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The secret, sordid history that inspired installations at Clerkenwell Design Week 2019

  A Clerkenwell Design Week commission tells a sordid tale of the area’s former prison through clean, minimalist graphics In Clerkenwell’s tangle of streets, there

Design

The London cafe with a photography show good enough to eat

In an east London cafe, a food stylist and photographer are turning fruit into art. By Siobhan Morrin Just off Broadway Market in east London,

Design

See Milan Design Week’s most creative installations

Inside Nilufar Gallery, Milan. Phot by Pim Top From the hundreds of installations around Milan during Design Week, the Icon team picks some of the

Design

France kicks off Notre Dame competition to rebuild cathedral’s spire

Notre Dame before the fire After Notre-Dame’s spire and roof were destroyed in a fire, plans to rebuild begin   The French Prime Minister Edouard

Architecture

The real-life Instagram filter: How Jordan Söderberg Mills paints with light

Looking Glass smartphone filter, Klanglicht festival, Graz, Austria, 2019 In the digital age, Jordan Söderberg Mills is going against the grain by creating real-world experiences

Design

Alex Chinneck’s optical illusion artwork unzips Milanese architecture

Alex Chinneck, the sculptor best known for his high concept artworks that show buildings melting, floating or sliding apart, made his Milan Design Week debut

Architecture

Why the artist behind the UK’s biggest bronze sculpture chose a woman as the subject

Joseph Hillier with the sculpture. Photo by Andrew Fox The UK’s largest bronze sculpture is set to be unveiled in Plymouth on 25 March – and,

Design

London Design Biennale reveals theme and artistic director for 2020 event

London Design Biennale announced on Tuesday that artist and designer Es Devlin OBE will be the artistic director for its third edition, set to take

Design

Grace Wales Bonner discusses her Serpentine exhibition, crossing cultures and her ultimate ambition

Designer and artist Grace Wales Bonner shows Priya Khanchandani around her new Serpentine Gallery exhibition   Grace Wales Bonner eschews attention. Yet for someone who

Design

Designer explores our fractured world, using everything from barbed wire to burkhas

Stills from Walk a Mile in Her Veil and Snapchat Me That Crisis (both 2016). Courtesy Yasmeen Sabri Royal College of Art-trained designer-slash-artist Yasmeen Sabri

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

Audo Copenhagen

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

RIMOWA collaborates with Ptolemy Mann for its latest limited-edition release

Ganni campaign

Play by the book: GANNI’s blueprint for responsible fashion

Meet Slow – the family business championing a conscious approach to soft furnishings

Snohetta

Snøhetta’s Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Jean Jullien artist painting

How Jean Jullien is bringing smiles to audiences around the world with his Paper People

Harriet Allure Ama candle white on red background

Harriet Allure uses scent to invoke a sense of nostalgia and connection to heritage

Exports on the rise: Portuguese furniture in the spotlight at BDNY – Boutique Design 2024




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Snohetta

Snøhetta’s Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Alexandra Road Estate

Architecture Against the Odds looks at difficult sites in a new exhibition at RIBA

Storm Park

Out of rubble: archigrest and topoScape reimagine Warsaw’s Uprising Mound as a living park and monument

Dansk Arkitektur Center The Water is Coming

A new exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center puts on show a bold response to rising waters

Kadre Architects

LA practice Kadre Architects uses design as a street-level tool for social change

Piero Lissoni: Environments book by Rizzoli

A new book by Stefano Casciani offers an insight into Piero Lissoni’s work

Architecture Icon: The Paimio Sanatorium and its humanistic approach to modernism

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

Architecture Icon: Alvar and Aino Aalto’s house in Helsinki bears all the hallmarks of their approach to design


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

Audo Copenhagen

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

RIMOWA collaborates with Ptolemy Mann for its latest limited-edition release

Ganni campaign

Play by the book: GANNI’s blueprint for responsible fashion

Meet Slow – the family business championing a conscious approach to soft furnishings

Jean Jullien artist painting

How Jean Jullien is bringing smiles to audiences around the world with his Paper People

Harriet Allure Ama candle white on red background

Harriet Allure uses scent to invoke a sense of nostalgia and connection to heritage

Meet Milla Novo: The textile artist bridging the gap between technology and heritage crafts

Design Icon: Alvar Aalto’s Armchair 400


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

Audo Copenhagen

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

RIMOWA collaborates with Ptolemy Mann for its latest limited-edition release

Ganni campaign

Play by the book: GANNI’s blueprint for responsible fashion

Meet Slow – the family business championing a conscious approach to soft furnishings

Snohetta

Snøhetta’s Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Jean Jullien artist painting

How Jean Jullien is bringing smiles to audiences around the world with his Paper People

Harriet Allure Ama candle white on red background

Harriet Allure uses scent to invoke a sense of nostalgia and connection to heritage

Exports on the rise: Portuguese furniture in the spotlight at BDNY – Boutique Design 2024