Icon 188: Designing the Tropical  

In this issue: the dark origins of tropical modernism. Plus Jamie Fobert, Martino Gamper in conversation with Alice Rawsthorn, revisiting Archigram, and how skateboarders experience architecture

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The best places to skateboard are part of the city, not the skatepark

Skateboarding is more than a street skill – it is also a unique spatial experience of architecture. Now, after years of antagonism, Adam Todhunter finds cities and their planners are beginning to embrace these urban adventurers. With photos by Fred Mortagne
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The 2014 collaboration between designer Martino Gamper, la Rinascente department store in Milan and London’s Serpentine Galleries|||

Reinventing the chair: Martino Gamper interview

Furniture designer Martino Gamper talks to design critic Alice Rawsthorn about his creative practice across exhibition design, interiors and designing mass-produced products for major furniture brands.
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Icon Minds: The Future of Cities

Over half the world's population lives in cities, and the number is rising. How will the cities of the future look? Jamie Fobert joins ICON's editor to discuss climate change, high-density living and avoiding ego-driven design
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