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Will design weeks survive the pandemic?

Writer and curator Max Fraser goes head to head with designer and author Seetal Solanki on the future of design weeks

Design
01.09.20

Cluster Crafts returns to London this October

The affordable craft fair will hold its fourth edition at Bermondsey's Ugly Duck

Design
24.08.20

Tate St Ives to stage Haegue Yang’s Strange Attractors

This autumn, the Tate St Ives will host ‘Strange Attractors’ by celebrated South Korean artist Haegue Yang

Design
20.08.20

Pablo Reinoso’s benches are both organic and otherworldly

An exhibition at Waddington Custot will celebrate the sculptor's exploration of our complicated relationship with nature

Design
14.08.20
Design for Pure Skies Zones

With Pure Skies, PriestmanGoode designs the future of hygienic air travel

A new concept from the international design company facilitates touch-free plane journeys post-Covid

Design
05.08.20

Stiliyana Minkovska donates her Ultima Thule collection to St Thomas’ Hospital

The alternative birthing suite, designed by architect and designer Stiliyana Minkovska, is now at St Thomas' Hospital

Design
04.08.20
Alexagate jamming device on top of an echo dot

The Alexagate aims to stop Amazon’s background listening

This newly developed add-on accessory uses ultrasonic technology to jam the tech giant from recording conversations.

Design
28.07.20
Curtain III by Bigtime Studio

Exploring eclecticism in the French design scene

A new collection of innovative products demonstrates that French design isn’t only concerned with heritage and classicism.

Design
24.07.20

19 Chairs project calls on designers to reimagine seating for older people

Designer brothers Tom and Will Butterfield turned wasted hours during lockdown into a design project, enlisting industry greats to reinvent seating for older people.

Design
29.06.20

How an underwater museum is using design to platform reef conversation

ICON speaks to British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, who has sunk a 165 tonne greenhouse in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef to offer experiential learning about reef restoration.

Design
11.06.20

New Designers goes digital for Class of 2020

Design
10.06.20

Artist Barney McCann visualises new life forms using artificial intelligence

Design
08.06.20

Bubbles and brushes: how designers envisage the future of hand sanitiser

Design
28.05.20

Designing London’s back to work commute

Design
21.05.20

Space10’s open-source design platform aims to save the bees in style

Design
20.05.20
apple credit card

Inconvenient and overdesigned, Apple’s credit card may just be its next success story

Design
14.05.20

The architecture of pastiche

Design
08.05.20

A brief history of Gothic Architecture

The Gothic period spanned a long period of history and its intricate buildings are still captivating today

Design
29.04.20
Patricia Urquiola: Formal and fun

Patricia Urquiola: Formal and fun

Design
17.04.20
Postmodernism: The flamboyant rejection of Modernism

Postmodernism: The flamboyant rejection of Modernism

Design
16.04.20
Are Nike’s Vaporflys the fastest shoes in the world?

Are Nike’s Vaporflys the fastest shoes in the world?

Design
14.04.20

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