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‘Why not think of success as making people feel good?’: Signe Byrdal Terenziani on creating a more purposeful 3daysofdesign

Ahead of the festival’s opening, ICON sits down with CEO Signe Byrdal Terenziani to discuss purpose, impact and making this moment matter Photography by Davy

Design

Lexus brings Discover Together to Milan with a focus on space

Discover Together, a co-creation project between Lexus and a group of international designers, brings five installations to Milan exploring space, mobility and human perception Photography

Design

SANAA connects museum and library in new Taichung complex

Overlooking Taichung’s verdant Central Park, this cultural hub unites museum and library across multiple volumes Photography by Chen Wan Ning. Courtesy of the artist, commissioned

Architecture
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The Swedish designers experimenting beyond Scandinavian norms

With Stockholm Design Week and the annual Stockholm Furniture Fair on hold this year, a new generation of Swedish studios is breaking the familiar rules

Design
Runda by NIKJOO x Flawk

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

Designed by Flawk in collaboration with London-based studio NIKJOO, Runda is a joyful, low-carbon home born from whimsical design features and an educational, community-focused approach

Architecture
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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

Architecture
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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

Design

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

Architecture
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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

Architecture
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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

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This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Finn Juhl and Sea New York’s collaboration finds a common thread

Vea by Villeroy & Boch: precision, elegance and the architecture of detail

Normann Copenhagen reissues Niels Bendtsen’s Limit Lounge Chair

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‘Why not think of success as making people feel good?’: Signe Byrdal Terenziani on creating a more purposeful 3daysofdesign

Tarkett presents Beginnings & Endings exhibition at 3daysofdesign

Yacht builder Sanlorenzo repositions its brand identity in a notable shift for the company

Yahvi Is Quietly Redefining Contemporary Textile Practice

On 10 June 2026, France will welcome a unique exhibition space: the Galerie Nationale du Design




Architects

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This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Vipp brings Scandinavian hospitality to Upstate New York

Iittala brings iconic Aalto Vase into public architecture for 3daysofdesign

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


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Finn Juhl and Sea New York’s collaboration finds a common thread

Normann Copenhagen reissues Niels Bendtsen’s Limit Lounge Chair

Byrdal Terenziani_©Davy-Denke_Rytter-and-Denke_2025_6A

‘Why not think of success as making people feel good?’: Signe Byrdal Terenziani on creating a more purposeful 3daysofdesign

Tarkett presents Beginnings & Endings exhibition at 3daysofdesign

Yacht builder Sanlorenzo repositions its brand identity in a notable shift for the company

Carl Hansen & Søn partners with colour consultancy Etté to reimagine its Clerkenwell showroom

Ferm Living debuts newly refurbished London showroom

Noelani Rutz discusses the subtle intricacies of her cultural design crossover between Japan and Switzerland

Horatio’s Garden and Ffern unveil a scent-led floral installation



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This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Finn Juhl and Sea New York’s collaboration finds a common thread

Vea by Villeroy & Boch: precision, elegance and the architecture of detail

Normann Copenhagen reissues Niels Bendtsen’s Limit Lounge Chair

Byrdal Terenziani_©Davy-Denke_Rytter-and-Denke_2025_6A

‘Why not think of success as making people feel good?’: Signe Byrdal Terenziani on creating a more purposeful 3daysofdesign

Tarkett presents Beginnings & Endings exhibition at 3daysofdesign

Yacht builder Sanlorenzo repositions its brand identity in a notable shift for the company

Yahvi Is Quietly Redefining Contemporary Textile Practice

On 10 June 2026, France will welcome a unique exhibition space: the Galerie Nationale du Design