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Acne has lauched a book with British photographer Lord Snowdon, who, throughout his 40 year career, has kitted out his famous sitters in a uniform palette of blue shirts

Acne launches the Snowdon Blue project

Fashion   08 May 2012

Swiftly taking shape in Tjuvholmen, Oslo's up-and-coming new waterfront district, the new home for the Astrup Fearnley Museum is set to open at the end of September this year

Under construction: Astrup Fearnley Museum by Renzo Piano, Oslo

Architecture   09 May 2012

The Veloster is the Korean answer to the European fashion for sporting compact coupes

Hyundai Veloster

Cars   08 May 2012

New York's Sofield Studio designed Harry Winston's new salon in Shanghai to reflect the nature of a faceted stone. Light pours into the interior via a diamond-shaped atrium

Harry Winston opens a new salon in Shanghai

Fashion   08 May 2012

 

Browse architecture galleries

Part of this year's Biennale, the 'Smart Cities - Parallel Cases 2' exhibition comprises 23 projects by students from all over the world, who have presented their vision of a progressive 'smart' city

International Architecture Biennale 2012, Rotterdam

Descending the main staircase of the reopened Palais de Tokyo leads to this saturated work by Ulla Von Brandenberg. Alas, no skateboarding allowed. Photography: André Morin

Paris' Palais de Tokyo reopens

An external view of the 30 sq m Bridge Studio, one of a series of artists' studios on Fogo Island by Saunders Architecture, is located at Deep Bay on the west coast

Fogo Island artists' studios by Saunders Architecture

Browse design galleries

Creative conference Semi-Permanent has developed into a vital stopover on the global design circuit, procuring the cream of the creative crop and hosting an impressive swathe of events from exhibitions and workshops and master classes to launches and parties

Semi-Permanent creative conference

The R18 Ultra Chair developed by Reed Cram and Clemens Weisshaar, together with Audi's technology department, was wired for stress testing during the show

The Future in the Making exhibition, Milan

Designed by Piero Portaluppi for the Necchi family and completed in 1935, at the height of the Italian Rationalist movement, Villa Necchi is one of Milan's finest twentieth century villas

Interactive floor plan: Fabrica exhibition at Villa Necchi

Browse fashion galleries

The Royal Oak is the world’s first ever luxury sports timepiece. Pictured here is a replica of the original 1972 Gérald Genta-designed Royal Oak in steel, launched this year

Audemars Piguet celebrates 40 years of the Royal Oak

Launched today, J.Lindeberg's sixth Biannual Book continues its 'The Documentary and a Dream' series. The Swedish sportswear label has given top artists and photographers from across Europe free reign to interpret the Spring/Summer 2012 collection. Pictured here is a photograph from the feature, 'The Smell of the Sea'

Book: J. Lindeberg's The Documentary and a Dream VI

Coudamy Design's 'Bear Cave' ceiling looms over the menswear section, featuring collections by Raf Simons, Damir Doma and House of Billiam

Dover Street Market Ginza, Tokyo

Browse art galleries

Helmut Lang has created a series of totem pole-like sculptures of found objects, on show at 24 Washington Square North in New York

Helmut Lang: Sculptures exhibition, New York

To tie in with the Bauhaus exhibition, we've trawled the Barbican Art Gallery's shop for the finest buys inspired by the school's principles, labelling them with a 'Wallpaper* loves' tag. Pictured is a collection of contemporary jewellery by Corrie Williamson, echoing the Bauhaus' simple and graphic approach to form. Photography: Jamie Smith

Wallpaper* loves: Bauhaus-inspired designs in the Barbican Art Gallery shop

Entrance to 'Bauhaus: Art as Life' exhibition, designed by architects Carmody Groarke and graphic designers APFEL, at the Barbican Art Gallery

'Bauhaus: Art as Life' at the Barbican Art Gallery, London

Browse travel galleries

The Port Adriano marina is a pared down and elegant structure by Philippe Starck

Port Adriano marina by Philippe Starck, Mallorca

Discover & Deliver is a new online concept that enables you to purchase furniture you've seen in design hotels around the world, including Belgraves in London (pictured)

