CATEGORIES

Best Ascent

Marble staircases, by Gwenaël Nicolas, for Dolce & Gabbana

Best Façade

V&A Museum of Design, Dundee, by Kengo Kuma & Associates

Shared Vision

A new luxury eyewear brand with an impeccable pedigree

Lines Men

Architects Carmody Groarke redraw artist Julian Opie’s London studio

Rebel sell

A new breed of fashion designer is making it big by breaking all the rules. Critic Alexander Fury ponders the power of the post-catwalk generation

New Flame

A debut lighting collection has us all fired up.

The Vinson View

Quality maniac and master shopper Nick Vinson on the who, what, when, where and why.

The Long View

A mountain house puts an artist couple’s work in a new perspective

Cyber Space

Artists Langlands & Bell explore the architecture of tech titans

Art-Break Hotel

Maja Hoffman and Jorge Pardo on Creating a remarkable Provencal retreat.

Tool Order

Heath Ceramics sharpens up its act with the first new American-made cutlery collection in nearly a decade.

Second Sight

Paris eyewear brand Maison Bonnet launches a London atelier with double vision and plenty of conversation pieces

Ripple Effect

A new show at London’s Design Museum, conceived with couturier Azzedine Alaïa before his death last year, celebrates his extraordinary cut and dash with the help of a few friends

Rare Skills

Peter Weisz and Nadja Zerunian tap some of Europe’s marginalised artisans to give traditional craft a contemporary edge

Crown Jewel

Changi Airport’s new complex puts transiting on a different plane

Cutting Room

Behind the scenes of Rei Kawakubo’s Met Fifth Avenue show, a voyage through her labyrinthine landscape in the making.

Focal Hero

Now almost 90 and still working, William Klein is one of the giants of 20th-century photography. His work includes gritty street shots such as the collection Life is Good & Good for You in New York, groundbreaking fashion images for US Vogue, documentary and fiction films such as Muhammad Ali, The Greatest and Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, as well as abstract painting and photography. In all cases, Klein’s graphic punch and sassy wit are instantly recognisable. At Photo London at Somerset House, 18-21 May, he will present two new 9m photographic murals. Wallpaper* talked to the artist in his Paris apartment about these works and his 70 years of pioneering image-making

Shared Storey

Interior designer Andre Mellone and gallerist André Viana work wonders with adjoining former warehouse spaces in New York’s West Chelsea.

Serving Time

A silver tea set collection by Chi Wing Lo celebrates the capabilities and constraints of craft, past, present and future.

Tuft Love

R & Company and Amini bring fun to the floor with rugs that combine artistry and artisanship.

Shard Lines

Sculptor Sarah Sze makes a sharp turn to glass at Berengo Studio in Murano.

Highly Strung

Experimental artisans Impagliando weave a way from furniture to fashion.

Best Cabin

Rock House, Alberta, Canada, by Cutler Anderson Architects

Best Elder Statesman

A new show celebrates the career of Mario Bellini

The House In The Wood

Carmody Groarke’s first standalone home shows voluminous promise.

The Collections

Fashion’s Erdem Moralioglu on his passion for art and design and his pursuit of the perfectly outfitted store.

This Way Up

OMA's Ellen van loon on her architectural ascent, embracing the impossible, and boxing clever on Copenhagen’s harbourfront

Between star

Peripatetic Georgian artist Andro Wekua on work, war and wandering.

Art On Sleeve

British art director Tom Hingston is behind some of the most innovative album artwork of the post-Peter Saville era. Here, in conversation with collaborator Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack, he talks 20 years of cover design and upping the ante on artist ‘merch’ with Paul Smith

Little Monsters

Designers share their demons for Lasvit