TF Chan
TF Chan is a former editor of Wallpaper* (2020-23), where he was responsible for the monthly print magazine, planning, commissioning, editing and writing long-lead content across all pillars. He also played a leading role in multi-channel editorial franchises, such as Wallpaper’s annual Design Awards, Guest Editor takeovers and Next Generation series. He aims to create world-class, visually-driven content while championing diversity, international representation and social impact. TF joined Wallpaper* as an intern in January 2013, and served as its commissioning editor from 2017-20, winning a 30 under 30 New Talent Award from the Professional Publishers’ Association. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he holds an undergraduate degree in history from Princeton University.
Latest articles by TF Chan
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Hong Kong tour: from vertical farming to whisky tasting, plus art, design and dining
Head to Hong Kong and discover the best of the city right now with our design-led guide
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Spin the bottle: Central Saint Martins alumni concoct new artworks for Grey Goose
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Chef Clare Smyth and Dom Pérignon team up for a celebration of second lives
To mark the launch of Dom Pérignon Plénitude 2 2004, Core by Clare Smyth restaurant in London’s Notting Hill hosts a special dining experience inspired by the maturation of champagne
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High Lights: Post-war and Contemporary Design at Sotheby’s London
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World View: Letter from Hong Kong
The World View series shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with contributors around the world, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. In Hong Kong, design leaders Michael Young, Joyce Wang, André Fu, Marisa Yiu and Adrian Cheng are turning to new approaches and philosophies for the times ahead, writes our commissioning editor TF Chan.
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World View: Letter from Denmark
The World View series shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with our international contributors, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. Among designers in Denmark, there has been some disorientation, but also patience, resilience, and a newfound sense of purpose and generosity, writes our commissioning editor TF Chan.
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Mental playground: Mads Munk and the singular spirit of Denmark’s M2Film
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Parallel universe: Laurent Grasso’s beguiling reinvention of a Corsican Beaux-Arts museum
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Piero Lissoni designs limited-edition cover for Wallpaper’s Summer 2020 issue
Each month Wallpaper* offers a leading creative figure carte blanche to design a limited-edition cover, available exclusively to our subscribers. For the Summer 2020 issue we invited architect and designer Piero Lissoni, who contributed a series of typographic designs in response to our #WallpaperPosterCampaign
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Annabelle Selldorf designs limited-edition cover for Wallpaper’s May 2020 Issue
Each month Wallpaper* offers a leading creative figure carte blanche to design a limited-edition cover, available exclusively to our subscribers. For the May 2020 issue we invited architect Annabelle Selldorf, in conjunction with our 16-page headline feature on Hauser & Wirth’s first ground-up gallery space, on Manhattan’s West Side. Here, Selldorf shares her insights into architectural photography and the secret life of things
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Pure luck: the hidden charms of Heimat’s handwoven bags
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Kudzanai-Violet Hwami creates limited-edition cover for Wallpaper’s January 2021 issue
Each month Wallpaper* offers a leading creative figure carte blanche to design a limited-edition cover. For our January 2021 Next Generation issue, young Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai-Violet Hwami drew on her experience of social media to create a new painting, Plains of the Christmas Cow.
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Material world: Sotheby’s announces autumn design auction
Taking place on 17 October, the sale features post-war and contemporary designs curated by Wallpaper* Editor-in-Chief Tony Chambers
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Laus Awards calls on international creatives for poster campaign
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In tribute: new monograph remembers the late and great James Irvine
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Fitting tribute: a new homeware collection from Berluti is a high-spirited homage to modern European design
A new homeware collection from Berluti is a high-spirited homage to modern European design
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Eco footwear pioneer Allbirds debuts Dasher performance shoe
Launching today, the Dasher running shoe forgoes petroleum-derived synthetics in favour of natural materials including sugarcane and tree fibres, challenging industry wisdom about material performance and setting new standards for sustainability. We visited Allbirds’ San Francisco HQ in early February for an exclusive first look
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Adidas and Allbirds join forces in the race against climate change
Announced today, a new performance shoe developed by the two brands will leverage natural materials and technical innovation to achieve the lowest-ever carbon footprint
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Chart Art 2018: what to see at the Copenhagen fair this weekend
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Come Home Again: Es Devlin’s spiritual ode to biodiversity at Tate Modern
Commissioned by Cartier, Es Devlin’s monumental public installation Come Home Again is a space for education, contemplation and conservation action. We visit the artist’s London studio to hear more
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Pierre Yovanovitch judges Wallpaper* Design Awards 2020
In between publishing his first monograph, revamping Hélène Darroze’s restaurant at The Connaught in London and staging an acclaimed gallery show, Yovanovitch, fitted in a stint as Wallpaper* Design Awards judge
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Etage Projects offers a counterpoint to fashion’s ephemerality with wearable art
For Copenhagen Fashion Week, design gallery Etage Projects invites 22 artists and collectives to create ‘long-lived aesthetic commodities’ AS FEATURED IN THE WALLPAPER* DESIGN AWARDS 2020 ISSUE
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Wonmin Park’s latest works combine resin and glass
Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents ‘On Earth’ (20 October 2022 - 7 January 2023), an exhibition of works by Wonmin Park exploring new material combinations
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Best of Danish design (and more) from Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design
A selection of the best new spaces and furniture launches from Danish and international brands and designers, shown at Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design 2021
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