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NORTH OF MILAN’S CITY BEST CITY CENTRE, PORTA NUOVA IS THE NEW BUSINESS DISTRICT AND MILAN ITS SKYLINE IS PUNCTUATED WITH SKYSCRAPERS DESIGNED Milan is seeing an exciting renaissance. BY THE LIKES OF CÉSAR PELLI AND KOHN PEDERSON FOX Enlightened fashion players such as Miuccia Prada and Giorgio Armani have left their mark with projects that are developing into key art and culture destinations: the OMA- designed Fondazione Prada tower was one of Europe’s most anticipated openings last year, and Armani’s empire includes the Armani/Silos museum and the Armani Hotel. Moshe Tabibnia’s Building gallery has been energising the contemporary art scene, while Luca Cipelletti’s Cavallerizze created a dramatic addition to the National Museum of Science and Technology. Meanwhile, Herzog & de Meuron’s Porta Volta development, Foster + Partners’ Apple Store, Zaha Hadid Architects’ Generali Tower and Piuarch’s Gucci HQ are seeing the cityscape evolve to combine its traditional grandeur with a contemporary architectural language. Photography: Claudio Sabatino
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NENEH CHERRY, AT HER LONDON HOME, WEARS JACKET; TOP; TROUSERS, ALL BY RICK OWENS. ‘HUNROD’ RING, BY MICHELE LAMY. STYLING BY CAMILLE KOLB. MAKEUP BY AMANDA JAH
JUDGE NENEH CHERRY MUSICIAN
You can argue that Neneh Cherry put an end to the 1980s. Her 1989 debut album Raw Like Sushi, a delirious mix of hip-hop-inected pop, was both a full stop and a key musical marker for the decade ahead. Her new album, Broken Politics, a collaboration with Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden, is more reective but just as timely. ‘It’s a ght against the extinction of free thought and spirit,’ she says. Cherry was born in Sweden in 1964 to a Swedish artist mother and a Sierra Leonean musician father, and her stepfather was the world fusion music pioneer Don Cherry. She arrived in London at 14, throwing herself into the punk scene and, by the late 1980s, was a key member of the Bualo collective, who all but dened London’s street style of the time. She picked out Rick Owens for Best Women’s Fashion Collection and we felt there was no one better to personify Owens’ take on thoroughly contemporary power dressing. Photography: Hannah Starkey Writer: Nick Compton
LIFE-ENHANCER BEST WOMEN’S OF THE YEAR FASHION ‘GOPLE’ LAM P, COLLECTION A/W BY BIG, FOR ARTEMIDE RICK OWENS
For those who strule to keep their indoor Rick Owens’ collection explored the ora alive, the ‘Gople’ lamp may be a godsend. trappings of human adornment, considering A collaboration between Artemide and the physical impact of bustles, panniers Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the lamp features and exaerated costumes of the past. This technology that aids plant growth, while also fascination translated into padded and providing functional white light. The RWB bulbous silhouettes in neutral tones and (red-white-blue) lighting system, which yellow-and-brown check, including tunics Artemide patented in 2011, replaces the in camel hair and linen felt, bum bag-like standard ‘red-green-blue’ as the combination pillows, jackets with puy extrusions, and favoured for the psychophysical wellbeing oversized parkas with swaddling sleeves. of both man and plant. Handblown using Owens oset his avant-garde silhouettes an ancient Venetian technique, the white against more wearable items, including crystal lamp is also available in transparent deconstructed coats with frayed panels, silver and bronze nishes. artemide.com cashmere running shorts and sock boots Photography: Philippe Fragnière with curving wedged heels. rickowens.eu
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LOCATED ON DUNDEE’S WATERFRONT AND BEST NEW PUBLIC RESEMBLING A MOORED SHIP, SCOTLAND’S FIRST DESIGN BUILDING MUSEUM IS CLAD IN CONCRETE AND CAST STONE PANELS V&A DUNDEE, UK, BY KENGO KUMA AND ASSOCIATES
