In a time of radical change and challenges, design innovations are emerging that could have long-term, positive impacts for the planet and humanity alike. ICON’s Autumn 2020 issue brings together an array of these inspiring designers and architects reshaping our world for the better.
Innovative designer Sir Terence Conran and his groundbreaking Habitat stores were as much a part of the swinging 60s as mini-skirts, The Beatles and Mary Quant.
Later, he brought the same flair to restaurants and architecture, driven by what seemed to be an inexhaustible store of energy.
Sale Total: $3,581,438 / £ 2,763,796 / € 3,052,818
Christie’s Italy is nearing the end its first-ever online-only sale, Nilufar [100] Design Selections.
Phillips’ Live Auctions Resume in London with
Rare Works of Design.
2020 has unveiled the vulnerability of our social interactions in cities.
The new coronavirus has spread rapidly in cities around the globe. How might the virus make us think differently about urban design in the future?
The pandemic has turned the world outside our doorsteps into a newly formed wilderness. Public spaces are now areas to be ventured into sparingly, except by essential workers, so for most of us our worlds have shrunk to the size of our homes.
Nomad St Moritz 2020 opens its doors today, returning to the prestigious Chesa Planta mansion in the heart of the Swiss Alps. Attendance is by invitation only (application to register on the website) which makes Nomad an exclusive and intimate design fair experience in contrast to the increasing scale of many other global fairs.
PAD stands for Pavillion des Arts et du Design, for twenty years or so staring in Paris in the Tuileries gardens at the footsteps of the Louvre. A very French affair with design connecting with and elevating itself to the position of high art destined for the connoisseurial french market.
This month, Phillips will host its first ever online-only design auction - a sale dedicated to works from the Quico Collection of Harajuku, Tokyo, which is mostly comprised of Nordic and Scandinavian Design.
The 2019 Chicago architectural biennial which is spread over roughly 40 venues, aims to serve as a hub for different and great ideas. Unlike previous iterations there is no single focus driving the event. Rather, there are 4 distinct themes behind the exhibition, “no land beyond”, “appearances and erasures”, “rights and reclamation” and “common ground”.
To celebrate the anniversary of the Bauhaus, where Mies van der Rohe was the director from 1930 until the closing of the school in 1933, Knoll are presenting a limited edition version of his iconic Barcelona Chair.
As a rising figure of the modernist movement, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was selected to design the Weimar Republic's Pavillion for the Barcelona Industrial Exposition of 1929.
Design Miami this year was a mature fair. The benchmark in international collectible design fairs with all the “usual” mid-century design names and collectible galleries present except a few noticeable absentees; R &Company, Gallery Fumi and David Gill. The latter have been absent from the fair for several editions now and we all wonder why this absence?
French Craft Collective, a one-day program featuring a selection of emerging and established talent in the French craft and design sectors, was held yesterday at the Institut Français in London.
DeTnk is pleased to announce the publication of the 2018 DeTnk Collectible Design Market Report.
The DeTnk Collectible Design Market Report is a holistic analysis of the emerging collectible design market. The report focuses on the past nine years of sales from 5 of the largest auction houses including: Christie’s New York, Paris, and London; Sotheby’s New York, Paris, and London; Phillips New York and London; Dorotheum and Wright.
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