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Copenhagen Architecture Biennial slows down to highlight caring approaches to people and the planet

Across exhibitions, installations and a talks programme, the inaugural edition explored gentler ways of designing and inhabiting the world. Beneath its official theme slowness ran a

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How Poland’s economic boom is fuelling a design revolution

Poland is a country that’s growing in strength both economically and militarily. Increasingly, the nation’s new-found confidence can be discovered in its burgeoning design scene

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How Lake Como Design Festival became the quiet leader of a slow, local design revolution

The seventh edition, held under the theme Fragments, took place earlier this month and proved to be one of the strongest to date. ICON travelled

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Triennale Milano presents 24th International Exhibition under the title Inequalities

Following Broken Nature in 2019, which tackled themes of sustainability, the international cultural institution spotlights the world’s growing inequalities with 24th International Exhibition Photography by Alessandro

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Meet Me Here exhibition by Spacon & X at Danish Architecture Center explores community and sense of place in a digital world

Copenhagen’s Danish Architecture Center has unveiled an immersive exhibition in collaboration with architecture firm Spacon & X, which highlights the value of third places Photography

Architecture

Design in a Real World exhibition at Villa Marie celebrates Tuscan heritage and contemporary design

Vorno’s spectacular Villa Marie provides a rich architectural backdrop and open-air gallery feel for the first edition by Vestigia and Italian-Polish designer Jonathan Bocca Photography

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How do we define completeness in architecture? Build of Site examines the case for building on what’s already here

Curated by architect Søren Pihlmann, the Danish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale is a hybrid exhibition space and renovation site that offers visitors

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Lexus brings human-centred technology and cutting-edge design to this year’s Milan Design Week

From April 8-13, Lexus is showing a collection of interactive installations at Milan Design Week that bring its vision for the future of mobility to

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Universal Design Studio and AKQA design interiors for new Georg Jensen flagship showroom on New Bond Street

For the new London flagship shop, Universal Design Studio and AKQA draw on the light and nature of Denmark to create a soft and welcoming

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MUNCH x Rejina Pyo

The evocative works of Edvard Munch inspire a new capsule collection by Rejina Pyo and MUNCH Museum

The capsule collection includes silk shawls, bespoke jewellery and a hand-crafted patinated steel mirror handcrafted in the UK, drawing inspiration from Munch’s fluid brush strokes

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Gubi reimagines Pierre Paulin’s 1960s F300 Lounge Chair with sustainable materials for a new era

Lucas Zito explores the evolving design capabilities of 3D printing

Meet MVE-Collection: The design studio transforming construction waste into statement furniture and objects

Copenhagen Architecture Biennial slows down to highlight caring approaches to people and the planet

Interface Design Studio: End to end inspiration

Harriet Allure’s Zenzi candle weaves together Swedish minimalism and Ghanaian heritage

Dubai Design Week 2025: Isola launches its new Isola Space and unveils three curated exhibitions

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

LAYER designs a modular foam-free camping mattress system for sleep start-up MAZZU




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Copenhagen Architecture Biennial slows down to highlight caring approaches to people and the planet

The newly opened Darsena Listening Suite at Il Sereno in Lake Como is a playground for audiophiles

How Lake Como Design Festival became the quiet leader of a slow, local design revolution

Architects join forces to design birdhouse project for charity auction at Christie’s

Triennale Milano presents 24th International Exhibition under the title Inequalities

Lee Broom unveils his first Landmark commission for London Design Festival

Architectural practice Local Local unveils a new contemporary art gallery in the heart of Athens

Archikon Architects uses prefabricated panel structure to build Hungary’s first smart kindergarten

Meet Me Here exhibition by Spacon & X at Danish Architecture Center explores community and sense of place in a digital world


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Gubi reimagines Pierre Paulin’s 1960s F300 Lounge Chair with sustainable materials for a new era

Lucas Zito explores the evolving design capabilities of 3D printing

Meet MVE-Collection: The design studio transforming construction waste into statement furniture and objects

Harriet Allure’s Zenzi candle weaves together Swedish minimalism and Ghanaian heritage

Dubai Design Week 2025: Isola launches its new Isola Space and unveils three curated exhibitions

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

LAYER designs a modular foam-free camping mattress system for sleep start-up MAZZU

How Poland’s economic boom is fuelling a design revolution

Henry Holland Studio unveils its inaugural furniture collection


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Gubi reimagines Pierre Paulin’s 1960s F300 Lounge Chair with sustainable materials for a new era

Lucas Zito explores the evolving design capabilities of 3D printing

Meet MVE-Collection: The design studio transforming construction waste into statement furniture and objects

Copenhagen Architecture Biennial slows down to highlight caring approaches to people and the planet

Interface Design Studio: End to end inspiration

Harriet Allure’s Zenzi candle weaves together Swedish minimalism and Ghanaian heritage

Dubai Design Week 2025: Isola launches its new Isola Space and unveils three curated exhibitions

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

LAYER designs a modular foam-free camping mattress system for sleep start-up MAZZU