POLE POSITION

A compact Melbourne house with a small footprint is big on efficiency and experimentation

URBAN OASIS

At an art-filled Mexico City residence, New York designer Giancarlo Valle has put his own spin on the country's traditional craft heritage

WARM FRONT

Designer Clive Lonstein elevates his carefully curated Manhattan home with rich textures and fabrics

BALCONY SCENE

A Brazilian island hotel offers a unique approach to the alfresco experience

ENSEMBLE CAST

How architect Anne Holtrop is leaving his mark on the Middle East

Survival mode

A new show looks at preparing for a post-apocalyptic landscape (and other catastrophes)

FLASK FORCE

A limited-edition perfume collaboration between two Spanish craft masters says it with flowers

BLOOM SERVICE

A flower-shaped brutalist beauty in Geneva gets a refresh

SECOND NATURE

A remodelled museum in Lisbon, by Kengo Kuma & Associates, meshes Japanese and Portuguese influences to create a space that sits in harmony with its surroundings

Guiding light

Designer Joe Armitage follows his grandfather's footsteps in India, reissuing his elegant midcentury lamp and creating a new chandelier for Nilufar Gallery

Cane and able

Fusing traditional craftsmanship with contemporary vision, design studio Ibuku demonstrates the versatility of bamboo at a serene Bali villa

Wild beauties

The latest high jewellery collections are dripping with drama, fantasy and flamboyance, drawing on a wealth of influences, from a Chopin composition and César Ritz to crocodiles and colour refraction

GUEST EDITOR LAILA GOHAR

Laila Gohar works wonders with food. So it's a surprise to hear her say that her work is not really about food at all, but rather about human behaviour. Born in 1988 and raised in Cairo, Egypt, Gohar moved to the States in 2009, working in restaurant kitchens and dipping a tentative toe into food journalism, before success emerged thanks to her catering business Sunday Supper, which captured the attention of New York's art and fashion crowds. Commissions to cater events for the likes of Prada, Hermès and Gucci quickly turned into column inches as word got out about her langoustine towers, artichoke swans, and busts made from butter.

GUEST EDITOR MARCIO KOGAN Portrait - EUDES DE SANTANA

Marcio Kogan has been prolific since setting up his namesake studio in São Paulo in 1978 (it was renamed Studio MK27 at the turn of the century). The 72-year-old architect has since become synonymous with contemporary Brazilian chic, offering a sumptuous blend of raw, textured materials; clean geometric forms; effortless functionality; vernacular design features; and a deep knowledge and appreciation of the rich, tropical modernist architecture legacy of his home country.

GUEST EDITOR ST.VINCENT

Since the release of her 2007 debut album, Marry Me, the Texan-born, guitar-shredding St. Vincent has continued to reinvent herself, dabbling in synth-pop, hard rock and everything in between. Like Bowie before her, she’s played with, and prodded at, the idea of persona. For the release of 2017’s Masseduction a time she calls her dominatrix at the mental institution’ era she dressed only in latex, insisting journalists interview her decidedly prickly) alter-ego inside a neon pink box. During 2021's Daddy’s Home, she was a louche, 1970s gangster, in a flared two-piece and blonde bob wig. And for mockumentary The Nowhere Inn, directed by Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein, she portrayed a heightened and hideous) self-obsessed version of herself. It wasn’t great for my career, she notes, dryly. Wondering who St. Vincent would become next and who she really is has all been part of the game. But in 2024, that changed. Her eighth album, All Born Screaming, is a ferocious exploration of what it is to be alive; the sound heavier, the visuals dark and uncanny. She has ditched the costume and character and is, perhaps for the first time, just Annie Clark. Seventeen years into her career, we invite a truly shapeshifting artist to take the reins of Wallpaper” as guest editor to understand her multidisciplinary creative process, what fuels her fire, and where this bizarre road might take St. Vincent next.

DESIGN DIRECTORY - BATHROOMS

The hottest trends, from retrofuturistic scene-setting and sunset moods to sculptural curves and shadowy corners

DESIGN DIRECTORY - KITCHENS

We bring you the chicest, sleekest islands on which to slice and dice this season

GREEN GOLD

A beautifully designed new book, Born in Oasi Zegna, explores the rich material ancestry and environmental philosophy of the illustrious Italian fashion house

DESIGN DIRECTORY - DINING CHAIRS

A smörgåsbord of scrumptious seating

DESIGN DIRECTORY - BEDS

Such stuff as dreams are made on

DESIGN DIRECTORY - LIGHTING

Star performers with a bright future

DESIGN DIRECTORY - TABLES

Serving up the perfect balance of form and function

DESIGN DIRECTORY - OUTDOORS

Alfresco apparatus that puts others in the shade

DESIGN DIRECTORY - SEATING

Striking new ways to recline and shine

CURVE APPEAL

Get into the groove with the latest kitchen from Danish design brand Vipp

CLASS ACTS

Our celebration of next-generation talent was staged at Triennale during Milan Design Week, showcasing work by some of today's most exciting new furniture and product designers

MADE TO ORDER

Brooklyn ceramicist Devin Wilde builds on his architectural training, drawing on classicism, art deco and postmodernism for his geometric creations

Belle of the ball

The third leg of Weekend Max Mara's 'Pasticcino' bag tour touches down in Japan, where the country's craft heritage inspires a bounty of riches

INNER SANCTUM

Built from hempcrete and stone, a sculpturally angular house in Perth, Western Australia, carves out an intriguing niche on a quiet suburban street

RED HOT

An inspiring design collection from Gucci interprets past icons through a contemporary lens