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Welcome to our Next Generation and

Graduate Directory issue, our annual scan

and swoop for tomorrow’s headline acts, the

emerging stars in the Wallpaper* universe.

From a young architect reimagining Hong

Kong and the duo designing sustainable

uniforms for the world’s more responsible

restaurants to designers de-gendering gym

equipment and bringing parent and child

closer together in doctors’ waiting rooms.

It is, then, an apt time to announce

an exciting new Wallpaper* venture.

As we turn the page on one year and stare

optimistically ahead, thoughts of self-

improvement are never far away. Physical

wellbeing is usually paramount and gym

membership cards (unused since last

January?) will be rescued from the back

of a drawer. But what about the mind?

What about education? There’s always

room for improvement there too. That’s

why we have partnered with London’s

Royal College of Art (RCA) to offer a series

of design masterclasses to share our insight,

expertise and hard-earned know-how.

The W

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factor

Newsstand cover
Photography:
Roos Quakernaat
Fashion:
Isabelle Kountoure
Blouse, £840; skirt, £750,
both by Prada. Boots,
£1,150, by Off-White c/o
Jimmy Choo. Ring, price
on request, by Acne
Studios. Green Object,
price on request, by
Sejoon Kim. See page 138

Limited-edition cover

by Julian Opie

Artist Opie created this

cover especially for us,

from his newly revamped

London studio, designed

by Carmody Groarke, see

page 050

Limited-edition covers are

available to subscribers,

see Wallpaper.com

Wallpaper* is printed

on UPM Star, upm.com

We are never quick to blow our own

trumpets, but team Wallpaper* boasts the

sharpest minds and keenest eyes covering

the fields of interior design, product design,

architecture, fashion, graphics, travel,

beauty and lifestyle and beyond. Add to this

the enviable list of design and architecture

heavyweights we have on speed dial and

the potential for a 21st century Bauhaus is

there to see.

The first masterclass is in March

(see page 079 for more details) and will be

held in the hallowed halls of the RCA’s

Kensington Gore studios. A combination

of A-list speakers, workshops, creative

dialogue and convivial card-swapping – plus

fine food and wine of course – the two-day

course will offer the perfect introduction

to how design and design thinking is

shaping our world and will give those who

attend a thorough grounding in how to

be a part of it. Sign up now and we expect

to see you in the pages of Wallpaper’s

2019 Next Generation issue.

Tony Chambers, Brand & Content Director

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