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Next stop, Salone!
NEWSPAPER • For our Salone preview, we put the spotlight on a few of our favourite launches at the 63rd edition of Milan’s annual trade fair, on show from 8-13 April
IN BETWEENERS • Titbits and tipples to get you through the Salone schedule
THE FUTURE OF SALONE • Just ahead of this year’s Salone del Mobile, we sit down with its president, Maria Porro, to talk furniture, data and astrology
ENGINE OF CHANGE • Design duo Formafantasma boards Gio Ponti’s Arlecchino train bound for the latest Prada Frames symposium at Milan Design Week
PIXEL PRO • American textile artist Qualeasha Wood meshes contemporary digital culture with traditional crafts to deftly weave stories of the Black female experience
TEA PARTY • Loewe celebrates the cross-cultural nature and universal comfort of an ancient ritual
SHOW CASE • As the sixth iteration of Watches and Wonders opens in Geneva, we make time for the latest launches and the city’s hotspots
SURPRISE HIT • Valextra and Zaven’s portable sculpture is a case study in self-expression
RING CYCLE • A new sculpture for the Irish pavilion at Osaka Expo 2025 brings together two nations for a harmonious dialogue between place and time, material and form
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
SEA CHANGE • A bold and uncompromising Sussex beach house reconfigures the vernacular to maximise coastal views but maintain privacy
WILDROSE • Japanese ceramics specialist Noritake’s design collection blossoms with a bold floral series by Faye Toogood
VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2025
SET SQUARE • A Gucci scarf collection turns the house’s signature themes into wearable art
TOP OF THE FORM • Jean Prouvé’s 1948 Croismare school, the largest demountable structure ever built by the self-taught architect, is up for sale
SUPER POWER • A new design residency initiative pairs emerging talents with some of India’s most prestigious ateliers
CHAIR LIFT • Launching at Fuorisalone, Jil Sander’s first foray into furniture is a respectful take on a tubular Thonet classic
VIEW FINDER • Architecture studio 5 Sólidos’ monumentally brutalist, art-filled residence on the outskirts of Medellín plays all the angles
HEIR CRAFT • Bangalore studio Phantom Hands cultivates the furniture legacy of Sri Lankan tropical modernist pioneer Geoffrey Bawa
LONDON CALLING • A collaboration between Promemoria and David Collins Studio bridges the gap between artisanal heritage and design modernity
Bookmark • Three noteworthy openings in Charleston, Cap d’Antibes and Crete
TRADE ROUTE • Putting a contemporary twist on Ghanaian cuisine, a new Washington DC restaurant looks to the past to move forward
URBAN JUNGLE • A new Sydney hotel makes a bold and biophilic addition to a buzzing neighbourhood that’s on the up
Wallpaper* SMART SPACE AWARDS 2025
PEAK SEASON • A hotel restaurant in Gstaad takes Swiss alpine dining to new heights
MAY IS ALL ABOUT… TAKING THINGS EASY
JAGGED EDGE • A rugged backdrop sets the scene for our cast of outsiders
CASUAL AFFAIR • We’re embracing a consciously creased and crumpled countenance for a laidback languor
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE • A dazzling overhaul of an ambassador’s residence is a...