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A group of people walk and gather in a grassy urban park with stone paths, featured on the cover of AZURE magazine promoting the AZ Awards 2026.
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A group of people walk and gather in a grassy urban park with stone paths, featured on the cover of AZURE magazine promoting the AZ Awards 2026.
#316
Summer 2026

The June/July/August 2026 edition of AZURE is dedicated to our 16th annual AZ Awards — and also features the best of Milan, the New Museum’s expansion, the latest in building envelope systems and more!

The AZ Awards issue packs much more than our winners and finalists — though they certainly take pride of place. (And you can read all about them on our dedicated AZ Awards site.)

1 Bloody Empire by ­Timorous Beasties
Nature gets a bit messy in Timorous Beasties’ digital and hand-printed papers, where vibrant images of bees and blood – in red, green, grey and royal blue – starkly contrast the muted damask background. $665 per roll

2 Scrapwood by NXNL
Beams and planks inspired by a rustic barn aesthetic make up Piet Hein Eek’s latest paper for NXNL. The nine-metre-long roll, in eight patterns, contains no repeats. $335 per roll; sourced in Toronto at Are & Be

3 Creature Wall by Maharam
Known for his hyperreal images on white backgrounds, Andrew Zuckerman herded a menagerie – including the zebra and a bird with a worm – into Creature Wall, a mural for Maharam that also features cougars and giraffes. Price on request ­

4 Tessa by Creative Matters
The customizable kaleidoscopic colours of Creative Matters’ wallpaper are printed on removable vinyl, making it suitable for residential or commercial use. $150 per square metre ­

5 Trace by Trove
Depicting a forest silhouetted against water (a strip of which is seen here), Trove’s serene offering combines photography and illustration. $172 per square metre­

6 Mr. Blow by Abnormals Anonymous
With a blowfish floating in two directions, this whimsical paper from Abnormals Anonymous is printed with VOC-free inks. The shade shown is called Bone Thugs & Harmony. $78 per metre

7 Iso Satakieli by Marimekko
Marimekko’s at-one-with-nature wall­covering combines two rolls (only one is shown) to create a poetic mirrored colourway, in a dual pattern, that measures 1.5 by three metres. $325 per mural (two rolls); sourced in Toronto at New Wall

8 Galaxy Glitch by Rollout
Toronto’s Rollout looked up to the sky and was inspired to design this abstract repre­sentation of the firmament, available in custom colours and sizes. $108 per square metre

Set design by Jentry Chin

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