Discover & Deliver: a new website that brings the hotel to your home

Café Royal, London, UK Alfred and Georgi Akirov, the duo behind the Mamilla hotel in Jerusalem (W*127) and the Conservatorium in Amsterdam (W*157), are soon to complete a three year-long project with David Chipperfield Architects transforming the legendary Café Royal into a contemporary hotel, in readiness for hosting guests during the Olympics this summer. Opened in 1865, the Café Royal was the favourite haunt of bohemians and intellectuals such as George Bernard Shaw, Paul Verlaine and Oscar Wilde (who once had too much absinthe in the Grill Room and mistook a waiter stacking chairs for a man watering tulips), and later saw the likes of Virginia Woolf, Winston Churchill and, more recently, David Bowie walk through its doors. Chipperfield’s team restored the original 1860s and 1930s features of the listed Domino and Grill Rooms, which will reopen as a private members’ club and restaurant respectively, and took inspiration from the apartment of Regent Street architect John Nash to create the interiors of the hotel’s spacious 155 rooms with marble, oak and bronze details, high windows and large lobbies. The five suites, meanwhile, have been sympathetically restored by Donald Insall Associates. Our favourites are the Empire Suite, which boasts a massage room, and the Dome Suite located under the building’s copper dome, which has two terraces overlooking Piccadilly Circus and Big Ben. Café Royal opens in summer 2012 68 Regent Street, London; www.hotelcaferoyal.com Writer: Sara Henrichs

May travel news: editor's picks

Browse car galleries

BMW i8 Concept Spyder Beijing witnessed the unveiling of a drop-top version of BMW's already acclaimed i8 hybrid electric supercar as the brand prepared the public for the imminent launch of its electric 'i' sub-brand in 2013. The third i-based concept is a two-seater open-top closely based on the i8 hardtop coupe, but adds dramatic scissor-doors and a pair of electric scooters under the transparent tailgate while taking away two seats through a shortened wheelbase. BMW promises 354hp, a 5.0-second 0-62mph time and 94mpg from the carbon-fibre masterpiece

Beijing Auto Show 2012

The Renault Twizy, with its pared-down, low-tech aesthetic, makes it an ideal vehicle for young first-time buyers

Renault Twizy

The sixth-generation Mercedes-Benz SL can trace its ancestry back to the 1950s

Mercedes-Benz SL

Browse lifestyle galleries

Sevva, with its 360-degree views of Hong Kong and the historic harbour, will be the venue for Liberatum Hong Kong's inaugural dinner

Liberatum Hong Kong International Festival of Culture

W*158's High Ball feature. Photograph: Pierpaolo Ferrari

Behind the scenes: W*158's High Ball shoot at HighCliff, Hong Kong

Catalina Fernandez pastry boutique, Mexico A minimal black and white mock-warehouse interior is the unexpected new décor for an otherwise traditional pastry boutique Catalina Fernandez, in San Pedro, Mexico. Established in 1988, the shop blossomed out of a home bakery and its twenty-five year old interior has just undergone a remarkable revamp thanks to Mexican branding intelligence group Anagrama. Propped with containers emblazoned with the baker's indispensables; sugar, yeast and flour, the feeling of the space is that of an old industrial store room that has been white-washed from head to toe, the concrete floor preserved. The redesign has extended to the boxes the pastries are packed in, and the new sans serif logo. It's a perfect example of how an artisanal business can be given a new lease of life by smart design. www.catalinafernandez.mx  

March food news: editor's picks

Browse technology galleries

Teenage Engineering's OP-1 synthesiser costs €799 and comes with eight sound engines, four-track tape, drum sampler, midi-controller, FM-radio and battery

The OP-1 synthesiser by Teenage Engineering

The Jil Sander Mobile is the luxury fashion brand's first foray into phone design

The new Jil Sander mobile phone

Rather than simply slap a logo on an existing but outdated handset, the LINK is an Android phone, meaning ongoing upgradeability paired with watch-making level craftsmanship

TAG Heuer Smart Phone

Browse watches and jewellery galleries

A vitrine celebrating the first ever Cartier Tank watch, launched in 1917. It was inspired by the design of the armoured First World War tank. Photography: Tim Griffiths for Cartier

Cartier creates a series of vitrines telling the tale of the Tank watch

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Exterior of the the 250,000 sq ft serpentine-shaped Frieze tent, designed by SO-IL, with Latifa Echakhch's tumbleweed installation in the foreground Photograph: Linda Nylind, courtesy of Frieze

Frieze New York 2012

Art   08 May 2012

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