Tony Chambers

Tony Chambers
Born	04 September 1963 Liverpool, England
Occupation	Editor-In-Chief of Wallpaper* Magazine

Tony Chambers (born 04 September 1963 in Liverpool, England) is Editor-In-Chief of Wallpaper* Magazine, the global authority on design and lifestyle. It has been said that "he is one of the most influential arbiters of taste in the design world".

Chambers joined Wallpaper* as Creative Director in January 2003, and was appointed Editor-in-Chief in March 2007. He is the longest serving editor of the magazine.

Under his editorship, Wallpaper* magazine has been transformed into a global brand. He introduced a series of over 100 pocket City Guides, a website and iPad edition, an in-house creative agency, an interior design service, and the online WallpaperSTORE*. He is also the creator of Wallpaper*Handmade, an annual exhibition at Salone del Mobile which brings together the designers, craftsmen and manufacturers to collaborate on one-of-a-kind pieces. In 2015 Chambers oversaw the launch of Wallpaper* Bespoke in the USA.

He has worked with creative people such as 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, and twice Editor of the Year for Lifestyle Magazines by the British Society of Magazine Editors.

In November 2015 Tony Chambers received the BSME's Mark Boxer Award 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.

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