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Architecture Icon: Alvar and Aino Aalto’s house in Helsinki bears all the hallmarks of their approach to design

Tucked away on a quiet side street in a leafy area of Helsinki, Alvar and Aino Aalto’s discreet suburban home demonstrates a beauty and practicality

Architecture

Architecture Icon: The post-war designs of Yrjö and Irmeli Kukkapuro live on in their unique home studio

The curved roof of Kukkapuro House in Kauniainen, Finland, shelters the former studio and home of its creators, designer Yrjö Kukkapuro and his visual artist

Architecture

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy

The Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York, chartered as The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, was the first museum in the United States designed

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Architecture Icon: Mies van der Rohe’s domestic masterpiece in Brno has survived everything the 20th century could throw at it

Nearly a century after its construction – including a time when its owners were forced to flee for their lives and its spacious living room

Architecture

Architecture Icon: The Paimio Sanatorium and its humanistic approach to modernism

Situated a two-hour drive west of Helsinki, the former tuberculosis sanatorium takes a humanistic approach to modern architecture Photography by Fabrice Fouillet Words by Joe

Architecture

Architecture Icon: Hollywood Sign turns 100

As it marks its 100th birthday, the hillside signage first erected to advertise a local housing development remains one of our most famous symbols of

Architecture

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Bang & Olufsen continues to redefine the future of wearable technology with its new Beoplay H100 headphones

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

Lithos Plisse

Pietre Incise by Lithos Design: modular coverings with infinite applications

ICON LDF Guide

ICON’s guide to navigating London Design Festival

Frama

Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Bard Upended

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

Marimekko unikko print pink

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

Architecture Icon: Alvar and Aino Aalto’s house in Helsinki bears all the hallmarks of their approach to design

From the archives: Innovative landscapes inspiring children’s imaginations




Architects

Architecture Icon: Alvar and Aino Aalto’s house in Helsinki bears all the hallmarks of their approach to design

From the archives: Innovative landscapes inspiring children’s imaginations

Grow wood facade

This multi-residential project by MODA cultivates community through urban farming

Architecture Icon: The post-war designs of Yrjö and Irmeli Kukkapuro live on in their unique home studio

Aesop Knightsbridge

Aesop continues to expand its Queer Library initiative

Dr Sandra Piesik shows what we can learn from cultures worldwide

Kadre Architects

LA practice Kadre Architects uses design as a street-level tool for social change

AlUla Terrains Dates Serving Set Teeb

Rue Kothari visits a new design space in the desert

Haller Gut Architekten contemporary design for Aeschi School Switzerland

Haller Gut Architekten unveils contemporary design for Aeschi School in Switzerland


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Bang & Olufsen continues to redefine the future of wearable technology with its new Beoplay H100 headphones

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

ICON LDF Guide

ICON’s guide to navigating London Design Festival

Frama

Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Bard Upended

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

Marimekko unikko print pink

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

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

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

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ICON profiles the female leaders revolutionising the Scandinavian fashion industry


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Bang & Olufsen continues to redefine the future of wearable technology with its new Beoplay H100 headphones

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

Lithos Plisse

Pietre Incise by Lithos Design: modular coverings with infinite applications

ICON LDF Guide

ICON’s guide to navigating London Design Festival

Frama

Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Bard Upended

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

Marimekko unikko print pink

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

Architecture Icon: Alvar and Aino Aalto’s house in Helsinki bears all the hallmarks of their approach to design

From the archives: Innovative landscapes inspiring children’s imaginations