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WATCH: Kohler Cocktail Party at Milan Design Week 2026

We visited Kohler at Milan Design Week '26 for a show-stopping cocktail event

Design
15.05.26
Issey Miyake

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks

The right lighting can transform a space in an instant. This season, ICON's curated selection of lighting picks does exactly that, spotlighting pieces that are functional and elegant, from sculptural statement lamps to subtle pendants 

Design
11.05.26

ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

A thoughtful selection of the latest lifestyle and design news, plus the creatives who are championing regenerative fashion

Design
28.04.26

Lexus brings Discover Together to Milan with a focus on space

Discover Together, a co-creation project between Lexus and a group of international designers, brings five installations to Milan exploring space, mobility and human perception

Design
24.04.26

Isola Design Festival presents TEN: The Evolving Now

Design
08.04.26

Kasthall and Barber Osgerby debut Atlas and Bonbon rug collections for Milan Design Week

Featuring vibrant colours and inspired by the North African mountains, Barber Osgerby’s collection embraces material honesty and architectural elegance

Design
18.03.26

ICON Awards 2026: Recognising influential architecture, design, and culture

ICON introduces the ICON Awards, recognising influential work across architecture, design, and culture.

Design
04.03.26

How designers turn raw materials into objects at Aram’s Mould exhibition

Opening 6 March, Mould, curated by exhibition platform Proof of Concept, invites visitors to explore material experimentation, craftsmanship and process-led design

Design
04.03.26

Ele Harper-Colman wins the CDW Award at New Designers 2025

Design
03.03.26

Cape Town Furniture Week celebrates contemporary craft for its fourth edition

Centred on a theme of ‘Contemporary Craft’, Cape Town Furniture Week returned for its fourth edition showcasing the depth of talent from across the region and its intersectionality of artisanal making and future-focused design

Design
02.03.26

Earl of East and Sampha debut Sensory Nectar candle

London-based home and fragrance brand Earl of East collaborates with musician Sampha on Sensory Nectar, a limited-edition candle inspired by his album Lahai

Design
27.02.26

Design Interventions reshape Clerkenwell Design Week for its 15th edition

Design
23.02.26
Louis Poulsen Panthella

Editor’s Picks: The Scandinavian design launches from Stockholm Design Days

Nordic Nest showcased five leading design brands unveiling their 2026 collections at Gallery Existens in Stockholm's Icons of Today and Tomorrow exhibition

Design
20.02.26

Petite Friture reissues René Herbst’s landmark Sandows Collection

The Sandows Collection, brought back into production by French design brand Petite Friture, returns three icons of 1920s industrial design to the forefront of contemporary interiors

Design
18.02.26

2LG Studio launches new Moiré bedlinen for Tielle

Teaming up with luxury bed linen brand Tielle, 2LG Studio have designed a limited-edition moiré bed linen collection

Design
12.02.26
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The Swedish designers experimenting beyond Scandinavian norms

With Stockholm Design Week and the annual Stockholm Furniture Fair on hold this year, a new generation of Swedish studios is breaking the familiar rules of Scandinavian design, finding fresh ways to connect, collaborate and engage audiences

Design
06.02.26

Meet GLIF: The new Turkish design studio bridging the gap between heritage and modernity

Launching at Maison & Objet in Paris last month, Istanbul-based design studio GLIF turned heads with their original creativity

Design
06.02.26

Haydn von Werp’s new furniture collection merges architectural flair with Italian craft

Unveiled in Paris last month as part of Maison & Objet, Arcus by Hadyn von Werp is a three-piece furniture collection seamlessly bridging the gap between function and form

Design
04.02.26

Bang & Olufsen CEO Kristian Teär on responsible design and the brand’s new ‘Reloved’ programme 

Following the launch of Reloved, Bang & Olufsen's new certified pre-owned programme, CEO Kristian Teär discusses the brand’s intrinsic values of longevity and circularity 

Design
03.02.26

LAYERED launches new rug collection designed by Erik Bratsberg

Launching this week as part of Stockholm Design Days, the Lozza rug collection by Erik Bratsberg for LAYERED will be unveiled within the artist's Stockholm residence

Design
02.02.26

Moleskine CEO Christophe Archaimbault on writing as a creative detox

From notebooks to hybrid analogue-digital tools, Moleskine is rethinking how we document ideas, keep memories and boost creativity. CEO Christophe Archaimbault explains why writing by hand remains a mindful and essential practice in a screen-saturated, anxious world

Design
28.01.26

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WATCH: Kohler Cocktail Party at Milan Design Week 2026

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Snøhetta and Annabelle Schneider turn USM’s Modular System into pavilion

Isola Design Festival presents TEN: The Evolving Now

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SANAA connects museum and library in new Taichung complex

How a Singapore apartment was rebuilt around a discontinued brick

Travel architecture gets a vivid rethink in Dream in Progress

Practice on Earth transforms Ningbo farmland with inflatable architecture

YOD Group designs contemporary Ukrainian mazanka guesthouses

Luca A. Caizzi explores Milan through metal surfaces in new book

LANZA atelier uses curving brick design for Serpentine Pavilion 2026

This new build in North London features a playful exterior by architecture practice NIKJOO


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WATCH: Kohler Cocktail Party at Milan Design Week 2026

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks

ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

Lexus brings Discover Together to Milan with a focus on space

ODD Voices by ICON takes Milan Design Week

Isola Design Festival presents TEN: The Evolving Now

Kasthall and Barber Osgerby debut Atlas and Bonbon rug collections for Milan Design Week

ICON Awards 2026: Recognising influential architecture, design, and culture

How designers turn raw materials into objects at Aram’s Mould exhibition



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WATCH: Kohler Cocktail Party at Milan Design Week 2026

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks

ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

Lexus brings Discover Together to Milan with a focus on space

ODD Voices by ICON takes Milan Design Week

Snøhetta and Annabelle Schneider turn USM’s Modular System into pavilion

Isola Design Festival presents TEN: The Evolving Now

ICON 219 : Spring/Summer 2026

SANAA connects museum and library in new Taichung complex