TC & Friends is a multidisciplinary design agency founded by Tony Chambers. Tony is the editor and creative director of the definitive monograph of designer Paul Smith published by Phaidon and the Co-Chair of Brainstorm Design, Fortune magazine’s design & business conference held in Singapore. He is also co-founder, with artist Ryan Gander, of OTOMOTO – the design, art and ideas platform. From 2003 to 2018 Tony served as Brand & Content Director, Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director of Wallpaper* magazine, for which he still contributes. He also previously served as Art Director of British GQ and Art Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine. Tony has worked with creative luminaries such as Louise Bourgeois, Zaha Hadid, Thomas Heatherwick, Karl Lagerfeld, Christian Marclay, Jean Nouvel, Hedi Slimane, Philippe Starck and Patricia Urquiola. He has twice been named the PPA Designer of Year and twice Editor of the Year by the BSME. He is a recipient of the Mark Boxer Award for outstanding services to the Publishing Industry – the most prestigious honour in British publishing. Tony currently sits on the board of Trustees of the Barbican Arts Centre and the Whitechapel Galleries Ventures board.
