Table of contents for October 2017 in Wallpaper

YOKO CHOY Writer Wallpaper* stalwart Choy divides her time between Hong Kong and Amsterdam, where she interviewed book designer Irma Boom and her constellation of collaborators (page 142). ‘Boom’s mastery of bookmaking allows her fellow creators to find new expression in their own art, and her library [designed by Barend Koolhaas] will surely introduce a new energy to the creative scene of the city,’ says Choy, who is planning her own book, on the contemporary creative scene in China. ALEX MOSHAKIS Writer London-based Moshakis visited the Southwark studios of e-cigarette start-up AYR, delivering a first look at a product with soaring ambitions ahead of its launch in early 2018 (page 159). ‘I was surprised to hear that one of the founders’ central missions was to design a vaping product that…

From anchors and lifebuoys to sailor tattoos, the jaunty seafaring theme steering Chanel’s Flying Cloud high jewellery collection might easily have tipped into the realm of whimsy. But it takes its name from a 1920s superyacht owned by the second Duke of Westminster and frequented by Coco Chanel during holidays on the Riviera. That led to hardier, nautical rope references, as these bold, white gold, diamond and deep-blue sapphire knot earrings attest. Seaworthy lengths – those rough, lifesaving twists of rope that would have been handled by the Flying Cloud’s 40-man crew – are scattered throughout. It mirrors the way Chanel has made the softest lambskin look like seaman’s oils in its current Cruise collection. Comprising earrings, cuffs, necklaces and rings formed of swirls of the diamond rope, the collection…

Whether you’re pounding pavements, mooching on the moors or pedalling urban cycle paths, concerted efforts are being made to ensure that weather-proofing doesn’t compromise your style. Loro Piana’s baby camel and cashmere city coat is crafted from a double-layered fabric and treated with a newly developed Rain System technology, giving a water-repellent finish. Herno, too, is on hand for stormy weather. The Italian outerwear expert’s classic raincoat is both waterproof and windproof, and features a triple Gore-Tex layer, and a detachable inner goose-down jacket for added warmth. Its elongated sleeves and high neck provide the comfort of both a sweater and a scarf. Woolrich, America’s oldest outerwear brand, has stayed true to its roots. This water-repellent coat features an inner padded jacket and a warming neckline that reaches to the…

1 – AMARE GIO PONTI, BY MOLTENI & C The Italian furniture company celebrates Gio Ponti’s legacy with an exhibition featuring pieces by the Milanese architect, as well as screenings of Francesca Molteni’s documentary. 245-249 Brompton Road, SW3 2 – JIJIBABA Jaime Hayon and Jasper Morrison joined forces to launch Jijibaba, a fashion brand of functional and timeless menswear. The first collection will launch at Dover Street Market. 18-22 Haymarket, SW1Y 3 – OTHER STORIES Taking over three townhouses in South Kensington, exhibits include collective Okolo’s photographic show of modernist architecture (below) and Peter Pilotto’s fashion and furniture fusion. Cromwell Place, SW7 4 – DESIGNJUNCTION The design fair returns to King’s Cross. New projects inside include Wallace Sewell’s inaugural rug collection (below) and the relaunch of OMK’s best designs (see…

Irma Boom has a signature look: a dress or skirt in black or deep blue (always by Alexander van Slobbe) and a cardigan in the same shade. ‘I always dress the same, so I don’t have to think about it,’ she says. ‘There are so many other things to think about.’ Her wardrobe management stands in stark contrast to her work: each Irma Boom book is different, and unique. The Dutch book designer, now 56, aspired to be a painter and attended the AKI Academy of Art & Design in the Netherlands, where she quickly realised art had been just ‘a romantic idea’. ‘There was not the urgency or the drive to make art,’ she says. She tried architecture and photography, then one day she walked into the class of…

