Best Outdoor Entertaining: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021

Lounging furniture, fun and games for outdoor socialising: discover the winners of ‘Best outdoor entertaining’ in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021

Best garden furniture Wallpaper* Design Awards
Interiors: Olly Mason
(Image credit: Leonie Bos)

Expormim

Best rattan garden furniture Wallpaper* Design Awards

‘Armadillo’ lounge chair, price on request, for Expormim
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(Image credit: MUT Design)

Our outdoors seating selection of lounge chairs includes ‘Armadillo’, MUT Design’s new take on the classic rattan papasan armchair created for Expormim.

Vondom

Best garden furniture Wallpaper* Design Awards

‘Frame Vineyard’ daybed, from €8,000, for Vondom
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(Image credit: Ramón Esteve)

Ramón Esteve’s ‘Frame Vineyard’ triangular daybed for Vondom features a pitched sunshade that provides refuge from the demands of the outside world, while making us dream of a sunny escape.

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Giorgetti

Giorgetti outdoor entertaining chair with wooden curves and a comfy seat

‘Clop’ rocking chair, £4,950,  for Giorgetti
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(Image credit: Dominic Siguang Ma & Feng Wei)

Dominic Siguang Ma and Feng Wei’s ‘Clop’ for Giorgetti isi a playful birch plywood design that can be used either as a rocking chair or a small armchair. 

B&B Italia

Best garden furniture Wallpaper* Design Awards

‘Ayana’ chair, from £1,408; table, from £3,264, for B&B Italia
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(Image credit: Naoto Fukasawa)

Naoto Fukasawa's ‘Ayana’ collection is described by its maker B&B Italia as ‘warm minimalism’. The seats feature a backrest with spindles that recall a Swedish wall bar – thankfully, you’re not expected to use it for a workout, but rather to admire its solid wooden frame from all angles.

Kettal

Best garden furniture Wallpaper* Design Awards

‘Half Dome’ lamp, €1,745, for Kettal
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(Image credit: Naoto Fukasawa)

Another design by Fukasawa, the elegant ‘Half Dome’ lamp for Kettal, will add the perfect lighting to your new outdoor stage.

Ethimo

Best garden furniture Wallpaper* Design Awards

‘Play’ dining and ping-pong table, from €3,800; ping-pong kit, €290,
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(Image credit: Ethimo)

A dining table that becomes a ping pong table is our idea of outdoors fun: Ethimo’s ‘Play’ dining/ping-pong table is a perfect example of multifunctional garden furniture

Lego

Lego Colosseum Wallpaper* Design Awards

Lego Colosseum, £450, by Rok Žgablin Kobe, for Lego
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(Image credit: Rok Žgablin Kobe)

Lego’s Colosseum – its biggest set ever at 9,036 pieces –  features mostly pieces of the same colour, so you’ll have to arm yourself with patience (rather than a gladiator’s sword) to complete it.

Léa Teuscher is a Sub-Editor at Wallpaper*. A former travel writer and production editor, she joined the magazine over a decade ago, and has been sprucing up copy and attempting to write clever headlines ever since. Having spent her childhood hopping between continents and cultures, she’s a fan of all things travel, art and architecture. She has written three Wallpaper* City Guides on Geneva, Strasbourg and Basel.

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Our design & interiors winners, gathered together in a shoot for the February 2025 issue of Wallpaper*. Interiors by Olly Mason. Photography by Leandro Farina. Set build by London Art Makers. LED screen installation by KitMapper. Floral designer, Alina Dheere. Photography assistant, Nick Howe. Interiors assistant, Archie Thomson. Production assistant, Ady Huq. Details for all products featured are listed below
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