Crafting heritage: 5 highlights from Budapest Design Week 2024

Shining a spotlight on Hungary's rich design heritage, Budapest Design Week brings together over 300 works that celebrate local craft and sustainable innovation

Ukrainian creative studio Gushka creates woollen items that bring a new life to ancestral crafts

The design brand has been celebrating the artistry of traditional woollen crafts for the last eight years, bringing a unique contemporary aesthetic to age-old techniques. Roddy Clarke meets the studio’s founders and explores the mindful and conscious creativity that sets the brand apart

Meet Studio Bovti: The German design duo expressing their inner child through experimental curiosity and a playful aesthetic

Partners in both life and business, Inna Strokous and Marius Schwald launched Studio Bovti earlier this year, bringing their vision and expertise together under one creative identity.

Faye Toogood discusses the inspiration behind her new furniture collection for Poltrona Frau

Titled ‘Squash’, Faye Toogood’s recent collaboration with Poltrona Frau has resulted in a sensorial furniture collection that blend's the designer's sculptural aesthetic with the heritage and expertise of the Italian design house.

EDIT Napoli returns for its sixth edition celebrating an array of global design talent

Returning for its sixth edition, EDIT Napoli once again put a spotlight onto independent designers, featuring over 100 creatives and seven installations across the city.

Design Council names five leading ambassadors for World Design Congress 2025

The landmark event, hosted in the UK for the first time in 50 years, will bring together 1000 global designers and industry leaders to address the urgent need for sustainable design solutions in the face of the world's climate crisis

Kirkby Design partners with Teklan on its latest collection of outdoor fabrics

In a new collection of outdoor fabrics titled PICNIC, Kirkby Design has merged its conscious creativity with the bold and colourful aesthetic of Tekla Evelina Severin - resulting in a vibrant and joyful collaboration

Conscious creativity, community and craft: Six highlights from this year’s London Design Festival

Back for its 22nd edition, London Design Festival once again brought the design industry together with a strong community spirit radiating from some of the highlights that caught our eye.

Christophe Donot discusses his unconventional approach to ceramics and the personal intention behind his work

Since practicing as an architect for 15 years, Christophe Donot pivoted his career in 2021 to become a ceramicist. In an exclusive interview he offers ICON an insight into his creative journey so far.

From Helsinki with joy: How Finland’s visionary design and human-centred values are powering a global reuse revolution

Finnish design goes beyond aesthetics; it leads the way in thoughtful innovation. Read on to discover how Helsinki is creating a reuse movement that puts people and the planet first

Bang & Olufsen redefines the future of wearable technology with its new Beoplay H100 headphones

Launching its latest headphones earlier this month, Bang & Olufsen continue to set a precedent in wearable technology through modular construction and superior materiality.

Oliver Murphy reveals the inspiration and vision behind his new creative venture SLOWE Living

Launching this year, SLOWE Living is a new design studio founded by Oliver Murphy and was set up in response to a personal challenge he wanted to address he reveals.

ICON’s guide to navigating London Design Festival

From product launches to insightful talks and engaging showroom activities, there’s something for everyone during the 22nd edition of London Design Festival

Matthew Hyndman’s debut show Upended subverts cliched tropes of Scottish landscape photography

The Edinburgh gallery Bard is hosting an exhibition of 10 monumental photographic prints by artist and activist Matthew Hyndman in a show called Upended

Design icon: Finland’s most famous flower is celebrating its 60th birthday this year

This year sees the 60th birthday of Marimekko’s most famous image – the oversized floral print Unikko, designed by Maija Isola. And in this year’s spring/ summer collection, the Finnish textile pioneer pays tribute to its 1960s roots

Alfred Newall discusses his craft and finding the balance between heritage and modernity

UK-based woodworker Alfred Newall discusses his creative journey to date in an exclusive interview with ICON. Roddy Clarke reports

Design Destination: ICON’s tips for where to go and what to see in London Fields

From neighbourhood cafés to design-led stores and community hangouts, make the most of this hip London area with our insights from local design insiders 

Textile designer Joanne O’Rourke discusses her connection to nature and its impact on her design philosophy

A recent graduate of Norwich University of the Arts, Joanne O’Rourke’s latest collection ‘Harmonious Nature’s Rhythms’ alludes to her love of the natural world and its deep connection to her design values.

Meet Essence Harden: The Los Angeles-based curator exploring the intersection of art, history and culture

As co-curator for the 2025 edition of Made in L.A. Biennial at the Hammer Museum, and curator of Frieze Los Angeles, Focus 2024, Essence Harden's work is rooted in community and place

Meet Mathilde Wittock: An emerging designer bringing new life to unexpected materials

Graduating from Central Saint Martins in 2021, Belgian designer Mathilde Wittock has gone from strength to strength thanks to her visionary creativity and undeniable passion. ICON explores her journey so far

A new collaboration between Buster + Punch and Staub elevates a British cultural icon

From door handles to designer lighting and now cookware, Buster + Punch's latest collaboration with legacy French brand Staub aims to celebrate and elevate a cultural icon - the full English breakfast