Each Christmas, Pentagram designs and publishes a small book and sends it to a very select group. Intended to provide diversions during what, for many, can be a hectic period, the booklets traditionally avoid any direct reference to the festive

In the world of cycling, trends fly past faster than Lance Armstrong on a Tour de France time trial stage, and this year Japan�s biggest and best bike show, Cycle Mode International, held on the outskirts of Tokyo from Dec.

Casa Morandi - a tiny museum in the centre of Bologna - has recently opened its doors. Housed within the very apartment where the twentieth century Italian painter Giorgio Morandi lived and worked for most of his life, the space

Straddling the ground somewhere between art installation, fantasy-world set design and festive pop-up eatery, Christmas at Number 42 is as out-there as it sounds. See more of Christmas at Number 42 Cooked up by artist and set designer Tony Hornecker

It may be known as mothers' ruin in some lesser circles but in hotspots the world over gin is having a new lease of life. And there's certainly nothing ruinous about Brockmans gin, which has been making a name for

Every country seeking to nurture and promote young design talent should have something based on the French institution VIA. VIA (which in translation stands for the Organisation for the Valorisation of Innovation in Furnishing) has a simple mission � to

Heritage sportswear brand Lacoste has reissued a limited edition number of its original sunglasses from the 1980s. The Lacoste 101 aviator-style frames have changed very little in the 30-year gap since they were first introduced � a testament to the

Just as soon as the frosty winter weather began to set in across the northern hemisphere, the design and art communities packed up their globetrotters and flew south for Design Miami / Art Basel Miami Beach. Welcoming the hoards with

While Fendi�s performance at Design Miami involved laser-studded electric guitars, more popular still was the label�s pop-up space that was part of Limited Edition Experiences, a block down the road at the heart of the design district. See more of

The signage isn�t strictly necessary, because more tellingly, the underside of the awning is bright, bright red. It�s a very particular red, and in this most simple detail the few square feet beneath the canopy have just become the sexiest

Diligently spreading the gospel of good design for the past five years, British retailer Established & Sons has this month stepped its retail presence up a gear, with a new website and cyber sales partnership with online store, Yoox.com. With

The 2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture kicked off last weekend - the third edition of Asia�s largest architecture gathering. Having previously been curated by established Chinese architects and academics, Qingyun Ma in 2005 and

Californian photographer and longtime Wallpaper* collaborator Larry Sultan has passed away aged 63. Over the course of nearly a decade Sultan pointed his lens for us at still life, interior and fashion location shoots, each delivered with his unique, often

It�s almost facile to acknowledge that we live in an era where conformity, globalisation and standardisation are the norm. And yet, bare decades ago, a chaotic, countercultural movement convulsed and swept through Western society and politics. It shook every layer

It wasn't too long ago that car makers were talking of dialling down the monstrous power outputs that had become prevalent in the industry, mindful of clampdowns on speed and emissions and a general shift towards lower impact, more economically

The American artist Tauba Auerbach has long been fascinated with opposites, mathematics and symbolic language. Indeed, her most comprehensive study of these disciplines is best seen in her 50/50 series. See more of Auerbach's cards For the December 2008 entertainment

David Waddington and Pablo Flack - the men behind Flash, the Reindeer Restaurant and Bistrotheque � last weekend launched their most fleeting project to date. Taking shape in a fashion photographic studio (where else?) in London�s King�s Cross, Patron Silver

We�ve seen our fair share of space age-styled dining establishments in our time, and in truth, it seemed the trend had died a quiet death. The latest restaurant to spring up among the gallery-lined streets of New York�s Upper East

Jump on board for our pixel-popping, mind-bending experiment in new multimedia mechanics. Augmented reality is one of a number of new technologies that are going to download into our daily lives next year. So we couldn�t pass up the opportunity

Welcome to the Wallpaper* annual global graduate directory: our pick of the next wave of creative talents who are shaking up the world around you...