ICON Magazine

28 September 2021

ICON’s ‘Pleasure’ issue spans the depths and heights of delight in architecture and design: from playable streets to 1970s leisure centres, and from iconic nightclub The Haçienda to the evolution of sex tech. In the ICON interview, Riya Patel meets Jaime Hayon, the king of indulgent, playful and pleasurable designs. We also share our pick of the UK’s most exciting design graduates. Plus: Nicole McLaughlin’s joyful upcycling, the rise and fall of the yo-yo, Afaina de Jong’s spaces of inclusivity, Julia Bancilhon’s hedonistic wallpaper, Dakar’s modernist trade fairground, Assemble Play, mirrored architecture from AL_A and MVRDV, and much more.