Wallpaper*Retrogaming Retro favourite Game Boy has been given a new lease of lifeWallpaper* - Luke HallsGame Boy has turned Game Man, just in time for the original device’s 30th birthday Vintage video games have been levelled up through a contemporary reinterpretation of the Nintendo Game Boy. Analogue by
Wallpaper*Jury Duty RIBA International Awards 2020 jury is announcedWallpaper* - Harriet ThorpeThe Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the grand jury for the 2020 RIBA International Prize. Led by Odile Decq, the selection includes Es Devlin as lay juror, Jeanne Gang, Rossana
Wallpaper*Design How stories are transforming design and fashion brandsWallpaper* - WallpaperThis disruptive, inclusive approach to luxury is what defines the trajectory and ascent of the Chicago-born architect, turned DJ, turned designer. From the very beginning, Abloh has understood the power
Wallpaper*China KiKi Noodle House — Shanghai, ChinaWallpaper* - Wallpaper* StaffAlready established in mainland Taiwan, the KiKi Restaurant Group made its first foray onto mainland China this summer with the launch of Kiki Noodle House in Shanghai. This newest addition to the family
Wallpaper*NMAAHC Ruby City by David Adjaye is Texas’ newest architectural jewelWallpaper* - Benoit LoiseauIn the rising tradition of wealthy collectors setting up private museums, San Antonio — historic home to the 19th-century Texas Revolution — has just been graced with its own contemporary-art Mecca. Designed
Wallpaper*Gucci Master mix: Gucci’s new watch pays homage to some vintage greatsWallpaper* - Caragh McKayGucci’s new ‘Grip’ watch, which genuinely works on both a man’s or a woman’s wrist, is a brilliant mash-up of a century’s worth of the best horological design. Heavily inspired by the luxury sports watches
Wallpaper*Art Galleries Philippe Parreno unveils new commission at the revamped MoMAWallpaper* - Pei-Ru KehThe French artist has created a site-specific installation for the entrance of the New York art museum. Here, we go behind-the-scenes with an exclusive interview, and photographs captured by Parreno himself
Wallpaper*Design Google steers towards a positive future with its latest tech toolkitWallpaper* - Sujata BurmanFocusing on conscious design and minimal finishes, Made by Google launches its fourth range of hardware Google: a brand known for turning itself into an adjective, and transforming the Internet into the
Wallpaper*Bang & Olufsen Daniel Arsham’s Bang & Olufsen moon speaker sets the atmosphereWallpaper* - Katie Meston‘The House by Daniel Arsham’ at Selfridges explores the future of retail with a constellation of new collaborations At Selfridges in London, the three-month long Future Fantasy campaign is going through
Wallpaper*Muskoka, ON MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple-designed cabins help revitalise Canada’s Bigwin IslandWallpaper* - Ali MorrisA two-hour drive and a ten-minute boat ride north of Toronto sits Bigwin island, resting jewel-like in the middle of the Muskoka region’s pristine Lake of Bays. Historically, it’s forested shores were
Wallpaper*Art In memoriam: Ettore Spalletti (1940–2019)Wallpaper* - Charlotte JansenThe celebrated ‘painter of light’ has passed away aged 79 He was always ‘somewhat of an outlier in the story of 20th-century Italian art’, but the artist Ettore Spalletti, who died aged 79 after suffering
Wallpaper*Japan Tour Tokyo’s development ahead of the 2020 Olympics with Atelier Bow-WowWallpaper* - Wallpaper* MagazineIt’s not long now till 2020, the year when all eyes will be on Japan, as Tokyo hosts the next Summer Olympics. Celebrating and examining the Games and their significance, and in particular the impact the
Wallpaper*Architecture Light cascades through this London redesign by Flow Architecture with MagritsWallpaper* - Ellie StathakiA Kensington home is transformed into a contemporary space for a young family In London’s picturesque streets, Victorian residential properties abound, yet many of those grand houses need significant in
Wallpaper*Jil Sander Jil Sander’s dedication to Japanese denim in MilanWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsIncreasingly, brands are using their boutiques as places to physicalise the art or design elements which inspire their work. Take Delvaux’s 2018 flagship space in Brussels which has been envisaged as art
Wallpaper*Andy Warhol In memoriam: John Giorno (1936–2019)Wallpaper* - Tom SeymourThe performance artist, poet and AIDS activist John Giorno has died at his Lower Manhattan home in New York Known for his starring role in Andy Warhol’s film Sleep, John Giorno passed away aged 82 on October