The highly sculptural V&A Dundee is Japanese architect Kengo Kuma’s rst UK building – and Scotland’s rst dedicated design museum. The raed clis of north- eastern Scotland inspired the composition’s distinct shape, clad in some 2,500 sheets of layered horizontal cast-stone panelling. Yet the concrete structure appears light, bearing an abstracted resemblance to the prow of a moored ship. Kuma wanted this building to welcome visitors with a strong design gesture. Located on the city’s waterfront, overlooking the River Tay, the new museum also includes a café, restaurant and learning facilities. kkaa.co.jp; vam.ac.uk/dundee Photography: Benedict Redgrove
BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN 93WPR19FEB149.pgs 17.12.2018 20:15 W* Awards JUDGE PHILIPPE MALOUIN DESIGNER
Last year’s Designer of the Year has had another busy year, with new projects for brands such as Resident, ZaoZuo and SCP, as well as an exhibition chronicling the ten years since he opened his studio, shown in Hyères’ Villa Noailles as part of southern France’s annual Design Parade festival. Seen together, the works demonstrated the Canadian designer’s versatility with materials and craft, and his experimentation with shapes and concepts. Coincidentally, his successor, Pierre Yovanovitch, also took part in Design Parade. ‘Pierre’s projects are always rened and utilise texture, light and colour intelligently,’ says Malouin. ‘He does more with less, because less is more.’ Photography: Rose Marie Cromwell Writer: Rosa Bertoli BEST DOMESTIC DESIGN ‘ASTRO’ FAN, BY NICHETTO STUDIO, FOR TUBES
Designed by Milan-based Nichetto Studio to look like ‘a small spaceship that is about to take o ’, this multifunctional heater and air purier is smart in every sense of the word. Controlled by either touch sensors or remotely (through an Android or iOS app), the intelligent device cleanses the air thanks to an active carbon lter with 85-95 per cent eciency, neutralises unwelcome odours autonomously with adjustable intensity, and blasts warm air when needed. The versatile thermoventilator is available in four lacquered matt colours and two dierent leg-length options. Featuring soft curved edges and a retro look, ‘Astro’ is part of Tubes’ Plug & Play collection, a range of freestanding designs that can be positioned anywhere in the house or in the oce. nichettostudio.com; tubesradiatori.com Photography: Philippe Fragnière
THIS PAGE, ‘ASTRO’ FAN IN OCEAN BLUE, , , BY NICHETTO STUDIO, FOR TUBES OPPOSITE, PHILIPPE MALOUIN AT ‘THE COLOR AND THE SHAPE’, HIS COLLABORATION WITH CALICO WALLPAPER AT DESIGN MIAMI
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BEST NEW PRIVATE HOUSE This secluded retreat in the Namib Desert THIS PAGE, LOCATED IN THE JUDGE is the rst new build house by South NAMIB TSARIS CONSERVANCY, THE NEST, A PRIVATE RESERVE IN PAOLA ANTONELLI African designer Porky Hefer, who took cues THE NAMIB DESERT, THE NAMIB DESERT, NAMIBIA, from his ‘Nest’ furniture series, upscaling NEST IS INSPIRED BY THE CURATOR and extrapolating architecturally. Conceived VAST NESTS OF THE LOCAL for conservationist Swen Bachran, the SOCIABLE WEAVER BIRDS BY PORKY HEFER In her role as senior curator of the house is thatched with reeds collected from OPPOSITE, PAOLA ANTONELLI AT THE ARCHITECTURE AND Architecture and Design department at along the Zambezi River, providing natural DESIGN STUDY CENTRE AT MoMA in New York, the Italian-born insulation, while the bricks and steel frame THE MUSEUM OF MODERN Antonelli has become known for her were handmade on site. Inside, a sunken ART MOMA IN NEW YORK highly analytical, anthropologic approach. lounge with leather banquette pays homage Unsurprisingly, she chose Milan as Best to the organic style of the late American City. ‘The Milanese not only love design, but architect Bruce Go. animal-farm.co.za truly live by it,’ she says. ‘They use it, they Photography: Katinka Bester talk about it, they critique it, they overdo it.’ Putting the city’s design chops aside, however, Antonelli was quick to debunk the myth that the Milanese are perennially elegant. ‘They can be very restrained, and that is understood as good taste. But they can be over the top. And, thankfully, they can also display a modicum of bad taste.’ An example of Antonelli’s good taste, though, is her choice for this year’s Best House – Porky Hefer’s Nest in Namibia. ‘This dream house is like John Lautner meets Black Panther.’ Photography: Molly Matalon Writer: Pei-Ru Keh
