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SURF

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

At the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, a new exhibition curated by surf academic Dr. Sam Bleakley dives deep into the evolution of surfing—not just as sport, but as craft, culture, and design language.

Design
02.04.25

Dexter Wisby exhibits his Studio Salvage Collection at CDW 2025

At CDW 2025, Dexter is exhibiting his graduate collection 'Studio Salvage', a project proposal aiming to assist in re-defining and re-aligning understanding of material value through the re-engineering and reuse of salvaged high-end components

Design
02.04.25
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 and organic shapes

Design
31.03.25
PK23

Poul Kjærholm: The timeless vision of a Danish design icon

In late 2024, the long-shelved PK23 chair by Poul Kjærholm, one of Denmark’s most revered modernists, was quietly introduced by Fritz Hansen to mark the 70th anniversary of his first furniture design

Design
28.03.25

Design

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

Dexter Wisby exhibits his Studio Salvage Collection at CDW 2025

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

Poul Kjærholm: The timeless vision of a Danish design icon

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

ICON profiles the female leaders revolutionising the Scandinavian fashion industry

Cape Town Furniture Week returns for its third edition with a record number of visitors

Design House Stockholm presents Lisa Larson’s iconic Birds 1967 collection after being hidden from the public eye for decades

ICON’s Picks: The best new season design launches from Stockholm Design Week 2025






Architecture

VILLA OTTSJÖ

Note (design studio) presents first architecture project in Sweden’s rural Jämtland

Located in the steep mountain terrain of Ottsjö, south of Åre Ski Resort, Note's inaugural architectural project is a modern rural home designed to maximise mountain views

Architecture
24.03.25

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy

The Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York, chartered as The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, was the first museum in the United States designed by a living artist to show their own work, and reflects the diversity of his sculptural approach

Architecture
11.03.25
Bobo tap

Gustav Winsth and Max Stjerna reimagine the Stockholm showroom of Swedish glassware brand Bobo

For his first interior project, Winsth collaborated with Stockholm-based designer Stjerna, using rich tones and layered textures to create a moody atmosphere for Bobo's new showroom

Architecture
20.02.25

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

Dexter Wisby exhibits his Studio Salvage Collection at CDW 2025

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

Poul Kjærholm: The timeless vision of a Danish design icon

Note (design studio) presents first architecture project in Sweden’s rural Jämtland

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy

ICON profiles the female leaders revolutionising the Scandinavian fashion industry

Cape Town Furniture Week returns for its third edition with a record number of visitors


Design

SURF

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

At the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, a new exhibition curated by surf academic Dr. Sam Bleakley dives deep into the evolution of surfing—not just as sport, but as craft, culture, and design language.

Design
02.04.25

Dexter Wisby exhibits his Studio Salvage Collection at CDW 2025

At CDW 2025, Dexter is exhibiting his graduate collection 'Studio Salvage', a project proposal aiming to assist in re-defining and re-aligning understanding of material value through the re-engineering and reuse of salvaged high-end components

Design
02.04.25
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 and organic shapes

Design
31.03.25

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

Dexter Wisby exhibits his Studio Salvage Collection at CDW 2025

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

Poul Kjærholm: The timeless vision of a Danish design icon

Note (design studio) presents first architecture project in Sweden’s rural Jämtland

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy

ICON profiles the female leaders revolutionising the Scandinavian fashion industry

Cape Town Furniture Week returns for its third edition with a record number of visitors


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

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

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

Architecture
20.12.23

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