Icon is the essential international architecture and design magazine. Every month Icon interviews the most exciting architects and designers and brings you the best in new buildings and design. Icon analyses the most interesting cultural movements and technologies and reviews a range of exhibitions, books, films and events. Beautifully presented, rigorous and insightful, Icon goes in depth to get under the skin of design culture. It explores exactly what's happening today, and what it means for the future. For the global picture, read Icon

Latest Issue

Performance over function: in this issue design has transcended the object and turned us into spectators. Edwin Heathcote looks at how the worlds of stage design and architecture have converged and Katy Kelleher talks to female performance artists turning tattoo design into a form of spectacle. We also consider the performative role of the gallery in its shift away from the white cube. Plus: Mario Botta's wild new studio-zoo, Bjork's swan dress, Lina Bo Bardi's Teatro Oficina and an exclusive interview with ecological architect Ken Yeang.