Latest articles by Jonathan Bell
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Gulfstream’s newly refurbished London Design Centre offers myriad ways to spec your jet
Purchasing a private jet requires a cavalcade of design decisions. Gulfstream now offers its London customers a new Sales and Design Centre for them to make their decisions at leisure
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A new book delves into Frei Otto’s obsession with creating ultra-light architecture
‘Frei Otto: Building with Nature’ traces the life and work of the German architect and engineer, a pioneer of high-tech design and organic structures
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A meticulously crafted artist’s space in east London evokes the area’s long creative history
Maich Swift Architects’ artist’s space has radically reconfigured a Victorian terraced house, transforming it into a contemporary live/work interior
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The Peugeot E-5008 is an adept but ostentatious take on the all-electric SUV
Peugeot has swapped its seductive design language for something shoutier and less discrete as it attempts to conquer the electric SUV segment with the new E-5008
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Skymill is a desktop device that’ll reshape your relationship with the weather
Gustav Rosén’s Skymill Weather Station fuses digital and analogue design to create an esoteric hybrid weather and air quality monitor
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This Ahmedabad house is enclosed within a curved concrete shell
This Ahmedabad house by Achyutam Designs is a homage to concrete and a celebration of the curve, a family house designed to flow into its surroundings
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Blink and you might miss the Toyota Yaris Cross, a car designed for dutiful service
Toyota is a dab hand at building cars that don’t get a second glance yet can somehow survive for generations. The Yaris Cross GR Sport is a testament to the power of unshowy design
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Zagato reveals the first model from Bovensiepen Automobiles and a one-off Alfa Romeo
Two new cars emerged from Zagato’s studio to grace the shores of Lake Como at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2025. We explore the Italian coachbuilder’s latest designs
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Dyson’s new Cool CF1 fan brings quiet, compact cooling into the home
An evolution of Dyson’s quest to reinvent the humble desk fan, the Cool CF1 is enhanced and updated for a new, smarter generation
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We experience Villa d’Este’s parade of four-wheeled masterpieces and their keepers
The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2025 is Italy’s pre-eminent classic car event, a weekend celebration of the art of collecting the world’s most historically significant machines and an essential insight into high-end car culture
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Bang & Olufsen’s Recreated Classics series continues with this ultimate vinyl set-up
The new Beosystem 3000c pairs the newly revived aluminium Beogram 3000 turntable with the modern Beolab 8 speakers
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Four super-refined Nova Scotia ‘bunkies’ are unforgettable architectural retreats
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has completed a collection of elevated guest cabins – named Ridge On The Chimney – on the rugged Nova Scotian coast, all bookable for a stay
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BMW continues the art of coachbuilt design with the unveiling of the Concept Speedtop
The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2025 marked the debut of BMW’s latest limited series coachbuilt, the Speedtop grand tourer
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A beach house in Portugal offers up multiple layers of space for contemporary living
WER Studio has completed this concrete beach house on the Atlantic Coast, with opening façades and an expansive terrace
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Out of office: what the Wallpaper* editors have been up to this week
This week, the Wallpaper* staff kept it local in London for a week of inaugurations: new members’ clubs, furniture collections, car models and studio albums
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Google I/O 2025 melded light-touch UI interactions with an enhanced AI-driven core
We take stock of Google’s new AI offerings. Under a new Material 3 Expressive aesthetic that softens and smooths, AI arrives to take stock of you, your choices, desires, innermost thoughts and exactly what it is you want for dinner
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Dyson pares down the vacuum cleaner to its most minimal form with the PencilVac
Enabled by new motor technology, Dyson’s forthcoming PencilVac is designed to squeeze into spots other vacuums can’t go
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Welcome to io: OpenAI acquires Jony Ive’s secret startup to shape the form of future AI
Jony Ive’s LoveFrom has spent two years assembling io, a crack team of specialists to visualise the physical form of Artificial Intelligence. Newly acquired by Sam Altman at ChatGPT, this tech supergroup hopes to re-shape the landscape of Silicon Valley and our relationship with tech
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Morgan Supersport is a four-wheeled magnum opus for serious enthusiasts – we tried it
Authenticity, engagement and more creature comforts than ever before – meet the new Morgan Supersport, a masterly synthesis of minimalist detail and classic style
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Marshall branches out further from its guitar amp roots - meet the Heston 120 Soundbar
TV sound is the latest domain to be conquered by the classic Marshall script. The Heston 120 puts powerful speakers into a slimline package for TV and music
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Polaroid announces a new tie-in with MoMA, creating a camera that pops with colour
The Polaroid Now Generation 3 MoMA Edition is an instant camera for lovers of pop culture, bold hues and instant gratification
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Samsung and Sony have unleashed new phone flagships, with Nothing snapping at their heels
Do flagship smartphones still have a place in a world of masterful mid-range devices and a general move towards less screen dependence, rather than more? We explore two new entries into the genre
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Oscar Niemeyer: a guide to the Brazilian modernist, from big hits to lesser-known gems
Architecture master Oscar Niemeyer defined 20th-century architecture and is synonymous with Brazilian modernism; our ultimate guide explores his work, from lesser-known schemes to his big hits; and we revisit a check-in with the man himself
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A new concrete family house in Slovakia slots seamlessly into its naturally landscaped site
In Slovakia, Banánka family house by Paulíny Hovorka Architects is a generous contemporary sanctuary in the heart of a mature forest