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DESIGNER OF THE YEAR PIERRE YOVANOVITCH
Parisian designer Yovanovitch might be associated with interior design and architecture, but he is better described as a master of form, material and space. Last year, the launch of his ‘Oops’ collection for R & Company demonstrated his charisma A RECENTLY COMPLETED as a furniture designer, but it’s also evident BEACHFRONT APARTMENT in his growing body of interior work, too. IN TEL AVIV, DESIGNED BY From a winery in the Douro Valley to hotels PIERRE YOVANOVITCH. ALONGSIDE VINTAGE PIECES in Méribel, Zermatt and Comporta and SELECTED FOR THE SPACE, private residences in Paris, Moscow, LA, HIS CUSTOM DESIGNS Tel Aviv and London, it’s no surprise he’s INCLUDE A CIRCULAR SOFA IN HANDCARVED CHESTNUT, in hot demand. There is an unmistakeable ASYMMETRICAL ARMCHAIRS, condence in Yovanovitch’s work. He has CERAMIC OCCASIONAL TABLES forged his own path, deftly directing the AND A HANDKNOTTED RUG. skills of the many craftspeople he works SEE MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AT WALLPAPER.COM ∫ closely with (and credits). He brings spaces to life from his imagination, not Pinterest, and hence they feel vivid in reality and don’t just look good in photos. As such, he is one of the most intriguing designers of our times. pierreyovanovitch.com Photography: Jérôme Galland Writer: Hugo Macdonald
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The London-based Korean artist’s ongoing reimagining of places like home has taken many forms, including Bridging Home, a plywood replica of a traditional Hanok-style Korean house, complete with bamboo garden, crash landed on a footbridge in the City of London. For the Best New Hotel category, Suh selected Healing Stay Kosmos on Ulleungdo Island in South Korea. ‘I’ve never been but I know the island is very small and pretty remote,’ he says. ‘It takes several hours on rough seas to get there, and the island is notorious for storms and snow, so I thought it was really brave to build there. It’s a stunning building, though, and the views are incredible. And that’s not just Korean bias.’ Photography: Johnnie Shand Kydd Writer: Nick Compton
BEST NEW HOTEL HEALING STAY KOSMOS, ULLEUNGDO ISLAND, SOUTH KOREA
Perched on a cli edge on the volcanic Ulleungdo Island, which lies 350km east of Seoul in the Sea of Japan, is this striking retreat by Seoul-based architects The System Lab. Snow-white concrete walls swoop and swirl like the potent chi energy elds that locals believe ow through the island. Some of the resort’s high-ceilinged rooms – sparsely furnished with a severe white palette – also curve and bend like the interior of a giant seashell. Equally striking is the work of chef Sun-jin Hwang (ex-El Bulli and Noma), whose menu features Dokdo shrimps with an oyster emulsion, and a short rib cooked sous-vide in red wine for 40 hours. thekosmos.co.kr Photography: Yong Kwan Kim
THIS PAGE, ARTIST DO HO SUH, AT HIS LONDON STUDIO, IN FRONT OF HAPPY HOLIDAY WEEKEND MAKING MACHINE PRESENT, CREATED WITH HIS DAUGHTERS AAMI AND OMI OPPOSITE, THE VILLA KOSMOS, AT HEALING STAY KOSMOS IN SOUTH KOREA, BOASTS HIGH CEILINGS, TWO SAUNAS AND AN INFINITY HOT TUB
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BJARKE INGELS AT HIS COPENHAGEN OFFICE IN JANUARY , SKETCHING THE LAYOUT OF NOMA’S NEW PURPOSEBUILT HOME
JUDGE BJARKE INGELS ARCHITECT
