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Posts tagged 'Five Most Wanted'

Nendo’s Oki Sato

Japanese studio Nendo has been selected as the Maison et Objet 2015 designer of the year. Watch the man behind the practice discuss his work

Design

Adrien Rovero

  I decided to choose five objects that are always close at hand and that I regularly pick up and use in the studio. From

Opinion

Video + Random International

https://vimeo.com/53103669   video Gramafilm words Five Most Wanted: Random International The objects chosen all echo the minimalist ethos that we apply to the conception, prototyping

Opinion

Oki Sato

The designer behind Japanese studio Nendo, picks five understated things that enhance daily life – “making our days interesting and rich.” Moments that make our

Opinion

Arik Levy

Nature and science are integral to my design process, and these are some of the things that inspire, stimulate and uplift me. I appreciate the

Opinion

Amanda Levete

Levete describes her choices as “Something old, something gold, a piece of nature, something by me, and a potato peeler.” For the London Design Festival,

Opinion

Lee Broom

London taxi cab (top image)Kenneth GrangeI really love the design of the taxi because they are so synonymous with London. If you have been travelling

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Kenneth Grange

Kenneth Grange’s high-speed train Yesterday (22 May 2014), Icon caught up with legendary designer Kenneth Grange at Clerkenwell Design Week. We will feature the video of

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Peter Marigold

As someone who has fixated on objects my whole life, I found it very difficult to choose just five out of the sea of things

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Peter Marigold

As someone who has fixated on objects my whole life, I found it very difficult to choose just five out of the sea of things

Opinion

Editor's choice

Lexus brings Discover Together to Milan with a focus on space

ODD Voices by ICON takes Milan Design Week

Snøhetta and Annabelle Schneider turn USM’s Modular System into pavilion

Isola Design Festival presents TEN: The Evolving Now

ICON 219 : Spring/Summer 2026

SANAA connects museum and library in new Taichung complex

How a Singapore apartment was rebuilt around a discontinued brick

Colouring The Future

Travel architecture gets a vivid rethink in Dream in Progress




Architects

Snøhetta and Annabelle Schneider turn USM’s Modular System into pavilion

SANAA connects museum and library in new Taichung complex

How a Singapore apartment was rebuilt around a discontinued brick

Travel architecture gets a vivid rethink in Dream in Progress

Practice on Earth transforms Ningbo farmland with inflatable architecture

YOD Group designs contemporary Ukrainian mazanka guesthouses

Luca A. Caizzi explores Milan through metal surfaces in new book

LANZA atelier uses curving brick design for Serpentine Pavilion 2026

This new build in North London features a playful exterior by architecture practice NIKJOO


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Lexus brings Discover Together to Milan with a focus on space

ODD Voices by ICON takes Milan Design Week

Isola Design Festival presents TEN: The Evolving Now

Editor’s Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

Kasthall and Barber Osgerby debut Atlas and Bonbon rug collections for Milan Design Week

ICON Awards 2026: Recognising influential architecture, design, and culture

How designers turn raw materials into objects at Aram’s Mould exhibition

Ele Harper-Colman wins the CDW Award at New Designers 2025

Cape Town Furniture Week celebrates contemporary craft for its fourth edition



Videos

Lexus brings Discover Together to Milan with a focus on space

ODD Voices by ICON takes Milan Design Week

Snøhetta and Annabelle Schneider turn USM’s Modular System into pavilion

Isola Design Festival presents TEN: The Evolving Now

ICON 219 : Spring/Summer 2026

SANAA connects museum and library in new Taichung complex

How a Singapore apartment was rebuilt around a discontinued brick

Colouring The Future

Travel architecture gets a vivid rethink in Dream in Progress