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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

Editor's choice

ICON 215 : Spring/ Summer 2024

Sabine Marcelis adds a colourful touch to the VitraHaus Loft

Enter Dezeen Awards 2024 now!

RAD DESIGN 2024: Romania’s new collectible design fair opens its doors this month

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




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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Sabine Marcelis adds a colourful touch to the VitraHaus Loft

RAD DESIGN 2024: Romania’s new collectible design fair opens its doors this month

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


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ICON 215 : Spring/ Summer 2024

Sabine Marcelis adds a colourful touch to the VitraHaus Loft

Enter Dezeen Awards 2024 now!

RAD DESIGN 2024: Romania’s new collectible design fair opens its doors this month

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