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Spring sofa by Patricia Urquiola

Paper planes armchair by Nipa Doshi Jonathan Levien

Capitello by Rajiv Saini

Carpet reloaded for Moroso

Shanghai Tip table by Patricia Urquiola p h o t o A l e s s a n d r o P a d e r n i / a d D e s i g n w o r k Cover image: OMA

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Leader Scene iary private view rethink FIVE Most Wanted Icon of the Month

FRONT The first 100 issues Towers go up, towers come down Events to see this month Artist James Casebere sets a model town on fire The happy world of Haribo gets a design overhaul Amanda Levete shares her favourite things A fond flick through Icon’s back issues

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NEW Blanch & Shock’s exploding birthday cake for Icon, phase two of the High Line in New York, tactile cookware for the blind, Toyo Ito’s architecture museum in Japan, factory products with crucial flaws, Libby Sellers on the curator-designer relationship, an arresting olive oil factory, Pedro Gadanho’s colourful interventions in a Portuguese house, resin cube furniture by Studio Nucleo, a school covered in artificial grass, and greeting cards from eight years of Icon cover stars

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FEATURES A day inside Rem Koolhaas’ high-octane engine room Fifteen young designers prepare to take on the world Will the 2012 site ever behave like a city? Design’s practical Heath Robinson The artist who wrapped the Reichstag talks about his grand plan for the Arkansas River Furniture design inspired by nature’s dark side Crumbling picture palaces REVIEW How Kenneth Grange designed an age, the end of pop music, communication breakdown at MoMA and a voyeuristic tour of Bruno Mathsson’s houses

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PRODUCTS Selected products including lighting, furniture and flooring

DIRECTORY A noticeboard for design, retail and services BACK PAGE John Lautner’s Levy House

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