Emma O'Kelly
Emma O'Kelly is a contributing editor at Wallpaper*. She joined the magazine on issue 4 as news editor and since since then has worked in full and part time roles across many editorial departments. She is a freelance journalist based in London and works for a range of titles from Condé Nast Traveller to The Telegraph. She is currently working on a book about Scandinavian sauna culture and is renovating a mid century house in the Italian Lakes.
Latest articles by Emma O'Kelly
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Art, technology and nature intersect at Finland’s Espoo Museum of Modern Art
What is intelligence, where it can be found, and where it can go, asks new group show ‘In Search of the Present’
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Tallinn Art Hall brings change and bright pink to the Estonian capital
The Tallinn Art Hall has a bright pink, brand-new home, courtesy of Estonian architecture studio Salto
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Collection Kakkonen: Finnish glass and ceramics at Espoo Museum of Modern Art
Espoo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA) in Finland opens a new gallery showing Finnish glass and ceramics of Collection Kakkonen, from midcentury to contemporary
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Ælfred: the new east London destination for vintage Scandinavian design
Ælfred opens in Hackney Wick, offering democratically priced Scandinavian furniture, lighting, ceramics and glassware
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Helsinki Design Museum celebrates Finnish icons Vuokko and Antti Nurmesniemi
A new exhibition in Helsinki (28 October 2022 – 9 April 2023) highlights the bold and bright creations of Finnish textile artist Vuokko Nurmesniemi and her equally talented husband Antti, Wallpaper* visits the designers’ house in Kulosaari
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Yrjö Kukkapuro’s studio near Helsinki is a temple to the art of sitting down
This visit to Yrjö Kukkapuro's home and studio, first featured in Wallpaper’s April 2020 issue, highlights the evolution of the Finnish designer's experimental approach to furniture
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Tour Yrjö Kukkapuro’s studio – a temple to the art of sitting down
Join us on a studio visit of Finnish interior architect and furniture designer Yrjö Kukkapuro
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EV road trip: an architectural tour of Norway in a Polestar 2
A road trip to rural Norway in an electric car? The Polestar 2 takes it in its stride as Wallpaper* contributing editor Emma O'Kelly discovers remote cabins, saunas and a country leading the electric charge
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Take a plunge with Oslo’s floating sauna island
Oslo's newest floating sauna, part of Oslo Badsforening, has launched in the waters of its tranquil, inviting fjord, courtesy of architects Biotope
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