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Posts tagged 'Graphic design'

Brands give us something to believe in

Perhaps we should be happy to live in the age of branding? After all, it is the brands that are in thrall to us, not

Opinion

Patternalia by Jude Stewart

From William Morris’s floral wallpaper to the polka dot bikini, this book explores the historical, cultural and political associations of the patterns that pervade our

Opinion

Five typefaces you need to know

For our 150th issue, available until next week, experts from some of our favourite graphic design studios and magazines told us about the fonts that

Opinion

Food packaging: You are what you eat

Over-indulging on food has always been a symbol of wealth and status. But today, it’s not the produce that counts – it’s the packaging Of

Design

The Penguin Composition Rules

Swedish graphic-design studio Bedow says it’s time to rewrite the book on blank space In the late 1940s, the German typographer Jan Tschichold devised a

Opinion

Type and paper samples

It can be hard for clients to visualise the different effects created by fonts and the paper they’re printed on, says Fontarte. Enter Type&Paper: a

Opinion

Warsaw Metro

The city’s long-awaited second underground line is a riot of colour, with psychedelic signage by the father of Polish abstract art, Wojciech Fangor There’s nothing

Design

Money and Tough Love: On Tour with the IMF

Liaquat Ahamed’s journey to the heart of contemporary finance finds that, ultimately, there is nothing much to see. By Sukhdev Sandhu Finance can often seem

Opinion

Wikipedia

The oracle is beginning to look as jaded as a stack of encyclopaedias. It’s time to dust it off with improvements to readability and navigation,

Opinion

The Type Taster

In graphic designer Sarah Hyndman’s book, a series of games reveals the complex way in which we interact with everyday typography, says Icon art director

Design

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

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




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

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

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



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

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