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Editor’s Picks: 5 highlights from Lake Como Design Festival

Taking its cue from nature, the vibrant design festival in northern Italy is a celebration of the local 

Design
22.09.23

FLOOR_STORY launches bold new collections at the London Design Festival

The East London brand is marking a new stage in its development by launching collections by Amechi Mandi and Gill Thorpe at London Design Festival

Design
20.09.23

7 things to see at London Design Festival 2023

From colourful public art trails to the latest designs by new emerging talent, we round up the highlights of what to check out at this year's London Design Festival

Design
19.09.23

Arina Shokouhi, the designer of the Ecovado, believes that experimenting should begin at home

The Iranian London-based designer tackling food innovation, sustainability, consumer activism and atomic habits with a smile

Design
24.08.23

Bryan O’Sullivan Studio launches first collection of furniture, lighting and objects

Sophisticated yet irreverent, curvilinear shapes and rich textiles are the hallmark of Bryan O'Sullivan's new collection

Design
22.08.23

British designer Faye Toogood on creating contemporary classics

London-based designer Faye Toogood, known for her minimal pieces, celebrates 15 years of covetable craft and creative evolution

Design
17.08.23
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Design Icon: The Fiat Nuova Cinquecento brought driving to the Italian masses

It was the car that drove Italy’s economic miracle, swerving past the Vespa to become Italians’ favourite ride – but it never escaped the sense that its designers were having a bit of a laugh, says Brendan Cormier

Design
14.08.23

US-based surface innovator Kaijie Chen talks tech and visual artistry

The American artist uses techniques from engineering technology and material science to inform her cross-disciplinary designs

Design
09.08.23

Danish label &Tradition celebrates Verner Panton’s legacy with the Flowerpot lamp

Bold colours and effortless elegance: &Tradition teams up with the Panton family to welcome five scintillating colours and a 1970s black and white wave pattern to its Flowerpot range this spring

Design
07.08.23

Design Destination: A guide to Los Angeles

From vintage showrooms to the latest new restaurants, experience the best of design in the city of LA with travel expert Amira Hashish

Design
31.07.23

Our new sustainable design columnist Roddy Clarke is hopeful about the future

A positive outlook is imperative to change, and it is encouraging to see many brands and designers still actively working towards a circular future

Design
26.07.23

From the Archive: A short history of the Bauhaus

Bauhaus, founded in the city of Weimar by architect Walter Gropius, originated as a German school of the arts in the early 20th century 

Design
25.07.23

How Finland’s great chair designer Yrjö Kukkapuro modelled his designs on casts of his own body

It's sometimes said that we solved the problem of sitting down long ago – but Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro has spent close to seven decades refining the ways in which we sit in comfort

Design
10.07.23

From the Archive: A short history of Marcel Breuer’s Wassily chair

First a student then a teacher at the Bauhaus, Marcel Breuer designed many innovative pieces. His Wassily chair is the most iconic

Design
04.07.23

Yinka Ilori brings the feel-good factor back to London

Working in rainbow-bright colours and bold patterns, Yinka Ilori puts a welcome face on public spaces, giving the city back its sense of fun

Design
30.06.23

The Triennale Milano celebrates 100 years with three exhibitions and a newly accessible archive

For its 2023 centenary, Triennale Milano has scheduled three core exhibitions followed by the unveiling of a new open archive space – the grand finale of an event which will not only look at the past 100 years but set the tone for its next 100

Design
26.06.23

Made Thought explores how visionary design can save the world with new journal

The London-based creative studio has published To Think Tomorrow, a compendium of 12 revealing interviews with some of the world’s pre-eminent futurists

Design
23.06.23

Rimowa’s Seit 1898 exhibition reflects on 125 years and the evolution of travel

The 3-stop touring exhibition guides visitors through the rapid evolution of travel that’s defined the times since the maison’s founding in Cologne

Design
21.06.23

Jolie Ngo tells ICON about her cyborgian work 3D printing ceramic objects

The Philadelphia-based designer talks to Vasia Rigou about her process and inspiration, the cyborgian nature of her work and cutting-edge technologies turning into tradition. Did we mention the future generation of robot potters?

Design
20.06.23

Editor’s Picks: 15 highlights from 3 Days of Design 2023

Earlier this month, the design crowd arrived in Copenhagen to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the city's iconic 3 Days of Design. ICON shares the latest news and inspiration from the Danish capital

Design
19.06.23

Domus teams up with Yinka Ilori to unveil a vibrant new tile collection

Domus has joined forces with London-based multi-disciplinary artist and designer Yinka Ilori to create his debut tile collection Yinka Ilori x Domus

Design
16.06.23

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McLaren looks to an unfinished past to design its future

Shoreditch Design Week: London Design Festival’s largest district announces its headliners

The contemporary Magdalen House in Quebec brings a new perspective to coastal architecture

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

‘We need to talk more about trees’: David Venables of AHEC continues his quest for the preservation of forests and the people behind them

A Douro winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo connects design with wine traditions

This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Finn Juhl and Sea New York’s collaboration finds a common thread

Vea by Villeroy & Boch: precision, elegance and the architecture of detail




Architects

The contemporary Magdalen House in Quebec brings a new perspective to coastal architecture

A Douro winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo connects design with wine traditions

This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Vipp brings Scandinavian hospitality to Upstate New York

Iittala brings iconic Aalto Vase into public architecture for 3daysofdesign

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

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


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

‘We need to talk more about trees’: David Venables of AHEC continues his quest for the preservation of forests and the people behind them

Finn Juhl and Sea New York’s collaboration finds a common thread

Normann Copenhagen reissues Niels Bendtsen’s Limit Lounge Chair

‘Why not think of success as making people feel good?’: Signe Byrdal Terenziani on creating a more purposeful 3daysofdesign

Tarkett presents Beginnings & Endings exhibition at 3daysofdesign

Yacht builder Sanlorenzo repositions its brand identity in a notable shift for the company



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McLaren looks to an unfinished past to design its future

Shoreditch Design Week: London Design Festival’s largest district announces its headliners

The contemporary Magdalen House in Quebec brings a new perspective to coastal architecture

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

‘We need to talk more about trees’: David Venables of AHEC continues his quest for the preservation of forests and the people behind them

A Douro winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo connects design with wine traditions

This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Finn Juhl and Sea New York’s collaboration finds a common thread

Vea by Villeroy & Boch: precision, elegance and the architecture of detail