Tony Chambers is new Wallpaper* editor

Wallpaper* creative director Tony Chambers has been appointed editor-in-chief of the magazine, it was announced yesterday.

He takes over from current editor Jeremy Langmead, who is off to edit Esquire magazine.

The photo above shows Chambers speaking at Pecha Kucha in London last month (photo by Phil Askew).

Chamber joined Wallpaper* in 2003. Before that he was art director for GQ Magazine for six years, where he twice won the Art Director of the Year award at the Periodical Publishers Association Awards.

Since joining Wallpaper*, Tony has re-designed the magazine and overseen the launch of the Wallpaper* travel guides.