In 2003, Joris Laarman – who had only just graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven – redefined one of the most mundane and overlooked household objects: the radiator. His curvaceous design considered how heat is transmitted, but came with plenty of rococo-inspired spin. When Wallpaper* magazine celebrated its first ten years in 2006, the ‘Heatwave’ radiator was included in our selection of the decade’s most influential designs. Eleven years on, the piece that skyrocketed Laarman to design stardom remains one of the most memorable concepts in the field. ‘It was a complete rethink of the radiator, from appearance to efficiency,’ says Caroline Baumann, director of New York’s Cooper Hewitt design museum, which acquired a model in its permanent collection in 2008. ‘It showed that ornament can be inherently functional, and challenged…

Last year a BBC poll of 177 film critics from 36 countries decided Lynch’s Mulholland Drive was the best film of the 21st century – not bad for a film that even its many fans found hard to follow. But then following has never been Lynch’s thing. Known for his dark imagination, Lynch studied painting before launching the nightmarish Eraserhead on an unsuspecting world in 1977. The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway and, of course, the landmark TV series Twin Peaks followed. We more than welcomed Lynch as Guest Editor in 2010. And he used his space to celebrate a somewhat surprising passion: transcendental meditation, which he has been practising twice a day, every day, since 1973. Despite not releasing a movie since that issue, Lynch has kept himself…

Christian Marclay is that unlikely beast, an influential visual artist who is also taken seriously in the world of experimental music. The Swiss-American established himself on the New York scene in the mid-1980s, when he literally mashed up vinyl discs then played them in all their distorted glory on his self-made ‘phonoguitar’, a record player slung around his neck. As Guest Editor, Marclay reimagined his Manga Scroll to dramatic effect. He has since expanded his work, with a 2015 show at White Cube Bermondsey, and the 2016 Six New Animations, based on photographs of detritus taken on his daily walks around London, where he now lives. A magician of sonic and visual collage, Marclay’s sense of humour makes his best work both challenging and – a rare thing in contemporary art – rib-tickingly funny. See…

As one of the world’s most successful – not to mention controversial – artists, Jeff Koons was a perfect choice to be our first-ever Guest Editor in 2007, along with Dieter Rams and Hedi Slimane. Throwing himself into the project with characteristic enthusiasm, Koons produced an eye-popping homage to childhood heroes Led Zeppelin. ‘As a teenager, I was interested in art, but I didn’t know what art was,’ he told us. ‘I did know that the closest I got to this sense of transcendence that art can bring into your life was Zeppelin’s music.’ Sadly, nothing came of Koons’ plans to design the cover art for a Jimmy Page solo album, but the artist has hardly been short of offers since 2007. In 2010 he unveiled a multicoloured M3 GT2…

The American artist-photographer Taryn Simon has built her career assembling hundreds of photographs into weirdly precise categories, such as ‘descendants of Hitler’s lawyer’ or ‘items confiscated from passengers at John F Kennedy International Airport’, thus revealing the hidden patterns behind seemingly random images. As Guest Editor, she focused on two projects: the online Image Atlas, which compares by country the image results delivered by internet search engines; and The Picture Collection, based on the New York Public Library’s image archive. ‘It is a beautiful and precious thing,’ says Simon. ‘Every single image has been curated, and I just shot what was in each folder.’ For her latest work, An Occupation of Loss, she invited 30 professional mourners from around the world to perform in New York in 2016, and getting them there became part…

Dame Zaha Hadid was known globally for her dynamic public buildings. She was the first female architect to receive the Pritzker prize, in 2004, and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, in 2016. Her singular career was abruptly cut short when she passed away suddenly on 31 March 2016 in Miami, aged just 65. In 2008, when Hadid guest-edited Wallpaper*, we hailed her as the greatest architect of the age, and no one called to argue. She brought her futuristic touch into the magazine, testing the ‘powers and patience of the print production department’ (wrote editor-in-chief Tony Chambers) with greyscale cut-outs across 16 pages. ‘It needs a big hole in the magazine,’ Hadid told art critic Matthew Collings, who profiled her for the issue. The concept was drawn from an installation…

