miercuri, 19 iunie 2024

Madrid bars: a local’s guide to sipping in style

Discover the best design-led Madrid bars, as sampled by local travel and culture writer Agnish Ray


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Paris Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2025: Auralee to Louis Vuitton

Wallpaper* picks the highlights of Paris Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2025, from Auralee’s walk in the park to a message of unity from Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton


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Contemporary coastal design rejuvenates Hôtel de la Plage in Biarritz

Hôtel de la Plage in Biarritz resurfaces with fresh interiors by Olivier Granet and architecture studio Gardera & Pastre


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Pharrell Williams makes a plea for global unity with his UNESCO-set Louis Vuitton show

Pharrell Williams’ third menswear collection for Louis Vuitton continued to define his vision for the Parisian house, here conjuring a ’global dandy’ inspired by the archetypes of travel


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marți, 18 iunie 2024

Land Rover’s robust and enduring Defender is still a platform for automotive creativity

The iconic Land Rover Defender will never die out; here’s our guide to the world’s best specialists providing restorations and restomods of this British design classic


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Paris’ Hôtel de Crillon celebrates the art of skateboarding with a new exhibition

Hôtel de Crillon and The Skateroom anticipate skateboarding’s return at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a special collaboration


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Auralee, the ’seductively unknowable’ Japanese label celebrating a decade of beautiful clothes

Ahead of Auralee’s S/S 2025 runway show at Paris Fashion Week Men’s this evening (18 June 2024), Dal Chodha meets Tokyo-based designer Ryota Iwai to speak about the brand’s considered, covetable collections


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San Diego-based audio specialists Wrensilva update their elegant Record Consoles

With new materials, upgraded electronics and input from three industry greats, the new Wrensilva Standard and M1 Record Consoles are the ultimate in audiophile furniture


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luni, 17 iunie 2024

An Argentinian retreat in the forest allows nature and architecture to flow

A wooded Argentinian retreat, Forest House by Gonzalo Bardach Arquitectura, blends indoors and outdoors with architectural flair


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The ZGC International Innovation Center in Beijing is a futuristic addition to China's own 'Silicon Valley'

The ZGC International Innovation Center by MAD Architects completes, revealing a new hub for technology and modern ideas that co-exists with its surroundings


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An eclectic luxury island getaway awaits at SO/ Maldives

Ennismore’s SO/ brand gives the Maldives a boost of vibrancy with its new opening a short 15-minute speedboat ride from Malé


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'Kiosk: The Last Modernist Booths' book chronicles a little-known area of Eastern Bloc architecture

Zupagrafika brings Kiosk design, a forgotten slice of socialist architecture history, to life with this collection of modular, modernist booths


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The American watch brands to know now

From Autodromo to JN Shapiro, American watch brands are having a moment


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duminică, 16 iunie 2024

Van Gogh Foundation celebrates ten years with a shape-shifting drone display and The Starry Night

The Van Gogh Foundation presents ‘Van Gogh and the Stars’, anchored by La Nuit Etoilée, which explores representations of the night sky, and the 19th-century fascination with the cosmos


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This contemporary Brazilian home lies low and takes in its countryside context

A Brazilian home by practice Jacobsen Arquitetura, MS Residence unites nature and contemporary architecture outside São Paulo


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Milan Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2025: Fendi to Dolce & Gabbana

Wallpaper* picks the best moments from Milan Fashion Week Men‘s S/S 2025, from 15 years of MSGM to Italian excellence at Dolce & Gabbana, and a team spirit at Fendi as the house turns 100


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Ridley Scott turns three French farmhouses into artful holiday villas

Ridley Scott transforms French farmhouses into holiday lets, the latest addition to the filmmaker’s Provençal wine estate, Mas des Infermières


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sâmbătă, 15 iunie 2024

The body, pleasure and play: Beryl Cook and Tom of Finland united in London

Tom of Finland’s homoeroticism meets Beryl Cook’s female-oriented camp as Studio Voltaire unites work by the two artists in a London exhibition


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A new design exhibition in Tunis explores contemporary Tunisian craft

Located in the heart of Tunis, 'Carthagisme,' at Lamia Bousnina Gallery presents contemporary interpretations of Tunisian culture and craft


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Shigeru Ban has perfected the art of enclosure

Taschen’s new XXL monograph, Shigeru Ban. Complete Works 1985 – Today, brings out the sheer diversity of the Japanese architect’s work


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Niemeyer’s modernism celebrated in Oscar Ibirapuera, an example of 21st-century São Paulo living

Perkins&Will completes Oscar Ibirapuera, next to Niemeyer’s modernist landmark park in São Paulo, Brazil


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Harlem-born artist Tschabalala Self’s colourful ode to the landscape of her childhood

Tschabalala Self’s new show at Finland's Espoo Museum of Modern Art evokes memories of her upbringing, in vibrant multi-dimensional vignettes


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vineri, 14 iunie 2024

Sabine Marcelis' colourful overhaul of VitraHaus is so delicious you'll wish you could move in