New fatherhood has not slowed the Danish superstar, who signed on to judge this year’s Design Awards despite being on paternity leave. His practice grows in international reach, recently topping out Vancouver House, a supercharged take on the Flatiron building; completing its rst skyscraper in Asia (home to Shenzhen Energy Company); and winning commissions from Albania to Ecuador. Its biest triumphs, though, are still in its birthplace of Copenhagen: the opening of the new Noma, last February, showed that Ingels is as adept at nesse as at grand statements, while an autumn exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg showcased collaborations with the likes of Ai Weiwei and Es Devlin, rmly installing BIG in our cultural rmament. Photography: Jan Søndergaard Writer: TF Chan
BEST NEW RESTAURANT NOMA COPENHAGEN
The most inuential eatery of the century moved into a purpose-built new home last year (W*229), an 11-piece ‘village’ designed by BIG around a Second World War-era arsenal overlooking Christiania. Glass walkways with Scandinavian terrazzo ooring link the buildings, each formed of a dierent material, from concrete to tombac. Studio David Thulstrup’s interiors balance the rened and the relaxed, with bespoke designs such as tables by Brdr Krüger, and lights in limestone and dried seaweed made by Jonas Edvard. Depending on the season, the menu focuses on seafood, vegetables or the bounty of the forest, served on ceramics commissioned by stylist Christine Rudolph. Beyond the generous windows lies a Piet Oudolf-designed edible meadow. noma.dk; big.dk
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THIS PAGE, DAVID KORINS AT HIS NEW YORK STUDIO, JUDGE BEST MEN’S FASHION BEST NEW GROOMING WEARING COAT, BY SALVATORE FERRAGAMO DAVID KORINS COLLECTION A/W PRODUCT AW. STYLED BY JERMAINE DALEY SET DESIGNER SALVATORE PLANT-POWERED OPPOSITE, MYRO ECO CONSCIOUS DEODORANT, New York-based Korins is the award-winning FERRAGAMO DEODORANT, BY MYRO COMPRISING A SMART, set designer and creative director behind hit TRAVELFRIENDLY CASE AND Guillaume Meilland cut his teeth at Myro is a rellable deodorant system that PLANTBASED REFILL PODS musical Hamilton, live shows for Lady Gaga, installations at Coachella and exhibition Yves Saint Laurent and Lanvin. This, his addresses the ecological impact of ‘disposable’ designs for Gagosian. His eponymous design third collection for Florentine house plastic. Designed by New York studio and experience rm is currently nessing Salvatore Ferragamo, was presented alongside Visibility, the packaging is a permanent piece the musical adaptation of Beetlejuice, opening the debut oering from newly appointed of hardware that the user keeps, relling with on Broadway in March, and the touring womenswear creative director Paul Andrew. deodorising pods. The case, in ve shades, ‘Hamilton: The Exhibition’, which premieres Together, the duo devised a kaleidoscopic elevates a not-so-glamorous routine, and is in Chicago in April. As a Design Awards palette, which updated classic silhouettes airport security-friendly and leakproof. The judge, he says, ‘I tried to look at the products in rich and unusual hues. The exquisitely rells, sent by mail, come in scents such as with a practical, useful eye. I loved The Nest colour-blocked clothes ranged from buttery Chill Wave (cucumber, jasmine, spearmint) [page 140]. There was something about the leather overcoats to boxy jackets, preppy and Pillow Talk (violet leaf, ylang ylang and warmth that felt like the essence of home.’ striped sweaters to sleek macs, and double- wild amyris) and are packed with plant-based Another standout was Ferragamo’s menswear. layered knitwear to understated tailoring, ingredients, such as barley powder, to keep ‘I could see myself in the clothes and as worn opposite by our Design Awards you dry, and essential oils that release scent appreciated the collection as an intersection judge David Korins. ferragamo.com over time. They contain no aluminium, of high art, fashion and usability.’ parabens, phthalates or talc. mymyro.com Photography: Jeremy Liebman Photography: Philippe Fragnière Writer: Pei-Ru Keh
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