Icon (architecture magazine)

{{Short description|British design and architecture magazine}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| title = ICON

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| image_file = Icon issue 216 Autumn-Winter 2024 cover.webp

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| image_caption = Cover of issue 216 (Autumn–Winter 2024)

| editor = Jessica-Christin Hametner

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| category = architecture, design

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| founder = Daren Newton

| founded = 2003

| firstdate = {{Start date|2003|04|1|df=y}}

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| company = Media 10

| country = United Kingdom

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| language = English

| website = {{URL|http://www.iconeye.com}}

| issn = 1479-9456

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ICON magazine is a British design and architecture magazine established in 2003{{cite news|title=Media 10 names New Editors of Icon and onoffice Magazines|url=http://www.media-ten.com/news/333-media-10-names-new-editors-of-icon-and-onoffice-magazines|accessdate=22 October 2016|work=Media 10}} by publishing director Daren Newton and founding editor Marcus Fairs, with Art Direction by Violetta Boxhill.https://www.dezeen.com/2022/07/14/marcus-fairs-obituary/ After he was fired, Fairs went on to found the online magazine Dezeen in 2006https://ondesignpodcast.com/episodes/2019/3/10/on-design-20-marcus-fairs

The title is owned by Media 10 LTD. The current editor is Jessica-Christin Hametner.

In 2020, the magazine changed from a monthly to a quarterly publication.

ICON is part of a wider Media 10 publication and event portfolio that includes OnOffice, Clerkenwell Design Week and Design London.

Awards

Awards won by the magazine include:{{cite web |url=http://global-lingo.com/clients/icon-magazine/ |title=icon Magazine |work=Global Lingo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716202005/http://global-lingo.com/clients/icon-magazine/ |archive-date=2014-07-16 |access-date=2018-10-17 }}

  • International Building Press awards: magazine of the year (twice), best architectural journalist and best critic
  • Magazine Design Awards: best designed business-to-business magazine, and best use of typography

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