A retrospective covering the life of Irish designer, architect and artist Eileen Gray is set to open in New York. Icon spoke to the exhibition's curator, Cloé Pitiot, to find out more

The exhibitions and talks to put in the diary for this year's London Design Festival

Davison Highley has a globally respected reputation for producing upholstered furniture of the highest calibre for a truly diverse spectrum of customers

Starting out as graphic designers in Queensland, Truly Truly's fascination for industrial materials led them to three- dimensional space – and Rotterdam

British furniture company Ercol scooped a Design Guild Mark award for its Marina Chair proving that, after decades in business, the company retains its impressive design credentials

If you can design one thing, you can design everything, wrote Massimo Vignelli. Venice-based duo Zaven are out to prove it. From product design to graphics to installations, they’re causing ripples far beyond the Grand Canal

The leading Asian design event takes place again in March with top names and global brands, as well as a new two-week festival

The ‘Kagan look’ took mid-century modern design and added organic forms, a sense of joy – and even comfort. No wonder he is so often overlooked, says John Jervis

January’s edition of the Parisian exhibition showed French designers in fine form, says Peter Smisek

If you’ve made it this far without knowing the name Niko Kralj, you could be forgiven: this Slovenian mid-century giant has been shamefully neglected. But a revival is at last under way

From interiors and lighting to architecture and landscaping, here’s Icon’s fantasy list for home renovation

The designer's experiments in transparency embrace tables, lights and even backpacks, Peter Smisek reports

A new generation of designers is bringing a sense of community spirit to inner city Johannesburg, writes Cathy O’Clery

The Danish duo’s Wire furniture collection skilfully harnesses metalwork to saddlery, writes Allan Torp

Emerging talent, in the Form Us With Love-designed “Greenhouse” space, and tableware made of sulfur were among the most intriguing displays at the Swedish capital’s annual exhibition

The furniture giant’s products are usually clever and design-focused, so why is its name still trapped in an outdated yellow lozenge? It’s time to take a modular approach, says Daniel Freytag

Blurring the boundaries between lounge furniture and kitchen accessory, Alvar Aalto’s mobile icon receives a tonal update. Laura Snoad reports

The first major design fair of 2016 hinted at an exuberant and decadent year of design ahead, says Marcia Adair