Sniffing out previously unrecognised Japanese design classics is what all-round creative Kenmei Nagaoka does best. And he puts many of his retro finds back into production and back on sale at his D&Department chain, making his stores the perfect place to pick up just-so items for your Japanese pad.
Hokkaido-born Nagaoka plans to open a D&Department in all 47 Japanese prefectures. He has already established five stores – three more are on the drawing board – and pairs up with in-the-know local designers for each new opening. Our new favourite is D&Department Project Shizuoka by Taita, where you can sit back on a Karimoku60 sofa and admire nearby Mt. Fuji.
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Inside Alessandro Michele’s showstopping debut haute couture show for ValentinoThis afternoon in Paris (29 Janaury 2025), the Italian designer hit new heights with an eclectic, era-traversing couture collection for Valentino
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Inside Bell Labs, the modernist vision behind Severance's minimalist settingWe explore the history of Bell Labs - now known as Bell Works - the modernist Eero Saarinen-designed facility in New Jersey, which inspired the dystopian minimalist setting of 'Severance'
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Toronto’s DesignTO 2025 highlights – design and art to see across the cityAt DesignTO, the largest festival of its kind in Canada, determined artists and designers gather in Toronto in full embrace of chilly weather. Our on-the-ground correspondent reports on its standout moments
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Year in review: Wallpaper* editor-in-chief Sarah Douglas’ top 10 highlights of 2021Prince Charles, Jony Ive, the Apple Design Team, and Hermès clogs all feature in editor-in-chief Sarah Douglas’ 10 defining Wallpaper* moments from 2021
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2017 in review: the year in 100 picturesAt Wallpaper* HQ, we do a lot of forward-thinking. With the year drawing to a close, it’s a rare chance to pause, reflect, and celebrate the people, places and things that have rocked our world over the last year. We soon realised it would be near-impossible to whittle down all of the spirit-lifting architecture, design, fashion, art and more, that had inspired us – and you – in 2017. Wallpaper* celebrated 21 years of life-enhancing stuff; launched Precious Index, our new watches and jewellery supplement; hit the global design and art fair circuit, from Milan to Miami, Buenos Aires to Brussels; and went inside Apple Park, just to name a few things. Here, we pick out some of our favourite highlights, all 100 of them...
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Book: Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010
