CATEGORIES

Eye candy

Alessi marks its centenary with a sweet selection of design classics

Moving stories

MAXXI and Molteni & C celebrate the work of worldly architect Aldo Rossi

URBAN EXPLORER

Counterspace is the fast-emerging South African architectural practice commissioned to create the latest Serpentine Pavilion in London. Here, its founder Sumayya Vally takes artist and photographer Mikhael Subotzky on a whistle-stop tour of their adopted hometown, Johannesburg

Natural flow

Francis Kéré’s perfectly ventilated, termite-inspired Kenyan campus is a breath of fresh air

PAGE TURNER

Kader Attia’s artworks, addressing culturalism, colonialism and capitalism, speak volumes

GOOD YARN

Hella Jongerius’ new exhibition adds contemporary twists to the age-old story of weaving

END NOTES

A subterranean installation in Houston memorialises music lost in space

DOUBLE ACT

Tadao Ando and François Pinault

CULTURAL DRAW

K1 arts complex, by Teo Yang and Ourstudio, for Kukje Gallery, Seoul

SANCTUARY

Elephant World, Thailand, by Bangkok Project Studio

PLAYGROUND

MOKA Garden, South Korea, by Jaime Hayon

JUDGES' AWARDS 2021

Our highest honours span six special categories, adjudicated by this mighty jury. Meet the judges and winners on the following pages, and see full profiles and shortlists on Wallpaper.com

HIDEAWAY

Kakurega Omakase, Mexico

BEST MUSIC VENUE

Floating Music Hub

BEST BURGER BAR

Popl, Copenhagen

21 Rising Stars For 2021

Our Next Generation showcase shines a light on 21 outstanding graduates from around the globe, Wallpaper’s pick of the best new talent in seven creative fields. See more on all our graduates at Wallpaper.com ∏ #WallpaperNextGeneration

Newspaper*

Wallpaper’s hot pick of the latest global goings-on

Pipe dream

Architects SO-IL have made waves at the new K11 arts centre in Hong Kong’s Victoria Dockside

GROUND BREAKERS

The world is changing, architecture is adapting, and a new wave of young practices in London is emerging. They’re armed with bold ideas, digital tools, new studio set-ups and innovative design approaches. In our Next Generation series, we hail this nexus of exciting studios in the UK capital, the first ten of which, featured in the next pages, are just the beginning. More will be presented online throughout the year – next stop the USA

MADE IN CANADA

A show of design strength shapes up in Montreal

THE VINSON VIEW

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

Stay tooned

Zimbabwean-born artist Kudzanai-Violet Hwami is one to watch as she explores issues of gender, sexuality and identity through her carefully crafted, cartoon-inspired collages

Cultural reach

Hyundai Motor is supporting contemporary art to address the questions of our time

 Home and dry

Virgil Abloh furnishes us with an edit of Off-White’s latest interiors line

Colour scheme

A collaboration with artist Imi Knoebel adds a multi-tonal twist at Akris

Holy order

David Chipperfield Architects turns a 17th-century German convent into a 21st-century office complex

Reality check

Artist Sarah Sze explores the shadowy spaces between physical and digital worlds

OPEN HOUSE

Dividers rule in architect Francesco Librizzi’s free-flowing Milanese apartment

Soft landing

Cashmere specialist Loro Piana debuts its first furniture designs and devotes an entire floor of its new Tokyo store to interiors

Finders keepers

Fashion designer and inveterate collector Paul Smith shares a few of his favourite things in a new book, and here with his friend and travelling companion Deyan Sudjic