Tony Chambers

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Tony Chambers
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Tony Chambers, Barbican, London 2017
Occupation(s)Creative Director, Design Consultant and Editor

Tony Chambers is a Creative Director, Design Consultant and Editor. He is the Founder and Director of design consultancy TC & Friends and co-chair of Brainstorm Design, Fortune Magazine's annual design and business conference held in Singapore. From 2003 to 2018 he served as Brand and Content Director, Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director of Wallpaper* Magazine, for which he still contributes. It has been said that "he is one of the most influential arbiters of taste in the design world". [1]

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Professional career

Chambers joined Wallpaper* as Creative Director in January 2003, and was appointed Editor-in-Chief in March 2007. [2] He is the longest serving editor of the magazine [3] and in September 2017 he was promoted to Brand and Content Director. [4]

Under his stewardship, Wallpaper* magazine was transformed into a global brand. He introduced a series of over 100 pocket City Guides, [5] a website and iPad edition, an in-house creative agency, an interior design service, and the online WallpaperSTORE*. [6] He is also the creator of Wallpaper*Handmade, [7] an annual exhibition at Salone del Mobile which brings together the designers, craftsmen and manufacturers to collaborate on one-of-a-kind pieces. One of his latest projects is to co-chair the development of Brainstorm Design to be held in Singapore in March 2018. [8]

He has worked with creative personalities including Jean Nouvel, Philippe Starck, Louise Bourgeois, Karl Lagerfeld, Hedi Slimane, Christian Marclay, Kraftwerk and Zaha Hadid on guest editors' issues.

Prior to joining Wallpaper*, Tony was Art Director at British GQ and Art Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine .

He has twice been named the Professional Publishers Association's Designer of Year, [9] and twice Editor of the Year for Lifestyle Magazines by the British Society of Magazine Editors. [10]

Tony's design consultancy, TC & Friends, is involved in a number of high end projects, including OTOMOTO, a joint venture with artist Ryan Gander. OTOMOTO's first product is a "joyous" kitchen sink. [11] In 2020 he launched Woman and Design joining forces with São Paulo based Etel. [12]

The BSME Mark Boxer Award

In November 2015 Tony Chambers received the BSME's Mark Boxer Award [13] for outstanding lifelong services to the magazine industry. It is an award that has also been won in recent years by Ian Hislop, Richard Ingrams and Nicholas Coleridge. [14]

Judging, talks and consultancy

Chambers is a member of the University of the Arts London Conferments Committee. [15] He also serves on the judging committee of the London Design Festival Design Medal, [16] and the judging panels of the Rijksmuseum's Rijksstudio Award, [17] and the Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize. [18] He talks and lectures globally on design, communication, marketing and branding. Most recently at Art Basel/Miami, [19] Marka 2017 in Istanbul, [20] Expo Revestir in São Paulo, [21] China Central Academy of Fine Arts and the V&A in London. [22] In October 2018 he curated a major design auction at Sotheby's in London. [23]

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