At the age of 88, Frank Owen Gehry’s position at the apex of the modern architectural scene is uncontested. The man who redefined public architecture, reinvented shape-making and rewired architectural technology so that his artistic visions could be realised, Gehry is both a true original and a bona fide establishment player. Our October 2014 issue featured a double header with Jean Nouvel, making it a remarkable document of the time two of architecture’s biggest names shared a stage. For Wallpaper*, Gehry deconstructed our logo with a flourish of torn paper and the judicious placement of light (we fantasised of a future Wallpaper* HQ – pipe dreams, as it transpired). Inside, the focus was on the imminent arrival of the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, with a full photographic portfolio and…

In 1944, the Museum of Modern Art in New York staged its first fashion exhibition, ‘Are Clothes Modern?’. Put together by architect and curator Bernard Rudofsky, the show explored attitudes towards clothes at a time when soon-to-be-outmoded traditions still prevailed, from superfluous pockets and buttons to rigid female silhouettes. Despite its forward-thinking provocations, MoMA has not devoted another exhibition to the field of fashion since. Until now, that is. This month, the museum presents ‘Items: Is Fashion Modern?’, a comprehensive exploration of fashion design that considers the effects specific garments and accessories have had on society. Curated by Paola Antonelli, MoMA’s senior curator in the department of architecture and design, and curatorial assistant Michelle Millar Fisher, the show brings together 111 iconic fashion typologies from the last century that have…

A world of oenophile wonders and spirit-raising accoutrements The 90-minute drive from Okayama airport to the small town of Tetta in southern Japan takes in beautiful mountain scenery and old villages set on the wide Takahashi River. The last ten minutes are on a narrow road that winds uphill through dense forest and finally vineyards, which are sheltered from the area’s generous rainfall by heavy-duty plastic domes stretched over rounded metal frames. A distinctly modern concrete structure growing out of a small hill disturbs the agrarian landscape and marks the end of the journey. Coming from a construction background, Ryuta Takahashi had a knowledge of the lime-heavy soil in the region. This was what prompted him to make wine. ‘I used to play with lime as a child and never…

Pleasure palace THE MANDRAKE, LONDON In this age of ironic-minimal, hipster homeaway- from-home hotels, Rami Fustok’s Mandrake takes hostelry in the opposite direction. Dark, moody and draped in sumptuous fabrics, with art-filled walls and eclectic (even eccentric) design pieces, it practically swings from the chandeliers. The Mandrake is designed as a sensual overload, cocooning guests in fragrance and sound (the former by Azzi Glasser, the latter by Pierre-Arnaud Alunni) and feeding them treats by Frédéric Peneau, who brings his ‘democratic French gourmet’ experience, Serge et le Phoque, to town. Wrapped around a verdant atrium, with a greenhouse for medicinal plants on the first floor, the hotel takes its botanical inspiration seriously, even serving plant-based cocktails in the bar. Bold and opulent in a wear-yourjewels- in-the-bathtub way, the 30 bedrooms, three…

#86 Bernar Venet’s Corten steel sculptures have created dramatic statements at Versailles, Nice, New York and, most recently, in the grounds of Cliveden in Buckinghamshire. Their elegant forms reflect a lifetime of careful study. ‘They take 65 years to consider, then it’s eight minutes to build the maquette, and up to three months to make them,’ he says. His oeuf caviar is equally considered: two elementally similar yet visually opposite ingredients, arranged in perfect harmony. It’s his dish of choice at the Michelin-starred Les Gorges de Pennafort, run by his friend Philippe Da Silva and located near Venet’s art foundation in Provence. Venet is fond of the dish’s simplicity. ‘It’s quick and visually sober, like my artwork.’ Venet is at Cliveden until 15 October, clivedenhouse.co.uk; and Frieze Masters, 5–8 October, frieze.com,…

A hole in one This month marks Wallpaper’s coming of age: our 21st anniversary. It’s also my tenth year as editor-in-chief, having switched from being creative director in April 2007. I must confess that my coming of age came a number of years earlier. Time flies. One of the earliest projects I worked on in my new role was our inaugural October Guest Editors’ Issue. Now, many media outlets have given over their editorial reins to appropriate talents in order to bring a fresh perspective and generate some PR buzz. But because of Wallpaper’s multi-faceted editorial remit, we felt our spin on the concept should be equally all-encompassing – we would invite not just one, but up to three diverse creatives each year who would reflect our offering, but also…

