Latest articles by Shawn Adams
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Nigerian architects SI.SA draw on 'simplicity, clarity, and unity'
SI.SA, a young Nigerian practice, is featured in the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2024; tour its Scissor House in Ikoyi, an elegant solution to a constrained plot
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Gubi and Unicef launch 'Young Hopes' campaign to support vulnerable children worldwide
The purchase of one ‘Pacha’ lounge chair through Gubi and Unicef's initiative can help deliver emergency education for up to 475 children or provide up to 35,000 with access to clean drinking water for a month
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First look: Serwaa is a six-legged chair by Giles Tettey Nartey
‘The design sensibilities of West Africa are equally as valuable and important as those from Europe’ states British-Ghanaian designer and architect Giles Tettey Nartey
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Navigator: the Wallpaper* guide to Bangkok
What to see and do in Bangkok, from sprawling retail stores and dazzling restaurants to awe-inspiring contemporary galleries and impressive new hotels
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The John Randle Centre ‘rises from the earth in a nod to Yoruba spirituality’
The John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History is an urban regeneration project at the heart of Lagos Island, designed by Studio Imagine Simply Architecture
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RIBA’s ‘Raise the Roof’ show is a deep dive into the history of its London HQ
With its ‘Raise the Roof: Building for Change’ exhibition, the RIBA explores themes including gender, ethnicity, race, and imperialism embedded within its own historic headquarters
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A deep dive into the new Audi Q6 e-tron, revealed at Milan Design Week 2024
The Audi Q6 e-tron is the brand's latest all-electric car, a stylish powerhouse launched at Audi’s House of Progress in Milan
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InterContinental Chiang Mai The Mae Ping is a graceful sanctuary in Thailand’s northern capital
From welcoming chimes to a skybar, InterContinental Chiang Mai The Mae Ping blends five-star hospitality with Southeast Asian culture
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Giles Nartey translates African rituals into bold design objects
Future Icons: Giles Nartey's boundary-pushing work combines teaching, research and design
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A new book charts the history of Black design
'Now You See Me! An Introduction to 100 Years of Black Design' is a new book by Charlene Prempeh covering fashion, architecture and design
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The People’s Pavilion 2023 is ‘about the power of the collective’
The People’s Pavilion 2023 launches at Lea Bridge Library, Waltham Forest in east London – and it’s designed and built by teenagers
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Ultimate Norman Foster: into the mind of the architect at Centre Pompidou
Norman Foster exhibition opens at Centre Pompidou in Paris, celebrating the renowned British architect's ground breaking and extensive body of work, while looking into the future
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Maarten Baas’ jet in a Milanese church pushes the boundaries of denim design
G-Star Raw presents ‘More or Less' at Milan Design Week 2023, featuring a recycled denim plane and furniture by Dutch Designer Maarten Baas in a Milanese church
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The Standard Bangkok and The Standard Hua Hin bring pioneering hospitality to Thailand
The Standard Bangkok, in Ole Scheeren’s Mahanakhon tower, and The Standard Hua Hin, designed by Onion, bring the global hospitality brand to Thailand
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Kusheda Mensah’s modular furniture compositions promote social interactions
Among Wallpaper’s Future Icons, designer Kusheda Mensah of Modular by Mensah talks about social spaces and finding inspiration in her heritage
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Snøhetta goes underground at the Ordrupgaard Art Museum
Snøhetta unveils new subterranean extension at the Ordrupgaard Art Museum in Denmark
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The Design Museum celebrates Yinka Ilori’s world
From community-focused commissions to design for play, 'Yinka Ilori: Parables of Happiness' (open until 25 June 2023) celebrates the British-Nigerian designer's creativity, his influences and his inspirations
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McMahon Architecture crafts contemporary brick dwelling in east London
Leyton House, McMahon Architecture’s first build in east London, stacks up beautifully
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Lake Flato's tranquil retreat draws on Texan ranch design
A sprawling creek, rich pastures, and small open-air barn provide the perfect family retreat at Verde Creek Residence by architecture firm Lake Flato - one of the many, striking projects included in the studio's newest monograph by Rizzoli
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Can farmer designers save the planet?
The future of farming, the climate crisis, and how we can feed ourselves sustainably are at the heart of a new exhibition, ‘Farmer designers: an art of living’, at Bordeaux Museum of Decorative Arts and Design (until 17 January 2022)
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Irakli Sabekia on research and design as ‘tools to attack reality’
Georgian designer Irakli Sabekia talks about the power of artistic work to confront complex subjects, while Formafantasma names him as one of 25 creative leaders of the future in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project
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Satoshi Kawamoto’s botanical art meets Nordic-Japanese dining at Sachi
Botanical artist Satoshi Kawamoto’s installation greets diners at Sachi, the new restaurant at Pantechnicon, a Nordic-Japanese design and dining hub in London
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Design Institute of Australia launches inaugural awards
Bates Smart scoops Best Place at inaugural Design Institute of Australia Awards with an acute medical services building, the Gandel Wing at Cabrini Malvern
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Tameem Antoniades on video games to understand mental health
Coder Tameem Antoniades, co-founder of Ninja Theory, is working with neuroscientists on video games to help understand mental health. He’s also tipped by Michèle Lamy as a creative leader of the future, in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project
