OUR AWARDS BASHES AT MILAN’S CARLO E CAMILLA (LEFT), AND BONHAMS IN LONDON, WITH GUESTS (ABOVE) MATHIAS AUGUSTYNIAK AND MICHAEL AMZALAG OF M/M PARIS AND JONATHAN ANDERSON. BELOW, STEPHEN BURKS’ LIGHT FOR PARACHILNA (BEST NEW BRAND); JAN KATH’S ‘SPACECRAFTED/ SPACE 3’ RUG (BEST SPACE RACE); DIOR A/W14 (BEST WOMEN’S FASHION COLLECTION); AND TERRAZZO PROJECT’S ‘TP-PANELS’ BENCH (BEST REUSE)
Starry, starry nights
Newsstand cover by Noé Sendas Photography: Jan Lehner Fashion: Isabelle Kountoure Top, £395, by Valentino. Skirt, €570, by Jil Sander. Detail of ‘Eaton’ side table, £1,764, by Roberto Lazzeroni, for Flexform Mood, from Interdesign See artist Noé Sendas’ surreal take on the season’s graphic offerings, page 156. He also designed this issue’s limitededition cover, right Wallpaper* is printed on UPM Star, upm.com
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January 15 was a stellar night in every sense of the word. Jan Kath’s imposing nebulapatterned rug, the star of our previous issue’s galactic-themed cover (W*191), was a perfect backdrop for the constellation of design literati that joined team Wallpaper* at Bonhams’ London HQ. A small galaxy of laureates had come to town specifically for our Design Awards exhibition and cocktails. Designer of the Year Patricia Urquiola flew over with her husband Alberto and daughter Giulia; Philippe and Jasmine Starck hopped on the Eurostar in celebration of his ‘Axor Starck V’ tap; while Henrik Lindberg and six of his team darted in from Denmark to fete their buffalo horn glasses. The Starcks mingled with the Arads and the Adjayes, Tom Dixon swapped notes with Martino Gamper and the Formafantasma duo lauded their young protégé Éléonore Delisse, our Life Enhancer of the Year winner, who had been their student at Design Academy Eindhoven. Jonathan Anderson, scoring a triple whammy with Best Rebrand and two Best in Shows honours, shared a toast with graphic gurus M/M Paris, while Hans Ulrich Obrist pored over a new tome celebrating their collective reinvention of the house of Loewe. Our celebrations continued three days later in Milan, at an intimate dinner in the dramatic surrounds of Best New Restaurant, Carlo e Camilla in Segheria. Its creators, Tanja Solci and Carlo Cracco, joined me in hosting another glittering gathering of winners, including high-profile creatives such as Rodolfo Dordoni and Dimore Studio’s Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci, and high-powered CEOs such as B&B Italia’s Giorgio Busnelli and Poltrona Frau Group’s Dario Rinero. Adding to the happy bustle were some of our favourite Italian design talents – art director Giulio Cappellini, architect Fabio Novembre, Gufram owner Charley Vezza, as well as curators Caroline Corbetta, Francesca Molteni and Marva Griffin Wilshire. Gallerist Rossana Orlandi beamed behind her oversized white sunglasses: ‘Everyone I wanted to see in Milan is in this room right now.’ I’m pretty sure those glasses weren’t rose-tinted. Tony Chambers, Editor-in-Chief
Limited-edition cover by Noé Sendas Dress, £250, by Sandro. Shoes, €455, by Pierre Hardy. ‘Twist’ chair, £1,388, by Hans Sandgren Jakobsen, for Porada. See page 156 Limited-edition covers are available to subscribers, see Wallpaper.com
Photography: Jule Hering, Mark Cocksedge, Oliver Rudkin
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