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London’s modernist Sudbury Town station painted with artist’s map murals

Commissioned by Art on the Underground, a series of works by artist Lucy McKenzie celebrates the station’s design history Following Art on the Underground’s commissioning

Design

Artist Barney McCann visualises new life forms using artificial intelligence

These ground-breaking artworks have been produced entirely by machines attempting to recreate and replicate natural forms. At first appearing abstract or other-wordly, the process by

Design
Vorticism: A brief history of a brief movement

Vorticism: A brief history of a brief movement

  Vorticism was a short-lived radical art movement in Britain that celebrated urbanity and the age of the machine. Vorticism was a British avant-garde group

Design

Theaster Gates’ Amalgam rediscovers a lost black utopia

 Installation view of Amalgam at the Palais de Tokyo. Photo by Chris Strong, courtesy of the artist The little known history of the island Malaga

Opinion

BTS at the Serpentine: Art meets K-Pop in Connect, BTS

BTS, K-Pop superstars and patrons of the arts. All images and photos courtesy of Connect, BTS and their respective artists. Connect, BTS is a series

Opinion

Industry news and events – 20 December 2019

Get a bitesize overview of the week’s headlines and events with Icon’s round-up SCENE POLITICAL DIVIDES After the Architects’ Journal published a snap poll showing

Design

Industry news and events – 13 December 2019

Rebecca Salter was elected president of the Royal Academy of Arts. Image via Getty Images/Tristan Fewings Get a bitesize overview of the week’s headlines and

Design

Royal Academy gets first female president in its 250-year history

The exterior of the Royal Academy. Photo by Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0 The Royal Academicians have elected an artist known for her work across

Architecture

Branded Protest: How protest movements create sophisticated visual identities

An Extinction Rebellion protest. Photo by Kevin Grieve via Flickr A new book explores how protest movements increasingly turn to branding techniques to get their

Opinion

The Hoodie: Western fashion’s most politically loaded garment

February II (2019) by Devan Shimoyama, image courtesy of Het Niuewe Instituut The humble hoodie may have begun as a functional garment, but it has

Opinion

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Caon Design Office partners with Woolmark to unveil a circular aircraft seating concept

Five Highlights from Milan Design Week 2024

James Bantone teams up with UGG at this year’s Milan Design Week

The second edition Hospitality Innovation Summit Saudi Arabia & UAE by GBB Venture marks a new measure of excellence

ICON launches its inaugural digital Milan Design Week 2024 Guide

Meet interior designer Matt McKay as he discusses the inspiration behind the launch of his new furniture collection

TAKT is rethinking the way we design, build and sell furniture with its simple self-assembly furniture

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

From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen




Architects

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

Atelier L’Abri completes silver-clad house in forested hills of Canadian Laurentians

Photographer Ruben Hughes shares how he captures the streets of New York and Copenhagen

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

House Dokka combines simple geometry and natural materials to create a home that resembles a floating treehouse

Makhno Studio’s Gnizdo houses seamlessly blend tradition and futurism

This new eco-conscious hotel concept in the Trosa archipelago draws a discerning crowd

Clément Cividino’s restoration of a 1960s fibreglass pod by Nikolaos Xasteros lands in the Spanish countryside

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


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Caon Design Office partners with Woolmark to unveil a circular aircraft seating concept

Five Highlights from Milan Design Week 2024

James Bantone teams up with UGG at this year’s Milan Design Week

ICON launches its inaugural digital Milan Design Week 2024 Guide

Meet interior designer Matt McKay as he discusses the inspiration behind the launch of his new furniture collection

TAKT is rethinking the way we design, build and sell furniture with its simple self-assembly furniture

From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen

Henry Holland Studio’s Big Brekkie collection brings a playful touch to morning mealtimes

Christofle partners with Roland Garros in an exclusive collaboration


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Caon Design Office partners with Woolmark to unveil a circular aircraft seating concept

Five Highlights from Milan Design Week 2024

James Bantone teams up with UGG at this year’s Milan Design Week

The second edition Hospitality Innovation Summit Saudi Arabia & UAE by GBB Venture marks a new measure of excellence

ICON launches its inaugural digital Milan Design Week 2024 Guide

Meet interior designer Matt McKay as he discusses the inspiration behind the launch of his new furniture collection

TAKT is rethinking the way we design, build and sell furniture with its simple self-assembly furniture

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

From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen