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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

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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

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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,

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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

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At Stockholm Furniture Fair 2025 maker and making come centre stage

LOEWE’s first major brand exhibition is a celebration of the house’s rich history and Spanish heritage

Introducing House of Icon at Design London Shoreditch

Roddy Clarke looks into Fritz Hansen’s new circular initiative and what the move means for its classic shell chairs

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

The Third Space in Udaipur, India, is a community space that mixes old and new

Hollie Bowden collaborates with artist Cesca Dvorak on the launch of a new blanket collection

ICON profiles the female leaders revolutionising the Scandinavian fashion industry

An island park in central Copenhagen showcases the plants of the world




Architects

The Third Space in Udaipur, India, is a community space that mixes old and new

An island park in central Copenhagen showcases the plants of the world

Contemporary architecture in dialogue with nature

The Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Architecture Against the Odds looks at difficult sites in a new exhibition at RIBA

Out of rubble: archigrest and topoScape reimagine Warsaw’s Uprising Mound as a living park and monument

A new exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center puts on show a bold response to rising waters

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

A new book by Stefano Casciani offers an insight into Piero Lissoni’s work


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At Stockholm Furniture Fair 2025 maker and making come centre stage

LOEWE’s first major brand exhibition is a celebration of the house’s rich history and Spanish heritage

Introducing House of Icon at Design London Shoreditch

Roddy Clarke looks into Fritz Hansen’s new circular initiative and what the move means for its classic shell chairs

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

Hollie Bowden collaborates with artist Cesca Dvorak on the launch of a new blanket collection

ICON profiles the female leaders revolutionising the Scandinavian fashion industry

Tekla Evelina Severin reimagines retro patterns for Radici with Newstalgia Collection

Column: Rue Kothari on culture and craft in the Global South


Videos

At Stockholm Furniture Fair 2025 maker and making come centre stage

LOEWE’s first major brand exhibition is a celebration of the house’s rich history and Spanish heritage

Introducing House of Icon at Design London Shoreditch

Roddy Clarke looks into Fritz Hansen’s new circular initiative and what the move means for its classic shell chairs

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

The Third Space in Udaipur, India, is a community space that mixes old and new

Hollie Bowden collaborates with artist Cesca Dvorak on the launch of a new blanket collection

ICON profiles the female leaders revolutionising the Scandinavian fashion industry

An island park in central Copenhagen showcases the plants of the world