Tassels and trims are making a return to interiors. Far from being the style we associate with 1970s suburbia, however, 21st century fringing cuts a new sort of dash, taking on different proportions and functions. There are floor-sweeping fringes on Cristina Celestino’s tables for Editions Milano, as well as her cabinets for Durame. Mirrors by Ben & Aja Blanc sport threads cut into graphic-shaped manes, Marcel Wanders has embellished his pendant lights for WonderGlass with tassels, while Cristian Mohaded’s ‘Ninho’ bowls for Gallery Bensimon wear a thick pile of threads. Finally, we have licence to skirt around the subject.…

CASE STUDIES Horological heroes of the hour Whether it’s the ‘Orange Monster’, ‘Tuna Can’ or ‘Sumo’, the release of a new Seiko diver’s watch sparks frenzied debate (and nickname invention) on online watch forums. This year, there is plenty to talk about as the Japanese watchmaker launches a replica edition of its first-ever mechanical diver’s design, along with two new superior-tech versions, due in stores this month. Seiko entered the performance watch arena in 1965. Buoyed by its association with the Olympic Games, as official timekeeper for Tokyo 1964, it had begun to consider the new era of gadget-hungry consumers. Its first diver’s effort was well received, the clean, wide hands and dial markings presenting a contemporary Japanese take on an established Western template. Water-resistant to 150m, its high legibility…

The world’s most famous classical musician, Lang Lang (photographed by Steven Brahms at New York’s Lincoln Center) presented ten of the venues he’s performed in, from Chicago’s Ravinia Pavilion, where he played Tchaikovsky at age 17, to the Beijing Olympic stadium and the White House, where he played for presidents Bush and Obama. THE BIG REVEAL…

Scandinavian duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset made for grand Guest Editors in 2013. Architecture and design buffs, champions of elevating public spaces and never afraid of a sight gag, the pair make smart (but never alienating) art for smart people. They made their name in 2005 with End Station, a recreation of a 1980s New York subway stop, and Prada Marfa, a fake luxury goods store that opened in the Texas desert the same year. Their work has taken on celebrity culture, consumerism, the failings of social housing and the way domestic interiors can speak of complex interior lives. As Guest Editors they took us on a tour of their favourite fictional homes, from the punchy pop-art pads of Richard Hamilton and David Hockney and the film sets of…

It felt like Ole Scheeren’s year. By 2012, barely into his forties, he’d co-authored one of the world's most recognisable new structures – Beijing’s CCTV Building – and hived off the OMA mothership with Rem Koolhaas’ blessing, completing the project as a solo operator. His Archipelago Cinema, designed for a Thai island, was rebuilt that summer in Venice as a floating venue for his cinematic debut, Against All Rules – the Architect Ole Scheeren, by the documentary maker Horst Brandenburg, while other mega-projects were well underway. It seemed a fitting moment for us to connect. Scheeren’s Wallpaper* offering was a typically headlong rush around the fast-changing Asian landscape in the company of a clutch of artists, writers and photographers drawn from the region. As he noted, with two weeks to…

The rise of Hedi Slimane seemed to signal the arrival of a new kind of cultural force, the multimedia arbiter of cool. He was connected, interested in everything, analogue and digital all at the same time. No wonder we enlisted him as an inaugural Guest Editor in 2007. It was shortly after his departure from Dior Homme, where he had reinvented the male wardrobe. He had also turned his hand to furniture design and graphics, but photography, a passion since he was 11, was the most personal part of his polymathic mix. 'I always thought I could use different mediums to express the same idea,’ he told us. ‘Right now my main concern is photography. But if you look at my photographs over the last decade, and then look at…

