Aethos opens its first UK venue in the heart of Shoreditch
Boutique hotel and private members club Aethos is opening its doors for the first time in the UK, taking residence within the heart of Shoreditch.
How Lake Como Design Festival became the quiet leader of a slow, local design revolution
The seventh edition, held under the theme Fragments, took place earlier this month and proved to be one of the strongest to date. ICON travelled to Como to find out how this city is rewriting the rules of the design fair
Relaunch: From multimodal search to real-time product data, CEO Martin Zelger tells ICON how Architonic is changing from platform to tool
Aesop opens temporary exhibition documenting its considered approach to store design
With stores located in countries all over the world, Aesop’s signature approach to retail design results in spaces that are uniquely individual and grounded through local narratives. For London Design Festival, it is offering visitors an insight into the creative process behind each location.
Lee Broom invites visitors into a unique showcase of his ground-breaking work from the past year
For London Design Festival 2025, Lee Broom invites visitors into a unique showcase of his ground-breaking work from the past year. Set across the three store fronts which form the Shoreditch flagship showroom, the three specially curated spaces will bring together all of Broom’s 2025 launches and collaborations under one roof
La Junqueira to open a second residency with additional co-living spaces for intergenerational connection
After launching eight years ago in Lisbon, art residency La Junqueira is opening its second location in Lille in November with founder Stéphane Mulliez amplifying the project’s social impact even further through the inclusion of an intergenerational co-living space.
Lee Broom unveils his first Landmark commission for London Design Festival
With London Design Festival returning to the capital next month, British designer Lee Broom has announced his first Landmark commission which will be on display outside the Royal Festival Hall
New contemporary craft fair comes to Scotland this autumn
HARVEST is a new contemporary craft fair celebrating regional talent and will take place in Edinburgh in October
Forestalgia launches its first multi-sensory furniture concept
London-based design studio, Forestalgia, has launched Modular 001, an integrated table and chair design that houses an internal audio system
Anglepoise celebrates 90 years of its Original 1227 Desk Lamp with a limited-edition iteration
To mark the 90th anniversary of its Original 1227 Desk Lamp, Anglepoise is releasing a unique limited-edition of the lamp this September.
Meet YOUTH: The interior design studio seeking to enhance connection through a human-centred approach
Based in Manchester, YOUTH is an award-winning design studio driven by a strong desire to create spaces that connect people to place, purpose and each other.
Meet the creative duo behind Deya – the Turkish homewares brand merging traditional craft and contemporary design
Founded in 2023 by Defne Arıkoğlu and Yasmin Karamolla, Deya is an exciting lifestyle brand based between Istanbul and London. Roddy Clarke unearths the passion behind the brand that is turning heads around the globe
House of ICON brings design diversity to Shoreditch Town Hall
Step into the House of ICON, a new standout exhibition taking place 16-18 September as part of Design London Shoreditch during London Design Festival
USM opens its new Marylebone store
In an exciting move across the capital from Clerkenwell to Marylebone, USM has opened the doors to its new London showroom
Aesop’s Queer Library returns for its fifth edition
In a world where diverse queer voices need amplifying more than ever, The Aesop Queer Library has returned this year for its fifth edition taking place in London and Brighton.
Formafantasma and C-mine capture the relationship between humans and the environment with new book
The Italian design collective, founded by designers Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin, has collaborated with the creative hub C-mine on the launch of Down Under, spotlighting themes such as ecology and Belgium’s post-industrial sites
&Tradition partners with Industrial Facility to launch new shelving system
Unveiled at this year’s 3DaysofDesign festival, Danish design house &tradition launched a new modular shelving system conceived by London studio Industrial Facility
The National Museum of Norway explores how New Nordic Cuisine sparked an international phenomenon in new exhibition
More than 500 artworks, photographs and objects by contemporary and modern artists such as Olafur Eliasson, Pentti Kaskipuro and Edvard Munch are among the pieces revealed as part of New Nordic. Cuisine, Aesthetics and Place
Henry Holland brings contemporary flair to traditional patterns in a new collection for Floor Story
Drawing on childhood memories, designer Henry Holland has reimagined the traditional gingham aesthetic in a new rug collection for Floor Story.
Six Senses Ibiza installs off-grid sundial sculpture by Sabine Marcelis at resort’s subterranean Beach Caves
The Rotterdam-based designer created Tanit, a solar-powered sculpture with a reflective coloured glass designed to capture and reflect the sun’s rays throughout the day
Design in a Real World exhibition at Villa Marie celebrates Tuscan heritage and contemporary design
Vorno's spectacular Villa Marie provides a rich architectural backdrop and open-air gallery feel for the first edition by Vestigia and Italian-Polish designer Jonathan Bocca
