Tony Chambers Explained

Tony Chambers
Occupation: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]

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]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/interiors/wallpaper-editor-modernist-home "Inside the high-concept home of Wallpaper's chief tastemaker"
  2. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/02/pressandpublishing "Wallpaper selects editor-in-chief"
  3. Web site: Kaufman . David Christopher . 2015-10-14 . Wallpaper editor celebrates 200 issues of design and style . 2023-09-28 . New York Post . en-US.
  4. http://www.talkingnewmedia.com/2017/09/12/sarah-douglas-promoted-creative-director-editor-wallpaper-tony-chambers-brand-content-director/ "Sarah Douglas promoted from creative director to editor of Wallpaper*, Tony Chambers to brand and content director"
  5. http://www.tobeshelved.com/2013/01/wallpaper-city-guides.html "I absolutely love Wallpaper* City Guides"
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20150630013347/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/design/76616/wallpaper-magazine-launches-e-store.html "Wallpaper magazine launches e-store"
  7. http://design-milk.com/milan14-wallpaper-handmade/ "Milan 2014: Wallpaper* Handmade"
  8. http://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/arts/singapore-designs-be-given-global-push-time-partnership/ "Singapore designs to be given global push with Time partnership"
  9. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/may/10/pressandpublishing1 "Vogue and Frith shine at awards"
  10. http://www.thedrum.com/news/2011/11/09/winners-bsme-awards-announced-ceremony-london "Winners of BSME awards announced at ceremony in London"
  11. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/29/otomoto-collaboration-to-make-ordinary-things-pleasurable/ "Ryan Gander and Tony Chambers: how we redesigned the kitchen sink"
  12. Web site: Magazine. Wallpaper*. 2020-03-06. Etel celebrates its contemporary female forces. 2020-08-26. Wallpaper*.
  13. http://www.wallpaper.com/design/bsme-2015-mark-boxer-award-winner-tony-chambers/ "Best in show: Editor-in-Chief Tony Chambers wins BSME Mark Boxer Award"
  14. http://www.bsme.com/awards/categories/markboxer/ "Mark Boxer Award"
  15. http://www.arts.ac.uk/media/arts/about-ual/strategy-and-governance/documents/Committee-Membership-Jan-2016.pdf "Governor Committees"
  16. http://www.londondesignfestival.com/2016-medal-judges "2016 Judges"
  17. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio-award "2017 International Rijksstudio Award"
  18. https://www.perrier-jouet.com/us-en/perrier-jouet-arts-salon "Perrier-Jouet Arts Salon Welcomes The New Salon Members"
  19. 804003313771495425. DesignMiami. Join @wallpapermag's Tony Chambers as he & @BuroOleScheeren discuss 'Space as Social Catalyst' in the #DesignTalks/…. 30 November 2016.
  20. http://www.markaconference.com "Marka 2016"
  21. http://www.exporevestir.com.br/home/index/post/1575/the-13th-edition-of-expo-revestir-is-open-the-biggest-of-its-history "Interior Design Trends"
  22. https://www.vam.ac.uk/shop/whatson/index/view/id/2935/event/Today-s-Design---Tomorrow-s-Reality/dt/2016-10-19/eType/1/free/2 "Today's Design - Tomorrow's Reality"
  23. https://www.sothebys.com/en/slideshows/wallpaper-magazines-tony-chambers-curates-cutting-edge-design "Tony Chambers Curates Cutting-Edge Design"

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