Serpentine Galleries appoints Formafantasma as ecological advisors.
Serpentine Galleries has appointed Italian design studio Formafantasma to a newly created role aimed at embedding environmental thinking across the institution’s programming, operations, and organizational culture. Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin will take on the title of Lead R&D Fellows, Ecology, in a three-year partnership that extends well beyond a single exhibition, examining everything from curatorial practices to daily operations, resource use, and labor. The collaboration begins with a research phase mapping the Serpentine’s internal systems, followed by a public program sharing what emerges.
Bugatti and KPM reunite for the one-of-one, porcelain-clad “Blanc Éternel”.
Bugatti has unveiled the W16 Mistral “Blanc Éternel,” a one-of-one Sur Mesure commission created with Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (KPM) that closes out the W16 engine era. The project revisits “L’Or Blanc,” a porcelain-inspired Veyron Grand Sport the two houses created together 15 years ago, but reinterprets it through an entirely digital design language. Rather than recreating that original reflection-line aesthetic, designers traced the Mistral’s underlying NURBS surface geometry, the invisible digital patchwork used to construct the car’s form, in fine black lines across a pure white body. Every line was still applied by hand, taped, masked, and sprayed directly onto the physical car. Porcelain details from KPM, including the EB emblem, fuel and oil caps, and cockpit elements like the gear-shifter shells and window-lifter buttons, bring genuine porcelain into functional contact points throughout the vehicle.
Yinka Ilori returns to furniture design with the colorful and nostalgic Dunelm Collection.
Yinka Ilori has launched his first full furniture and homeware collection, a 40-piece range for high-street retailer Dunelm spanning chairs, rugs, beds, lamps, and cushions. The British-Nigerian designer built the collection around 1960s and ’70s nostalgia, drawing on the eclectic mix of colors and textiles he associates with both his childhood home and Leicester, the city where Dunelm began as a market stall in 1979. The range includes five chairs, marking a return to furniture design for Ilori, who started his career designing seating before becoming known for colorful public pavilions and collaborations with brands like The North Face and MB&F. Beyond chairs, the collection includes an oak-veneer sideboard, a mushroom lamp, and soft furnishings featuring Ilori’s signature floral motifs.
The Nell New York will be the first hotel inside of Rockefeller Center.
Aspen One has launched Nell Hotels, a new luxury hospitality brand built on the legacy of The Little Nell, extending the storied Aspen property’s approach to luxury into a collection of hotels in major destinations worldwide. The announcement centers upon two milestones: The Nell New York, a more than $350 million project set to open in fall 2027 as the first and only hotel inside Rockefeller Center and New York City’s only Relais & Chateaux property, and a comprehensive renovation of The Little Nell itself, which will close in April 2027 and reopen in time for the 2027-2028 ski season.
Louis Vuitton brings back its Classic Run ahead of the Italian Grand Prix.
Louis Vuitton is reviving its Classic Run, the vintage car event that last took place in 2012. The house’s new Dolomites Run will take place September 1-4, timed as a lead-up to the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, a connection tied to LVMH’s recent 10-year sponsorship deal with F1. CEO Pietro Beccari, who competed in the house’s 2006 Bohème Run, spearheaded the tradition’s return. 25 classic car owners will be invited to join the free four-day event, which starts at Villa Pisani near Venice and finishes in Monza after roughly 373 miles through the Dolomites, with drivers subject to time controls, average speed trials, and regularity checks along the way. The route ends at the Monza racetrack, where participants will take part in the Grand Prix’s opening ceremony before their cars go on public display at Villa Reale.
Virgil Abloh’s estate auctions rare prints to fund UW–Madison scholarships.
Fiat’s adorable Topolino City Car is making its way to the U.S.
A well-preserved Roman domus was just found under a school near the Colosseum.
Matthieu Blazy brings fairy-tale whimsy to Chanel’s Fall 2026 couture shoes.