American artist and filmmaker Laurie Simmons grew up in suburban New York, immersed in daytime TV. ‘You name it,’ she told us, ‘I watched it. I have a TV brain.’ She is also the girl who never stopped playing with dolls; from the mid-1970s, she began photographing them in various situations, moving to increasingly ambitious settings. In 2009 she commissioned a specially adapted life-sized sex doll from Japan, taking her work to a spooky new level of realism. For us, she created a 16-page extravaganza of jellybean-scattered images from her own work and by artists she admires, among them her husband Carroll Dunham, Sarah Charlesworth and Jimmy DeSana, inspired by Bill Evans’ 1963 jazz album, Conversations With Myself. Simmons’ most recent work, My Art, is her debut feature film, a comic tale…

You’d think living across the street from the largest alpine lake in North America would provide all the wonder one could ask for. But when Californian architect Greg Faulkner designed a minimalist house for a Lake Tahoe-adjacent plot in Incline Village, Nevada, he added more awe to the mix. Faulkner had a lot to play off and play with, of course: a glassy, freshwater lake surrounded by the Sierra Nevada mountains and countless towering pines. By incorporating the scene as part of his design, the architect blurred the boundary between the natural landscape and the built environment. When the residents retreat to the interior of their home – predominantly made of glass, plaster and board-formed concrete – and look through the transparent front facade, they see only water, trees and…

LONDON ROAD FIRE STATION MANCHESTER 1. FLOOR LIGHT ‘La Lampe’ floor light, by Ida Linea Hildebrand, for Friends & Founders 2. MIRROR ‘Ren’ wall mirror, by Neri & Hu, for Poltrona Frau 3. CUSHIONS ‘Eclectic’ cushions, by Hay 4. SOFA ‘Mayor’ sofa, by Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen, for &Tradition 5. PLATE AND VASES ‘Edge O35’ brass plate, by Stilleben, for Skagerak; ‘Dancing Handles’ vases, by Jeanne Bonnefoy-Mercuriali, for TH Manufacture 6. COFFEE TABLE ‘Rodan’ coffee table, by Russell Pinch, for Pinch 7. SIDE TABLE ‘Pon 1280’ side table, by Jasper Morrison, for Fredericia 8. VASES ‘Bonbon’ mini vases, by Monica Förster, for Skultuna; ‘Vases 2’ vase, by Milia Seyppel, for Karakter 9. RUG ‘Herringbone Natural JT900’ rug, by Crucial Trading 1. DRINKS CABINET ‘Frans’ drinks cabinet, by Russell Pinch,…

Wallpaper’s hot pick of the latest global goings-on Sleek, silky smooth yet superbly sturdy – the new Aion pen range from German writing instrument brand Lamy is a scribing sensation. So it will come as no surprise that the hand behind it is British designer Jasper Morrison, who, over his 35-year career, has applied his distinct brand of minimalism to everything from home accessories and furniture to transport and technology. The Aion range is one of Lamy’s simplest designs to date, but it’s the one that packs the most innovation. Lamy developed a new manufacturing process to create the seamless body and cap combo and the double matte finish that highlights the grip. The well-proportioned case, cast from a single piece of metal, is an industry first, while the pen also…

Amsterdam-based food designer Ido Garini, of Studio Appetit, working with Conran + Partners, is set to make his mark on this year’s LDF with a food and design extravaganza at King’s Cross restaurant German Gymnasium. Showing from 18-24 September and entitled Tribute, the Bauhaus-inspired installation, which forms part of a larger project called Food Religion, will consist of a central totem built from layers that break down into an outdoor oven, a spice chest, a coffee roaster and a bowl. There will be tastings running throughout the festival, featuring, among other things, a deconstructed black forest gateau (shown here) on tableware designed by Studio Appetit using oak, brass and Finnish soapstone, a material used to chill drinks, eschewing the need for ice. Black forest gateau was chosen as, by law…

Skincare is now coming with a crop of innovative analogue apparatus intended to amplify the potency of their products. Groundbreaking new brand Orveda provides a tool with every product, be it a brush or massage tool. Eye creams from Chanel and Creme de La Mer are bolstered by massage tools designed to help smooth fine lines, minimise dark circles and solve surface discoloration. Masks such as La Prairie’s Skin Caviar Luxe Sleep Mask come with brushes to give even application, while Hourglass Cosmetics’ Curator Lash instrument allows for impeccable primer and mascara application. Bristle- and brushfree, the tool targets even the smallest of lash hairs from root to tip. And facial rollers from Dr Jart+ and Nurse Jamie are saviours for lacklustre complexion, boosting circulation and encouraging lymphatic drainage; when…