Sabine Marcelis brings elements from her own home to the interiors of the VitraHaus Loft, including a pink bathroom and mint green conversation pit


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Pitti Uomo 106: what we learnt from the Florence menswear fair

While this season’s Pitti Uomo guest designers embraced Florence’s uniquely cinematic setting, at the fair itself, brands presented comprehensive offerings that crossed seasons and celebrated Italian craft


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Mareterra: a new neighbourhood rises in Monaco

Mareterra, a Monaco project boasting contributions by Renzo Piano, Norman Foster, Stefano Boeri and Tadao Ando, is set to become a new neighbourhood of more than 130 super-prime residences


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RA’s 2024 Summer Exhibition celebrates making and multidisciplinarity in architecture

At the Royal Academy’s 2024 Summer Exhibition, London collective Assemble brings together works from across the creative fields into the architectural rooms (18 June – 18 August 2024)


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joi, 13 iunie 2024

Inside The Ghan train across Australia, new carriage interiors elevate a classic trip

The Ghan’s new carriage interiors designed by Woods Bagot reimagine modern rail travel for this epic trip between Darwin and Adelaide


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30 years of Nobu: chef Nobu Matsuhisa on the trials and tribulations of a culinary empire

Nobu celebrates 30 years of its revolutionary Japanese and Peruvian cuisine. We speak with co-founder and chef Nobuyuki ‘Nobu’ Matsuhisa on setbacks, special guests and his love for painting


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A garden pavilion in Prague becomes the ideal domestic retreat

BYRÓ Architekti built this garden pavilion as a functional cabin for a green-thumbed client, creating a beautifully composed minimalist shelter


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Tiffany Wonder in Tokyo is ‘intimate, cinematic and refined’

‘Tiffany Wonder’, an exhibition at Tokyo Node Gallery, journeys through the history of jewellery house Tiffany & Co and is designed by architects OMA


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miercuri, 12 iunie 2024

‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld’: Daniel Brühl on playing the fashion legend in new series

Award-winning actor Daniel Brühl opens up to Wallpaper* about playing Karl Lagerfeld in ‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld’, a new biopic of the legendary designer from Disney+


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City Cortex celebrates cork’s versatility with public installations in Lisbon

City Cortex, an urban project in Lisbon developed by Amorim, celebrates cork as a sustainable material with installations by Gabriel Calatrava, Leong Leong, Yves Behar and more


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Contraste restaurant in Milan is a beautiful cacophony of colour, form and texture

Michelin-starred Contraste restaurant reopens its doors following a vibrant renovation by Debonademeo


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Asics takes Hay outdoors with a new sneaker collaboration

Asics x Hay is a limited-edition collection featuring the Skyhand OG model in soft shades of pink, blue and emerald green – with more to come later this year


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Smiles all round as Alayo Akinkugbe curates show of Black portraiture in London

Alayo Akinkugbe, behind Instagram’s @ablackhistoryofart, on her first solo-curated exhibition, ‘The World Smiles With You’, at London’s Opera Gallery (until 26 June)


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marți, 11 iunie 2024

RIBA International Awards for Excellence 2024 honour 22 extraordinary buildings

The RIBA International Awards for Excellence 2024 winners span from an art museum defying fire and flood in Australia to a school full of holes and sustainable strategies in Iran


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How the west won: Ivan McClellan is amplifying the intrepid beauty of Black cowboy culture

In his new book, 'Eight Seconds: Black Cowboy Culture', Ivan McClellan draws us into the world of Black rodeo. Wallpaper* meets the photographer ahead of his Juneteenth Rodeo


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Skateboards, rocking horses and a giant octopus: Kvadrat invites designers to consider the potential of textiles

Through Kvadrat ReThink, 12 designers explore the meaning of responsible design through the Danish brand's library of recycled, regenerative, and circular materials


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Apple gives Siri the ChatGPT treatment and adds new AI-powered features and functions

Apple’s 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference marked the debut of Apple Intelligence, the company’s long-awaited riposte to Silicon Valley’s current AI obsession


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luni, 10 iunie 2024

A Hyderabad apartment blends soft minimalism and 'tangible luxury'

A Hyderabad apartment by Studio Design wows with its balanced design that brings together soft minimalism and tangible luxury


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Pre-Fall 2024’s defining looks combine sharp silhouettes with a soft touch

A play on texture defines the Pre-Fall 2024 collections, seeing clean lines and pin-sharp tailoring meet soft-to-the-touch fabrics. Here, photographer Mattia Parodi captures the season’s best looks


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What to see at Art Basel 2024, as the fair arrives at its hometown

Art Basel 2024, the fair of all fairs, runs 13-16 June, with 285 international exhibitors and a long list of side shows and projects


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A light-filled Norfolk house makes the most of its natural setting

Platform 5 Architects designed this waterfront Norfolk house, using VELUX products to maximise natural light and ventilation


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Lucas Bauer’s debut jewellery collection is a sensual delight

‘My pieces have seductive intentions,’ says Lucas Bauer as his first jewellery collection, ‘Hyphos’, celebrates organic forms http://dlvr....