Pandemic design
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‘At home or in the office, I want to wear beautiful things again and again’
Introducing The Meaning Well, a London-based slow fashion label specialising in luxurious everyday silhouettes
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Men’s coats for winter just got colourful
Take this season's colour-popping style onto the streets, with men's coats for winter by Prada, Dunhill, Salvatore Ferragamo and Louis Vuitton
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Para Moda launches DIY knitting kits
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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A.P.C opens on Dover Street, London
By Jack Moss Last updated
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Travel the world (from home) through scent with Louis Vuitton
As Louis Vuitton launches its latest transportive fragrance, California Dream, we open up its treasure trunk of globe-trotting fragrances
By Fiona Mahon Last updated
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Lockdown photography showcased in new virtual exhibition
‘It was important that this imagery represented a time where creativity still found a way to flourish’
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Transform your favourite colour into lipstick with Chanel Lipscanner
The new colour-matching app transforms any item into a Chanel lip product
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Nine designers work socially distanced wonders with wood
American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and Benchmark Furniture launch ‘Connected’ with Design Museum – a project that celebrates working from home
By Alice Morby Last updated
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Vivienne Westwood’s masks for glasses wearers reduce lens fog
Wires Glasses has launched a mask collection in collaboration with Vivienne Westwood which hang from your glasses, rather than your ears
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Walk this way: navigating S/S 2021's Paris Fashion Week
How the City of Lights looked to the sartorial realities of our much changed lifestyles
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Modern Manhattan: how NYC navigated the S/S 2021 shows
As the spring shows kick off in New York, designers offered respite, innovation and escapism from a city still moving towards recovery
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Sweats and sequins: the duality of dressing at Milan Fashion Week S/S 2021
Brands from Dolce & Gabbana to Valentino considered post pandemic dressing, with escapist and pragmatic silhouettes presented with aplomb
By Nick Vinson - Art Direction Last updated
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Architect Michael Murphy on designing healthcare systems
Design Emergency began as an Instagram Live series during the Covid-19 pandemic and is now becoming a wake-up call to the world, and compelling evidence of the power of design to effect radical and far-reaching change. Co-founders Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn took over the October 2020 issue of Wallpaper* to present stories of design’s new purpose and promise. Here, Paola Antonelli talks to architect Michael Murphy
By Paola Antonelli Last updated
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Year in review: beauty & grooming editor Mary Cleary picks top 10 innovations in beauty of 2021
From ephemeral tattoos to virtual reality make-up, Wallpaper’s Mary Cleary reveals her top 10 stories of 2021 exploring innovations in beauty & grooming
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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LA carpark transformed into temporary shelter to house transient and homeless people
This new temporary shelter concept aims to support Los Angeles' transient and homeless population as a response to the city's ongoing pandemic and housing crisis
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Face mask on? How to repurpose your favourite lipsticks
From Diana Vreeland to Lucia Pica, we find inspiration on how to repurpose your lipstick for bold and blushing beauty looks
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Design for social distancing: innovative solutions for post/pandemic life
Designers globally have turned their attention to devising ways of living, working, and sharing spaces in a safe way as we adapt to the new normal
By Sophia Acquistapace Last updated
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Teknion explores post-pandemic office design
Pearson Lloyd launches the ‘Routes’ furniture family for Teknion – a collection of office furniture serving as a toolbox for a new post-pandemic ‘workplay’ approach to the workspace
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Hand sanitiser designs get creative at Design Museum London
At Design Museum London, the winning designs of Bompas & Parr’ The Fountain of Hygiene competition are on view, and will be auctioned by Christie's for British Red Cross
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Dutch Design Week 2020: Ikea’s virtual greenhouse, networking fungi, and rethinking waste
Moving its programme of talks and exhibition online (17 – 25 October), the Eindhoven-based design event virtually showcases future-oriented design thinking, material innovation and next generation talent
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Michael Craig-Martin turns Covid-era objects into icons
Irish artist Michael Craig-Martin confronts a new age of consumer culture, putting his striking, bold-coloured spin on objects defining the times
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Portable handwashing station wins Life-Enhancer of the Year: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
Responding swiftly to a public health emergency, Lagos designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello devised a portable, modular handwashing station that draws on local materials and manufacturing expertise
By TF Chan Last updated
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Social distancing necklace warns when people get too close
As social distancing looks set to continue into the long-term, designers are coming up with novel ways to keep us safe
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Information designer Federica Fragapane on the Covid-19 Community Vulnerability Index
Design Emergency began as an Instagram Live series during the Covid-19 pandemic and is now becoming a wake-up call to the world, and compelling evidence of the power of design to effect radical and far-reaching change.
By Paola Antonelli Last updated
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How fashion is adapting to a digitised virtual future
The show must go on! As New York Fashion Week 's innovative digital platform RUNWAY360 launches, we take a look at the luxury industry's virtual progressions
By Harriet Quick Last updated
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Mark Dalton on helping people navigate a pandemic through design
Design Emergency began as an Instagram Live series during the Covid-19 pandemic and is now becoming a wake-up call to the world, and compelling evidence of the power of design to effect radical and far-reaching change. Co-founders Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn took over the October 2020 issue of Wallpaper* – available to download free here – to present stories of design’s new purpose and promise. Here, Alice Rawsthorn talks to creative director Mark Dalton
By Alice Rawsthorn Last updated
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Perfume your face mask with these scented stickers
Officine Universelle Buly's perfumed patches are a breath of fresh air
By Mary Cleary Last updated