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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

Björk in the swan dress at the 2001 Oscars is iconic – but is it camp?

Marjan Pejoski’s swan dress, from the Autumn/Winter 2000-2001 collection, on display at the Met Presaging the politicisation of the red carpet in the #MeToo era,

Design

Grace Wales Bonner discusses her Serpentine exhibition, crossing cultures and her ultimate ambition

Designer and artist Grace Wales Bonner shows Priya Khanchandani around her new Serpentine Gallery exhibition   Grace Wales Bonner eschews attention. Yet for someone who

Design

Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85, leaving design legacy in fashion, photography and furniture

Karl Lagerfeld by Stefan Strumbel Karl Lagerfeld, the fashion designer best known as the creative director of Chanel, has died at the age of 85.

Design

Hussein Chalayan searches for ‘blind spots’ between design, fashion and sculpture

Hussein Chalayan’s SS17 collection. Photo: Chris Moore @ catwalking Pioneering fashion designer Hussein Chalayan sits down with Icon’s editor Priya Khanchandani to discuss bodies, cultural

Design

Building fashion: ‘I don’t believe we will use scissors for the rest of human history’

Fashion has so far resisted the pull of digital technology, but now architects and designers are joining forces to revolutionise the industry’s way of working,

Architecture

Obsession: The scarf

High fashion might represent the ultimate luxury for some of us, but the endless possibilities offered by an unstitched length of fabric is far more

Opinion

Manus x Machina at The Met

A show in New York juxtaposes handmade and technologically fabricated fashion, challenging the assumptions we make about each method, says Anja Wohlstrom The Costume Institute

Opinion

Delpozo

The Madrid fashion brand combines bright colours and graphics with clean cuts, writes Christie Bakker Delpozo captures and combines exceptional dichotomies – indulgent volumes go

Design

High heels

Businesswomen, kings and medieval Asian warriors have all understood the symbolic power of heeled footwear. And its impracticality only seems to add to its allure

Design

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Sabine Marcelis takes centre stage at Zurich’s Museum für Gestaltung

Isola Design Group Returns to Dubai Design Week with Its Biggest Edition Yet and the Launch of Designwhere

Original BTC’s new portable lamp celebrates British ceramic craft

ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

MU Architecture creates a Japanese-inspired family home in Montreal

Design at Work New York announces opening of visitor registration

‘The least tangible things can have the biggest impact’: Fletcher Priest Architects on design, wellbeing and how spaces make us feel

Merrie Elisabet Wells wins Shoreditch Design Week Award with product Ūru Loop

Kirkby unveils a bold new visual identity




Architects

MU Architecture creates a Japanese-inspired family home in Montreal

‘The least tangible things can have the biggest impact’: Fletcher Priest Architects on design, wellbeing and how spaces make us feel

Atelier HA designs MELT’s new Panthéon restaurant in Paris

‘We have a moral obligation to experiment’: Bas Smets unveils Vitra’s new Water Garden

Open House Festival opens hundreds of London buildings this September

The contemporary Magdalen House in Quebec brings a new perspective to coastal architecture

A Douro winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo connects design with wine traditions

This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Vipp brings Scandinavian hospitality to Upstate New York


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Sabine Marcelis takes centre stage at Zurich’s Museum für Gestaltung

Isola Design Group Returns to Dubai Design Week with Its Biggest Edition Yet and the Launch of Designwhere

Original BTC’s new portable lamp celebrates British ceramic craft

ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

Design at Work New York announces opening of visitor registration

‘The least tangible things can have the biggest impact’: Fletcher Priest Architects on design, wellbeing and how spaces make us feel

Merrie Elisabet Wells wins Shoreditch Design Week Award with product Ūru Loop

Kirkby unveils a bold new visual identity

Christoph Hefti Unveils His Fantastical World at Zurich’s Museum of Design



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Sabine Marcelis takes centre stage at Zurich’s Museum für Gestaltung

Isola Design Group Returns to Dubai Design Week with Its Biggest Edition Yet and the Launch of Designwhere

Original BTC’s new portable lamp celebrates British ceramic craft

ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

MU Architecture creates a Japanese-inspired family home in Montreal

Design at Work New York announces opening of visitor registration

‘The least tangible things can have the biggest impact’: Fletcher Priest Architects on design, wellbeing and how spaces make us feel

Merrie Elisabet Wells wins Shoreditch Design Week Award with product Ūru Loop

Kirkby unveils a bold new visual identity