Tech
For ideas that inspire and technology that lasts, we find the things that combine beauty and style to make the most of your digital life
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Wallpaper* wants… perfect sound forever from nine new audio innovations
Our regular round-up of all that’s new and notable in the world of high-fidelity audio, from sound bars and speakers, to standalone units and components in the endlessly evolving world of digital sound
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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New beauty brand challenges our perceptions of reality
The Unseen, an innovative material science company, is launching its beauty brand with an eyeshadow that looks different in physical and digital realities
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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The high energy highlights from Nike’s 2020 Future Forum
Nike has revealed its latest performance innovations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as well as highlighting the products that will take centre stage this summer
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Bang & Olufsen hit the road with new running shoe collaboration
Music and physical activity are combined in Bang & Olufsen's latest collaboration ‘Cloudboom' with running tech brand On
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Enter the Wallpaper* + Samsung Bespoke Design Challenge
By Simon Mills • Last updated
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Yves Béhar-designed underwater research station is inspired by 1960s design
Yves Béhar and his firm Fuseproject have collaborated with ocean conservationist Fabien Cousteau to design an underwater scientific research habitat of the future
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Fendi's golden gadgets are glamorous stocking fillers
The Roman house has teamed up with London accessories label Chaos on a range of tech jewellery accessories, including Air Pod holders and iPhone cases
By Laura Hawkins • Last updated
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Hear out: the brands giving a haute spin to sound accessories
Boucheron, Vibe Harsløf, FandD and Planet Beyond are bringing fine jewellery finesse to hearing devices and headphones
By Laura Hawkins • Last updated
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Sound stuff: Apple’s HomePod is a late pretender to the smart-speaker crown
By Nick Compton • Last updated
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New Analogue Duo console reclaims the delights of retro gaming
The Duo is a modern re-interpretation of the PC Engine by NEC; a cult gaming console that found success in late 1980s Japan
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Nike GO FlyEase breaks free from convention
We go toe-to-toe with Nike's Kathy Gomez in an interview that discusses the new GO FlyEase technology
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Yves Béhar and Dr Harvey Karp are rocking World Sleep Day
Created by paediatrician Dr Harvey Karp, and given a pared-back design by Yves Béhar, Snoo is a baby sleep solution we can all rest easy with
By Tilly Macalister-Smith • Last updated
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Apple’s new Paris store design blends past, present and a sustainable future
By Elly Parsons • Last updated
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Wood look tech-toys for analogue-inspired interiors
We still crave a bit of warmth to go with our technology. However sleek things get and the more wireless and wondrous they become, the desire for a tactile surface or visual softness never goes away. Many wireless speakers have latched onto fabric covers as a way of blending into the domestic realm, but for our money there’s only one material that can give technology an analogue sheen in this digital age, and that’s wood.
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Bang & Olufsen team up with Benjamin Hubert to balance sonic design
Bang & Olufsen continue to change the way we experience music by collaborating with designer Benjamin Hubert for the ‘Beosound Balance’
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Technically speaking: how designers are putting the home back into home tech
Our monthly dissection of the best design-minded technology happenings the world over
By Elly Parsons • Last updated
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Technically speaking: new ‘flexi-tech’ for smart homes missing an off-button
Our monthly dissection of technology happenings the world over
By Elly Parsons • Last updated
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High-tech running brand On touches the clouds with Engadin valley retreat
The fast-growing sports company invites guests to enjoy a slower pace in walkers’ wonderland Engadin valley, to celebate the launch of its Cloudrock Waterproof boots
By Nick Compton • Last updated
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How can technology be explained through poetry and play?
Italian designer Matteo Loglio toys with the future of products, interactions and tools
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Tool of the trade: Mario Botta creates a limited edition Fixpencil for Caran d’Ache
By Elly Parsons • Last updated
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Master & Dynamic and Away’s travel collection has us missing flights
Audio specialist Master & Dynamic and luggage brand Away offer up a capsule collection, from headphones to a daypack, with proceeds benefiting the music community impacted by the pandemic
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Georg Jensen and Philips join forces on three-piece technology collection
Scandinavian aesthetics meet Dutch functionality in two portable speakers and a power bank, clad in mirror-polished stainless steel, Kvadrat fabric and brown leather
By TF Chan • Last updated
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Apple announces new iPad Pro with full-screen design and more at special event
By Jessica Klingelfuss • Last updated
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Bentley Motors and Naim Audio provide a first-class acoustic experience outside of the car
Together, the two companies offer an impressive suite of products for audiophile consumers
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Retro favourite Game Boy has been given a new lease of life
Game Boy has turned Game Man, just in time for the original device's 30th birthday
By Luke Halls • Last updated
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The Moog Sound Studio brings analogue music creation to life
Moog’s new Sound Studio – a bespoke box of synth delights – is an all-in-one introduction to synthesized musical creation
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Nolii detangles the experience of tech accessories
‘These products are like the Lego – they’re beautifully designed’
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated