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WEBArchitecture 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 ...
Adrian Smith: the world’s tallest buildings - ICON Magazine
WEBMar 21, 2013 — Adrian Smith made his name as a creator of giants: he is the architect responsible for several of the tallest buildings in the world, including Dubai’s 828m Burj Khalifa, and is designing several more. So, what do you do next if …
One World Trade Center: A fortress enveloped in glass
WEBMar 23, 2020 — The concept for One World Trade Center underwent several revisions. After a controversial redesign by Childs, the design was further revised in 2005 when the New York Police Department expressed concerns over the safety of the glass lobby. Their initila suggestion featured a protective concrete wall, that was criticised for looking too military.
10 graphic designers around the world you should follow
WEBJun 13, 2023 — 10. Quentin Swenke. Swenke (he/him) is a visual artist based in New York City and founder of Futura Free. He describes his visual style as a ‘convergence of ethereal dreamscapes and experimentation with colour and typeface’. Follow Futura Free on Instagram. Tagged as Graphic design. We hand-picked …
A brief history of Comic Sans - ICON Magazine
WEBMar 6, 2020 — It felt casual and wasn’t easily associated with anything like newspaper fonts. Users gravitated towards its informal look. Comic Sans is one of the fonts favoured for use with people with dyslexia because of its wide letter-spacing and legibility. So love it or hate it, Comic Sans is here to stay. Often the butt of type-geek jokes, it is ...
Peter Märkli: An interview with the Zurich-based architect
WEBOct 10, 2008 — Peter Märkli gives Icon a lesson in the mathematics and grammar of architecture. “We don’t use numbers like 1, 3, 5, 7,” says Swiss architect Peter Märkli. “We prefer 2, 4, 8, 16 and things like that.”. Smelling faintly of cigarettes and sweeping his silvery fringe away from his face, he speaks slowly and carefully of the beauty of ...
The photo finish - ICON Magazine
WEBDesign. 28.10.14. Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the Beijing 2008 Olympic men’s 100m final. First used to expose corruption in horse racing, the eerie photographs taken by finish-line cameras have become the defining images of the world’s most dramatic races. Usain Bolt left his competitors trailing at the 100m sprint final of the ...
CCTV - ICON Magazine
WEBMay 26, 2009 — CCTV's headquarters in Beijing has been the spectral logo for a brave new architecture for some years, but even with its facade complete, OMA's iconic building has become no easier to fathom.
The concrete collective: A guide to Brutalism in London
WEBMar 11, 2020 — The post-war architectural style, characterised by block-like forms usually cast in raw concrete or brick, defined an era of architecture in Britain. Intended to provide solutions to the city’s housing problem, the Brutalist movement was strongly guided by socialist ideology. Its buildings focus on communal areas, and seek to provide equal ...
Valerio Olgiati - ICON Magazine
WEBAug 14, 2009 — "This is not minimalism," declares Valerio Olgiati with a defiant stare, describing two white concrete cubes punctured with symmetrical windows.