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Brown Office’s Ward 2045 CO2e Monitor is a speculative device installation that monitors and visualises carbon emissions from hospital wards.
Our first guest of 2026 is Pentagram’s Jon Marshall, who discusses the pleasures of seemingly intractable design problems.
In Disegno #39, Rupal Rathore visits Studio Saar’s gaushala in Rajasthan, which was designed to house a native breed of cow.
The Crit’s 2025 holiday episode is here, with Charlene Prempeh of A Vibe Called Tech reviewing not only her own career, but also festive season!
Emilie Palle Holm uses origami folds to create textiles that morph into different forms, colours and textures.
Spandana Gopal, founder of Tiipoi, visits the studio for a conversation about the representation of Indian design and craft to global audiences.
Rio Kobayashi mixes new and repurposed materials to create furniture that is both humorous and ceremonial.
Michael Anastassiades’s new chair for Fritz Hansen pays homage to the ancient Greek Klismos chair, and all of the 20th-century Danish designers who were inspired by its form.
Designer Dan Hu explains the ethos behind Even Realities’ G2 smart glasses, and how the typology connects to traditional spectacles.
Baguette Studio demystify industrial processes by making wax lamps using rotational moulding, a technique typically employed in plastics production, in front of their customers’ eyes.
Ab Rogers, exhibition designer for Wes Anderson: The Archives, joins The Crit for a discussion about design, healthcare, colour and welcoming children into architectural discourse.
Disegno is looking for contributions to our 41st issue, released during Milan Design Week in April 2026, which will be themed around ideas of “Experimentation” in design.
Frank Rettenbacher explores Thonet’s tubular steel programme for the creation of the S 243, a chair that replaces the cantilevers of the 20th-century with four legs.
In Disegno #38, dance music historian Frank Broughton listens to sound designer Yuri Suzuki’s AI-generated sonic architecture.
Sebastian Bergne’s Iota collection subtracts as much material as possible from the classic design of doorknobs, lever handles and cupboard pulls.
Material researcher and designer Ori Orisun Merhave joins The Crit to discuss bio-inclusive design, and the joys of making objects with insects.
Marc Sadler’s latest collection with luxury flooring company Listone Giordano was inspired by 19th century wooden pavements, and industrialises a technique that fell out of favour due to industrialisation.
The Doshi Retreat is a new space for contemplation on the Vitra Campus and a memorial for its architect, Balkrishna Doshi, who passed away shortly after completing the building’s design.
Sophie Smallhorn applies colour as volume, in a chromatic table whose design is shaped by material efficiency.
Artist Diane Simpson’s exhibition Formal Wear brings together over four decades of sculptures inspired by the forms of fashion, furniture and architecture.
Artist and designer Samuel Ross joins The Crit to discuss pushing materiality forwards within luxury design, the challenges of working as an innovator within internal teams, and creating designs that speak to a particular generation of British culture.
Max Lamb’s Exercises in Seating 3 brings together chairs Lamb has made over the last 10 years, many of which respond directly to the site their materials were extracted from.
Jawad Elhusuni’s Postcolonial Reclamations exhibition brings together proposals from local architects and architecture students which reconstruct Benghazi’s urban landscape while engaging with its colonial history.
Studio Vit introduces organic profusion to strict geometry in a body of work that explores the interconnectedness of all things.
The Barbican’s Dirty Looks exhibition interrogates how dirt has been used in fashion as both a symbol of rebellion and a rumination on the inevitability of decay.
Fresh from releasing his new book Could, Should, Might, Don’t, futures designer Nick Foster attends his Crit to discuss the limitations in our thinking about what is coming next.
Livia Lauber’s catalogue of design goes on display at Tenderbooks, illuminated by new, print-inspired lighting.
Yinka Ilori creates a new entry point to Milton Keynes, on an installation that argues for the affective and social power of colour and pattern.
Tessa Silva’s Smock collection pays homage to historically gendered labour practices by using hand-pleated fabric and techniques and materials typically found in kitchens.