Late in 2013, Ian Murison and Kaveh Memari sat down to discuss a shared frustration with the state of e-cigarettes. Murison, an industrial designer with experience in perfume packaging, had been tracking the market for close to a decade, and none of its products had impressed him. For starters, they were all big and bulky, and often looked nothing like the objects they were designed to replace. They came in complicated parts that could be fiddly to put together, especially in the dark. And, invariably, they leaked. The pair knew that e-cigarettes or ‘vapes’ were less detrimental to a user’s health than traditional cigarettes, but poor design was deterring uptake. They also recognised a huge opportunity in the market. In 2015, the global tobacco industry was worth close to $800bn,…

Then French interior architect Pierre Yovanovitch unveiled his furniture at R & Company gallery in New York recently, he did so under the title ‘Oops’. This might suggest that his show materialised by happy accident, or that it is somehow slight or slapdash. However, his presentation of 24 unique pieces – alongside his selection of art and objects from R & Company and elsewhere, including works by Wendell Castle, Joaquim Tenreiro and the Haas Brothers, plus two custom paintings by Claire Tabouret – is testament to a tremendous amount of effort. ‘I started one year ago, but I really started 20 years ago,’ says Yovanovitch. The designer has spent his career seeking out and working with French artisans, customising the traditional techniques that underpin a timeless collection of subtly playful…

Rei Kawakubo has been confounding expectations and ploughing her own very individual path since she arrived on the global fashion scene in 1981, with the launch of her legendary label, Comme des Garcons. Her radical notions of dressing, initially met with raised eyebrows, have since become widely esteemed and emulated; while her consistent aversion to publicity has only made her star burn brighter. Our first female Guest Editor, along with Zaha Hadid and Louise Bourgeois in October 2008, Kawakubo took a typically left-field approach to her brief, assembling 20 pages that combined art, animation, photography, graphics and illustration to summon up the maverick spirit of her brand. As she said then, ‘It is difficult to say everything I want to say with 20 pages of people wearing clothes. By choosing…

Frenchman Philippe Starck has spent the last four decades coming up with much-talked-about designs, from arachnid lemon squeezers to larger-than-life hotel interiors. So it came as a surprise when, as Wallpaper* Guest Editor in 2009, he steered clear of design entirely. ‘It is my mission to make intelligence sexy,’ he told us, as he called on scientists, as well as an artist and a musician, to think about time, space, matter and the never-ending quest for the meaning of life. ‘Where are we going? And are we going to like it when we get there?’ he asked. Seven sharp minds rose to the challenge, including musician Peter Gabriel and theoretical physicist Thibault Damour. In the years since, Starck has been as prolific as ever. Among other projects, he founded Starck…

The French-American artist Louise Bourgeois may have been 96 years old when she joined Rei Kawakubo and Zaha Hadid as our joint Guest Editor in October 2008, but she took on the role with the energy of someone half her age. Bourgeois worked with three long-time friends and collaborators – fashion designer turned artist Helmut Lang, architect Peter Zumthor and artist Roni Horn – to curate a unique edit of their work Paris-born Bourgeois moved to New York in 1938 and achieved international recognition for the disturbing sculptures and installations that she began producing in the 1960s. She was exploring familiar territory when she told us, ‘I say things that I shouldn’t say and I do things that I shouldn’t do. There is violence. I break things and then there…

William Wegman started out in the 1970s as part of the West Coast art gang, working alongside Bruce Nauman, John Baldessari and Ed Ruscha, but the American artist and photographer is best known today for his beautifully set up photographs – often funny, sometimes surreal – of his Weimaraner dogs. For Wallpaper* he created a lushly coloured 21-page photo story that featured his Weimaraners Topper and Flo posing with iconic works of American design. ‘I’m like a stand-up comic who takes suggestions from the audience,’ Wegman explained. ‘If somebody comes in with a bulldog and some other prop, I’ll find something to do with it.’ Wegman also photographed the Pennsylvania studio of the late furniture designer George Nakashima, Flo and Topper in tow. ‘What struck me about working with my…

Having cut his creative teeth on New York’s art scene in the 1960s and 70s, stage director Robert Wilson has since created some of the most memorable pieces in contemporary theatre, featuring minimal sets and groundbreaking sound and light. As Guest Editor, he decided to ‘make the magazine more dimensional’. Since 2006, he had been making video portraits of celebrities and animals, featuring the key elements of his work – sound, light, costume and set design. He created a 16-page portfolio of portraits (plus a front cover featuring Isabella Rossellini) and then, with creative communications agency Dentsu London, employed a pre-cinema technique called Ombro Cinema: by sliding a striped acetate sheet across the page, readers could make subjects such as Brad Pitt and a sumo world champion move. QR codes…

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In March this year, Dutch design entrepreneur Casper Vissers, who co-founded Moooi with Marcel Wanders in 2001, made a substantial investment in British brand Minimalux. Having left Moooi in 2015 to pursue other design projects, Vissers was keen to help develop an existing design brand. It’s a radical departure: Moooi, after all, has always been an exercise in unapologetic maximalism, while Minimalux has built a reputation designing beautifully crafted pared-down products. ‘The desire is to offer something of substance that transcends trends yet remains relevant, progressive and desirable,’ says Mark Holmes, who co-founded the company in 2009 (see W*120) with partner Tamara Caspersz (the pair were also part of the founding team of Established & Sons). ‘Our formula is to create designs with the most basic forms from premium, lasting…

Last year Lyn Harris didn’t have time to take a holiday. London’s most internationally recognised fine perfumer, Harris trained in Grasse 30 years ago and established her first line, Miller Harris, 17 years ago. She founded her rather brilliant fragrance brand, Perfumer H, in 2015 and is again hot property, with numerous brands knocking at her door for the talents of her nose. The workload may have seen off 2016’s summer holiday, but Harris did make a road trip around Portugal at the behest of Claus Porto. Founded 130 years ago in Porto by Germans Ferdinand Claus and Georges Schweder, Claus Porto is the brand that soap savants have sought out as much for the striking packaging as the fragrant toiletries inside. The arresting graphics of the soap wrappers trace…

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In 2011, Wallpaper* flew into Singapore for a longoverdue and in-depth look at the country’s burgeoning creative scene. As we documented in the subsequent Singapore Revealed (W*146) we found plenty to admire – in particular, the young cohort of designers, chefs and architects who were building on the pioneering works of the previous generation, and who were pushing into new frontiers of space, taste and silhouette. Six years on, it seemed timely to call in once more on Singapore for a fresh look at how this island-state has held up in the face of many global challenges. We discovered that no one has been resting on their laurels. Singapore Art Week (January), Singapore Design Week (March) and the Singapore Biennale (October-February) are now key events on the calendar. The island’s…

Table, $900, by Gabriel Tan, gabriel-tan.com. ‘Dough & Piatti’ plates, prototypes, by Studio Juju, studio-juju.com. Chopsticks, S$22, by Marusan Shikki; plate, S$90 for set of three, by Kihara; ‘Mamezara’ sauce dish, S$12, by Lee Xinli, all from Supermama, supermamastore.com JASON TAN Diners go to Tan’s Corner House as much for the setting, a colonial manse in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, as for his pan-Singaporean gastrobotanica menu, with Tan sending out plates of Carabinero prawns, Australian Wagyu beef and New Zealand blue cod strewn with extravagantly hued tubers, vines, fungi and flowers. cornerhouse.com.sg Monolith’ table, S$675, by Melvin Ong, for Desinere, desinere.com.sg. Plates, from S$50, by Supermama, supermamastore.com. Chopsticks; ‘Dough & Piatti’ tray, both as before. ‘Knead’ dish, S$1,380 for set of three, by Chin Guo Hong, for d.lab, dlab.com.sg MALCOLM…