Wallpaper*Caravaggio Everyday evocative: theatrical light and Italian craftsmanship inspires a milestone collection for VisionnaireWallpaper* - WallpaperAt Villa Arconati, the petite Versailles of Italy just outside of Milan, Visionnaire’s Anniversary collection is creating some high drama inspired by master of light and atmosphere Caravaggio. ‘Light the
Wallpaper*Furniture Gerrit Rietveld’s collection of Housden furniture goes on sale at Christie’sWallpaper* - Alice MorbyBrian and Margaret Housden’s daughter shares musings on the legacy of the furniture that lived at Housden House, going to auction tomorrow Over a dozen pieces of furniture by Gerrit Rietveld from the of
Wallpaper*Frank Lloyd Wright The Philadelphia artist activating Frank Lloyd Wright’s only synagogueWallpaper* - Osman Can YerebakanDavid Hartt brings film, tapestry, sound and orchids to the 60-year-old building Beth Sholom Congregation in Elkins Park, just outside of Philadelphia, was one of the last buildings designed by Frank Wright
Wallpaper*Fashion Modeling Scene-stealing runway sets from the S/S 2020 womenswear showsWallpaper* - Laura HawkinsThe vibrant tableaus that tested boundaries and brought delight, direct from fashion’s capital cities Balenciaga: In a show set inspired by Brussels, and the ongoing political tumult of Brexit, creative
Wallpaper*Montréal Four Seasons Hotel — Montreal, CanadaWallpaper* - Alison SinkewiczMontreal has welcomed Canada’s fourth Four Seasons outpost, located in the city’s downtown Golden Square Mile. Its home, in a slick black glass building, designed by two local firms Lemay and Sid Lee is
Wallpaper*Art Deco Barcelona’s Darial concept store boasts gold palm trees and art deco glamourWallpaper* - Katie MestonGallery, store and eatery combine in the city’s newest retail concept In a new wave of thinking about bricks and mortar retail, innovative brands are reimagining the physical store beyond its four walls,
Wallpaper*Architecture Restoration works begin at Hornsey Town Hall in north LondonWallpaper* - Harriet ThorpeBuilt in 1935, the Hornsey Town Hall is a monument to a golden age of local council leadership in Britain. The Grade II* listed brick building, inspired by a Dutch design with art deco and Bauhaus influence,
Wallpaper*Henri Matisse Henri Matisse’s legacy lives on with new brand launching at FIACWallpaper* - Clara Le FortAlessandro Mendini, Jaime Hayon and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec create vases under the Maison Matisse brand, founded by the artist’s great-grandchildren Henri Matisse is born again. To celebrate the artist’s
Wallpaper*Architecture The Orleans Architectural Biennale 2019 is a thoughtful journey of explorationWallpaper* - Benoit LoiseauSolitude may seem an odd theme for an architecture biennial in the age of the network society. But at the freshly-opened Biennale d’Architecture d’Orléans, titled ‘Years of Solitude,’ it has instead become
Wallpaper*Lexus Understanding the subtleties of Japanese artistry in Lexus’ 30th yearWallpaper* - Jens H JensenIt’s late afternoon at the Daizaifu Tenmangu Shinto Shrine, just outside Fukuoka in southern Japan. The rainy season has officially begun, but luckily the evening remains dry. One of the meticulously traditional
Wallpaper*Photographers Celtic legend meets Japanese Noh theatre in dance directed by Hiroshi SugimotoWallpaper* - Minako NorimatsuThe artist and photographer joined forces with fashion designer Rick Owens, choreographer Alessio Silvestrin and electronic composer Ryoji Ikeda for his first production at the Paris Opera Hiroshi Sugimoto,
Wallpaper*Art Galleries MoMA’s latest expansion in New York by DS+R with GenslerWallpaper* - Pei-Ru KehSpace has always been a rare commodity in New York City – something that the Museum of Modern Art, which occupies a piece of prime real estate right in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, knows well. Ever
Wallpaper*Design It’s all about mineral activity at Amman Design Week 2019Wallpaper* - Suzanne TrocmeThe third edition of the fair comes to life inside schools, art foundations, abandoned 20th-century buildings and more The third edition of Amman Design Week breaks many moulds. Under the heading ‘Possibilities,’
Wallpaper*Fashion In memoriam: Sophia Kokosalaki (1972-2019)Wallpaper* - Laura HawkinsGreek-born London based fashion designer Sophia Kokosalaki has died at the age of 47. Today, fashion critic Sarah Mower affectionately commemorated her with an image caption on Instagram ‘as a sister of
Wallpaper*Art Mirror image: Kimsooja’s self-reflective installations take over the French city of PoitiersWallpaper* - Andy St LouisFor more than 25 years, South Korean artist Kimsooja has focused her practice on a specific element in her country’s visual culture: the bottari, a colourful bundle of cloth used to wrap and transport
