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GUBI Karakorum Stripe chair

Bold meets bouclé: Gubi partners with Dedar on the launch of Karakorum Stripe textile

In a collaboration with the Italian textile house, Gubi adds a modern twist to classic bouclé with a striking black-and-white striped design

Design
09.05.25
Exterior Build of Site

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 food for thought on the value of as-found materials

Architecture
08.05.25

Belmond and apartamento unveil latest book Campania: Recipes & Wanderings Across Italy’s Polychromatic Coast

The newest addition to its Recipes & Wanderings series is captured by South African photographer and artist Lea Colombo and guides readers through Italy’s culinary heartland

Design
02.05.25
Sutton House

Pelletier de Fontenay transforms century-old home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships

The architecture practice has completed the overhaul and extension of an early 20th century stone house in Canada called Sutton House

Architecture
25.04.25

Design

Bold meets bouclé: Gubi partners with Dedar on the launch of Karakorum Stripe textile

Belmond and apartamento unveil latest book Campania: Recipes & Wanderings Across Italy’s Polychromatic Coast

Has the design industry become enamoured with the hype culture of the fashion world?

Los Angeles design agency Public Art Company unveils playful art commissions for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2025

Mission Aldebaran: An immersive exhibition fusing fragrance and furniture

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

Matter and Shape returns to Paris for its second edition

100 Years of Waveriding: A Design-Led Dive into Cornwall’s Surf Culture

Dexter Wisby exhibits his Studio Salvage Collection at CDW 2025






Architecture

Exterior Build of Site

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 food for thought on the value of as-found materials

Architecture
08.05.25
Sutton House

Pelletier de Fontenay transforms century-old home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships

The architecture practice has completed the overhaul and extension of an early 20th century stone house in Canada called Sutton House

Architecture
25.04.25
Georg Jensen Bond Street

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 interior with natural materials and organic forms 

Architecture
04.04.25

Bold meets bouclé: Gubi partners with Dedar on the launch of Karakorum Stripe textile

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

Belmond and apartamento unveil latest book Campania: Recipes & Wanderings Across Italy’s Polychromatic Coast

Pelletier de Fontenay transforms century-old home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships

Has the design industry become enamoured with the hype culture of the fashion world?

Los Angeles design agency Public Art Company unveils playful art commissions for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2025

Mission Aldebaran: An immersive exhibition fusing fragrance and furniture

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

ICON 217 : Spring/Summer 2025


Design

GUBI Karakorum Stripe chair

Bold meets bouclé: Gubi partners with Dedar on the launch of Karakorum Stripe textile

In a collaboration with the Italian textile house, Gubi adds a modern twist to classic bouclé with a striking black-and-white striped design

Design
09.05.25

Belmond and apartamento unveil latest book Campania: Recipes & Wanderings Across Italy’s Polychromatic Coast

The newest addition to its Recipes & Wanderings series is captured by South African photographer and artist Lea Colombo and guides readers through Italy’s culinary heartland

Design
02.05.25

Has the design industry become enamoured with the hype culture of the fashion world?

As Milan Design Week returned earlier this month, a world of luxurious escapism set the tone while endless queues and influencer-filled crowds sparked a multitude of reactions.

Design
24.04.25

Bold meets bouclé: Gubi partners with Dedar on the launch of Karakorum Stripe textile

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

Belmond and apartamento unveil latest book Campania: Recipes & Wanderings Across Italy’s Polychromatic Coast

Pelletier de Fontenay transforms century-old home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships

Has the design industry become enamoured with the hype culture of the fashion world?

Los Angeles design agency Public Art Company unveils playful art commissions for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2025

Mission Aldebaran: An immersive exhibition fusing fragrance and furniture

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

ICON 217 : Spring/Summer 2025


Opinion

Has the design industry become enamoured with the hype culture of the fashion world?

As Milan Design Week returned earlier this month, a world of luxurious escapism set the tone while endless queues and influencer-filled crowds sparked a multitude of reactions.

Design
24.04.25

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

Design
16.01.24

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

Design
09.01.24

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