects and engineers are setting themselves an ambitious agenda
By Ellie Stathaki
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Graduate Directory 2012
By Ellie Stathaki