In a Wallpaper* first, this big-name-checking project was shot out there in to the Twittersphere – Wallpaper* now has almost half a million followers – to provoke debate and counter suggestions. The resulting power list is a collective hip hip hooray from and to the big, happy Wallpaper* family.
The crucial criteria in putting this list together was that all 150 had to be living and to have enjoyed their fullest creative flowering during the last 15 years. Amongst those who made the cut were 2012 Olympic Torch designers Barber Osgerby, David Beckham – for services to personal branding and male grooming – and Jamie Oliver, who made eating well a moral crusade in the UK and across the globe.
As well as Wallpaper’s 150ers, the magazine surveys a lifetime of fantastic design and fashion, as well as the 15 things it hated.
Since the 1996 launch of the first issue, Wallpaper* has developed and diversified to become an award winning multi-platform brand with a hugely successful website, exhibitions and events, over 100 published City guides and an all new iPad edition. Wallpaper* continues to build on its standing as the leading authority on international design, architecture, fashion and lifestyle.
Tony Chambers, Wallpaper’s editor-in-chief, says: “The Wallpaper*150 is the ultimate power list of movers, shakers, shapers and makers. The individuals who’ve made our world wonderful. With the help of Twitter and our legion of loyal followers this list defines a decade and a half of design.”
The full Wallpaper* 150 list is published in Wallpaper’s September issue, on sale 11 August, and a gallery of images from Wallpaper’s 15-year archive will be available to view on the September iPad edition.
Wallpaper* will be re-opening the great Twitter debate on Thursday 11 August giving followers the chance to nominate anyone they feel has been undeservedly omitted. The most nominated contender will be crowned Wallpaper’s 151er.
