ICON launches its inaugural digital Milan Design Week 2024 Guide
Dedicated to Milan, the mecca for Italian culture, art and design, the guide uncovers the very best of what the city has to offer during Milan Design Week
Meet interior designer Matt McKay as he discusses the inspiration behind the launch of his new furniture collection
Seamlessly blending form and function, Matt McKay’s new furniture collection embodies his interior design sensibilities and unconventional approach.
TAKT is rethinking the way we design, build and sell furniture with its simple self-assembly furniture
With clean, simple, self-assembly designs by notable designers, and a focus on transparency, sustainability and ethical values, Copenhagen-based TAKT is remaking the way we buy furniture
Architecture Icon: The post-war designs of Yrjö and Irmeli Kukkapuro live on in their unique home studio
The curved roof of Kukkapuro House in Kauniainen, Finland, shelters the former studio and home of its creators, designer Yrjö Kukkapuro and his visual artist wife Irmeli. Their daughter, Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom tells ICON the story of this unique space dedicated to creativity
Design
Architecture
Architecture Icon: The post-war designs of Yrjö and Irmeli Kukkapuro live on in their unique home studio
The curved roof of Kukkapuro House in Kauniainen, Finland, shelters the former studio and home of its creators, designer Yrjö Kukkapuro and his visual artist wife Irmeli. Their daughter, Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom tells ICON the story of this unique space dedicated to creativity
Atelier L’Abri completes silver-clad house in forested hills of Canadian Laurentians
A contemporary cabin for dog lovers, this tiny home marries functionality and minimalism within an ultra-compact building footprint
Photographer Ruben Hughes shares how he captures the streets of New York and Copenhagen
Best known for his collaborations with high-value brands, Copenhagen-based Ruben Hughes, whose work features on the cover of ICON 214, captures the street spirit of New York and the young people of his adopted home with his Leica M6
Design
ICON launches its inaugural digital Milan Design Week 2024 Guide
Dedicated to Milan, the mecca for Italian culture, art and design, the guide uncovers the very best of what the city has to offer during Milan Design Week
Meet interior designer Matt McKay as he discusses the inspiration behind the launch of his new furniture collection
Seamlessly blending form and function, Matt McKay’s new furniture collection embodies his interior design sensibilities and unconventional approach.
TAKT is rethinking the way we design, build and sell furniture with its simple self-assembly furniture
With clean, simple, self-assembly designs by notable designers, and a focus on transparency, sustainability and ethical values, Copenhagen-based TAKT is remaking the way we buy furniture
Opinion
How Minus Furniture is exploring a net zero business model
Can furniture really be carbon negative? Minus Furniture is a research-driven design studio seeking to explore the reality of a net zero and below zero business model. Roddy Clarke investigates
Milo Mcloughlin-Greening of Batch.Works on how we must change patterns of manufacturing
To truly bring about change we must foster entirely new ideas about how products are manufactured and consumed, writes Milo Mcloughlin-Greening of Batch.Works
Speakers at the Sharjah Architecture Triennial took inspiration from the past in redefining strategies of renewal and sustainability for Africa
The Sharjah Architecture Triennial saw a new focus on redefining scarcity and abundance in Africa, writes our new columnist Rue Kothari
