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Designers make light work at Lake Como Design Festival 2024, revisiting heritage traditions
The spectacular lakeside design festival, now in its sixth edition, occupied historic buildings and contemporary galleries with responses to the theme of ‘lightness’
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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French-Tunisian start-up Kumulus makes water out of thin air
Designed to be used both in cities and remote desert villages, the Kumulus-1 Amphore produces drinking water by capturing the humidity in ambient air
By Léa Teuscher Published
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Polestar finally breaks out of its single-model line-up with the Polestar 3 performance SUV
Launched alongside the Polestar 4, the new Polestar 3 is an all-electric SUV that embodies the very best of the Swedish EV brand's approach to design and performance
By Jonathan Bell Published
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All-new Nothing Ear (open) offers up a different kind of listening experience
If you find traditional earbuds cancel out too much of the outside world, Nothing has got you covered. We get down with the company’s new Ear (open) to experience this transparent new soundscape
By Jonathan Bell Published
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First look: Michael Anastassiades looks floor-wards for a new collaboration with Mutina
Unveiling a new exhibition, including oak floor tiling, at Mutina’s headquarters yesterday, the designer tells Wallpaper* about his love for the patina of endgrain
By Laura May Todd Published
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Molteni & C's cinematic new tome embarks on a 24-city world tour
‘Molteni Mondo. An Italian Design Story’ published by Rizzoli celebrates 90 years of the Italian furniture company Molteni & C
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Straight from the runway, Bottega Veneta’s playful animal-shaped beanbag chairs are now for sale
Matthieu Blazy lined the Bottega Veneta showspace this weekend with a menagerie of animal-shaped beanbag chairs, inspired by Zanotta’s Sacco easy chair. From today, they’ve gone on sale in limited-edition numbers
By Jack Moss Published
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Load into this reimagined Fortnite cityscape, courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects
A collaboration between Epic Games and ZHA, Re:Imagine London brings the architects’ modular forms into one of the world’s most popular multiplayer games
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The invitation for Gucci’s latest show was a reissued Enzo Mari design classic
Milan Fashion Week’s best invitation came from Gucci – a reissue of Enzo Mari’s ‘Timor’ perpetual calendar in the Italian house’s signature ‘Ancora’ oxblood red
By Jack Moss Published
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No more lost luggage: this Eton shirt comes with its own travel insurance
Historic Swedish menswear brand Eton announces its new travel insurance scheme ‘The Phoenix Service’, which protects your shirt even when your luggage goes missing
By Tianna Williams Published
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Elemental House adds a Danish twist to a 1970s London house
Archmongers' Elemental House transforms a 1970s terraced house in London's Hackney into a functional, light-filled, Scandinavian-inspired family home
By Léa Teuscher Published
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20 pairs of bookends celebrate contemporary Scottish design and Dundee’s literary heritage
As Dundee Design Week gets ready for its fifth edition, a bookish commission shines a light on two pioneering female journalists from the city’s storied past
By Alyn Griffiths Published
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'Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces' captured in new monograph like no book before
'The Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces' chronicles hundreds of iconic structures from this golden age of architectural expression
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Pig intestines, plant roots and Balinese river plastic – young designers get inventive at Maison & Objet
At the September 2024 Maison & Objet, a cohort of younger designers exploring new materials brought an optimistic edge to the commercial fairground
By Anna Sansom Published
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2025: a glimpse of what’s to come and Carlo Ratti's circular economy manifesto
Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 curator Carlo Ratti talks about the theme, 'Intelligens' and launches his circular economy manifesto; the first glimpses into what’s to come at the festival's launch next spring
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Lasting impressions: the latest Beoplay H100 headphones from B&O are for keeps
Bang & Olufsen’s head of design, Tiina Karjalainen Kierysch, talks us through the new Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H100, headphones designed to last a lifetime
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Augustinus Bader’s Palais-Royal boutique has been transformed by artist Harry Nuriev
Augustinus Bader unveils a pop-up space at its flagship store in Paris by multidisciplinary artist and designer Harry Nuriev
By India Birgitta Jarvis Published
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Caterham’s Super Seven 600 illustrates the delights - and difficulties - of downsizing
Few automotive experiences are as visceral as a Caterham. We’ve sampled one of the smallest and lightest of them all, the diminutive Super Seven 600
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The Henderson by ZHA in Hong Kong makes everyone sit up and pay attention
The Henderson, ZHA's new high-rise in Hong Kong, stands out in its coveted address through its unusual, fluted façade of glass columns
By Daven Wu Published
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‘Gas Tank City’, a new monograph by Andrew Holmes, is a photorealist eye on the American West
‘Gas Tank City’ chronicles the artist’s journey across truck-stop America, creating meticulous drawings of fleeting moments
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Inside Hotel Ur Bare: a boutique surf retreat beside the Cantabrian sea
Hotel Ur Bare lies in Zarautz, a picturesque coastal town in Spain's Basque Country, and presents 13 modern rooms accented with local flair
By Agnish Ray Published
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Balenciaga Music and Italian singer Mina collaborate on wearable music
Balenciaga Music has collaborated with Italian singer and style icon Mina, which marks her first foray in working with a fashion house and launching official merchandise of any kind
By Tianna Williams Published
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East London's disused gasholders are being reinvented
Regent's View by RSHP reinvents a pair of disused gasholders in east London as contemporary residential space and a publically accessible park
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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New Brompton G Line ramps up this legendary folding bike’s go-anywhere abilities
After half a century of creating the world’s best-known folding bicycle, Brompton can now tackle tracks and urban paths with the new 20-inch wheeled G Line
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The 2024 RIBA Reinvention Award, Muyiwa Oki, and making reuse ‘more special than ever’
The shortlist for the 2024 RIBA Reinvention Award has been announced today; we caught up with the institute’s president Muyiwa Oki to discuss the honour
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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‘You’ve got to hang out with Judd furniture… you learn something’: Rainer Judd
As new book ‘Donald Judd Furniture’ lands, the artist’s children Rainer and Flavin discuss their father’s legacy
By Diana Budds Published
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Two new books celebrate the art of automotive photography from very different angles
‘Macchina’ collates photographer Jon Nicholson’s portfolio of modern motorsport imagery, while ‘Automotive Type D’ is INK studio’s fourth volume of car-focused creative briefs
By Jonathan Bell Published
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So & So’s Piano Bar is Hell’s Kitchen’s new best-kept secret
So & So’s Piano Bar in New York City provides a seductive backdrop for nightly live music performances that celebrate the ‘high-low’
By Dan Howarth Published
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Omaha’s Joslyn Art Museum's newest addition effortlessly complements the institution’s existing complex
The third addition to Joslyn Art Museum is designed by Snøhetta, which opted for voluminous common spaces and illuminating atriums
By Anthony Paletta Published