After partnering with Flamingo Estate in an immersive installation at Milan Design Week, ICON caught up with Kohler’s Vice President of Global Design to discuss rituals and the company’s sensorial ...

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Centred on a theme of ‘Contemporary Craft’, Cape Town Furniture Week returned for its fourth edition showcasing the depth of talent from across the region and its intersectionality of artisanal making ...

After reading about social housing architect Peter Barber on Icon 179, one reader felt compelled to write in. Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier might be symbols of ‘total planning’, but British ...

The Barbican Estate has topped the list of Britain’s ugliest building several times, yet the Brutalist complex is undoubtedly one of London’s most iconic structures Designed by British architects ...

Designed in the fifties, the Egg Chair is a design classic that has become one of the most recognisable and copied chairs of all time The original Egg was created by the Danish architect and designer ...

The Modulor Man is a recurring silhouette in Le Corbusier’s buildings and art. Will Wiles looks back at this phenomenal form In Le Corbusier’s buildings and art a recurrent silhouette appears: the ...

More often than not, when preparing to interview a significant cultural figure, one is sent a semi-apologetic email beforehand from a PR representative, asking that the questions be sent in advance ...

I know we don’t cover a huge amount of graphic design in ICON, but it’s not for lack of appreciation – graphic design shapes so much of how we visually experience the world and communicate. Time to ...

Perkins and Will Architects’ design for a structure at Vancouver’s botanical gardens was inspired by the shape of a British Columbian orchid The 22-hectare VanDusen botanical garden is home to more ...

At the heart of the D’Eynsford housing estate in Camberwell, south London, a vibrant patchwork of colourful geometric shapes has transformed a tired basketball court back into an energetic social hub.

The London-based social housing complex was design by architects Alison and Peter Smithson as a manifestation of their socialist theories. Completed in 1972, Robin Hood Gardens is a late example of ...