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NEWSPAPER • Wallpaper’s hot pick of the latest global goings-on

Bookmark • Three noteworthy openings in Japan, Chile and Italy

Where to go: FLORENCE • Our contributing editor Nick Vinson spends half the year in Florence, a compact city easily explored on foot (or Vespa). He takes us on a tour of his don’t-miss diversions

Skill set • The next-generation designers redrawing the creative landscape

The spirit of celebration • A collaboration between St. Regis and New York artist Tug Rice captures the storied brand’s Gilded Age glamour and decadent modernity, honouring its portfolio of perfect settings for making magical memories

CUTTING IT FINE • Four labels crafting a new future for fashion aided by material exploration, movie scores and magic tricks

NIGHT SHIFT • When contributing editor Nick Vinson turned 60 this year, his focus shifted to how to live better for longer. So he checked into Lanserhof’s state-of-the-art health resort, on the German island of Sylt, to try out its Sleep Well programme, which aims to improve long-term sleep quality through personalised therapy

MEXICAN WAVE • Meet the experimental young architects that are challenging the status quo

HIDDEN GEM • Tucked away in a central Melbourne park, wunderkind chef Hugh Allen’s first solo restaurant takes diners on a journey of discovery

A TALE OF THREE CITIES • Surveying today’s design landscape, attention tends to gravitate toward established hubs. Cities like Milan, Copenhagen and Paris have forged distinct design identities and have major annual fairs that draw global attention. Yet compelling work is emerging far beyond these centres, often unnoticed by the international spotlight. Across the world, local scenes are being sustained by passionate figures who foster creativity through exhibitions, collaborations with artisans and mentorship of the next generation. We zero in on three of these metropolises – Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Beirut, Lebanon; and Taipei, Taiwan – to spotlight the designers and curators who are shaping these vibrant new design communities

SUCCESS STORY • Rising young artist Shaqúelle Whyte rewrites classical narratives with his expressive brushstrokes, imbuing his works with physicality, ambiguity and rhythm

Happy place • Eclectic and colourful, Charlie Ferrer’s new Greenwich Village home reflects the interior designer’s personal and professional evolution

Time shift • A serendipitous collaboration between innovative watch brand Ressence and Marc Newson dials up on the industrial designer’s earlier cult offerings

WRIGHT ANGLE • A fascination with an American modernist master played a crucial role in the development of a little-known Swiss architect’s geometrically sophisticated portfolio

SLEEPER HIT • The Orient Express pulls into Rome, paying homage to the golden age of travel in its first hotel, just footsteps from the Pantheon

INNER CIRCLES • SANAA’s new paradigm-shifting, cube-shaped cultural hub in Taiwan contains a world of sweeping curves and flowing possibilities immersed in a natural setting

Water world • The second installment in Dorte Mandrup’s Wadden Sea trilogy, this Dutch visitor centre and scientific hub draws inspiration from the endless cycle of the tide

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