Virgil Abloh: ‘I’m here to be an inspiration’
For the Off-White founder, everything creative was political. Here we publish our interview with the late design polymath from Spring 2021
ICON 206: Winter 2021
The Activate issue showcases how architecture and design can be harnessed as a tool to activate change
Set designer Lydia Chan creates maximalist London installation
Your Ship Has Landed, at the NOW Gallery, is a riotous explosion of colour, form and experience
Mecanoo transforms Mies van der Rohe’s MLK Library
The Washington DC library honouring the civil rights leader has been revitalised with new spaces, a public roof garden and a social focus
Opinion
Architecture
Mecanoo transforms Mies van der Rohe’s MLK Library
The Washington DC library honouring the civil rights leader has been revitalised with new spaces, a public roof garden and a social focus
Mario Cucinella designs Tuscan cultural centre with ‘suspended plaza’
Palazzo Senza Tempo, in the Italian hilltop town of Peccioli, combines old and new structures with a cantilevered public platform
London’s Courtauld Gallery reopens after redevelopment
The transformation project by Witherford Watson Mann has revitalised and opened up the neoclassical building within Somerset House
Cities
Design
Virgil Abloh: ‘I’m here to be an inspiration’
For the Off-White founder, everything creative was political. Here we publish our interview with the late design polymath from Spring 2021
Set designer Lydia Chan creates maximalist London installation
Your Ship Has Landed, at the NOW Gallery, is a riotous explosion of colour, form and experience
London basketball court co-designed with local residents
Home Court aims to create a positive multi-generational space in its Camberwell community
Videos
Opinion
The dark arts of Big Oil advertising
Green fields, blue skies and nostalgic architecture: the fossil fuel advertising of 20th-century Britain inspired delusion. Now we are not such willing participants
Play is not a luxury – and our cities need to reflect that
Design should embrace children and their development by enabling diverse play wherever possible, argue Amica Dall and Penny Wilson
Rethinking the future of the Los Angeles River
Waterways have the potential to make cities more sustainable and joyful – but it requires collaboration, creativity and community, explains Mia Lehrer
