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Trent Jansen joins The Crit to discuss his interest in design as a form of anthropology and social commentary, through collaborating with indigenous artists to make works exploring Australia’s history and culture.
Alicja Patanowska’s Plantation installation challenges perceptions of waste by growing hydroponic plants using abandoned drinks glasses and repurposed kitchen scraps.
Disegno’s talk series at the 2025 Stockholm Furniture Fair will bring together designers and architects such as Ini Archibong and Alison Brooks to explore how practitioners infuse their work with cross-cultural and multidisciplinary themes.
Katy Marks joins The Crit to discuss her interest in creating designs which are welcoming and inclusive, from theatres and museums to a one-cup asymmetrical bra for breast cancer survivors.
Jomo Tariku’s solo show aims to expand the design canon by displaying his furniture designs alongside the African artefacts which inspired them.
Map Project Office and Father explore sound, memory and ritual with a concept work that records and plays audio overlaid with the ringing of a bell.
Michael Marriott joins The Crit for our Christmas episode, discussing his interest in resourcefulness and moderation in design and reflecting on how to embrace the joy of festive season while steering clear of materialism.
In Disegno #37, Sheila Ngọc Phạm traces the history of written Vietnamese and explores the designers and type foundries working to make typefaces more inclusive.
Liang-Jung Chen explores flexible barriers and their role demarcating public space as part of the Emerging Designer Commission at the V&A.
Bisila Noha joins The Crit to discuss her career to date, reflecting on her experiences learning from pottery communities around the world and making work which honours the contributions of women of colour to art and crafts.
Textile artist Mair Cook reimagined USM’s Haller system as a soft lamp for breastfeeding at night for The Aram Gallery’s Adaptations exhibition.
Manufracture, Faye Toogood’s Guest of Honour Installation at the 2025 Stockholm Furniture Fair, sees the designer open up her personal archive as she grapples with the complexities of contemporary production.
Stefan Diez joins The Crit to discuss his career to date, reflecting on his interest in technically complex, circular designs that are both playful and elegant.
Disegno shares a series of highlights from our recent video game night, hosted in conjunction with Flokk, Iiyama and Posturite.
Tetsuo Mukai draws comparisons between dazzle camouflage and shipping containers.
Oscar Lhermitte explains why the London plane tree is so widely used in urban planning.
Seetal Solanki joins The Crit to discuss her career to date, reflecting on her interest in materials, site-specific design solutions, and making education more accessible and enjoyable.
Design studio BNAG and type foundry ABC Dinamo flirted across disciplinary boundaries to create metal brackets which add typographic elements to furniture.
In Disegno #37, Evi Hall brought together a roundtable of designers and biologists to reflect on the opportunities and challenges of these disciplines meeting in the realm of bio-tech.
Martino Gamper joins The Crit to coincide with Before, After and Beyond, his retrospective at 11 Mansfield Street.
Curated by Martino Gamper and Sarah Douglas
For our spring 2025 edition, Disegno is commissioning a series of essays that focus on the theme of survival in design.
The State of Fashion 2024 biennale in the Netherlands used a decentralised curatorial structure to showcase work from the Global South that addresses the ongoing effects of colonialism and overconsumption on the fashion industry.
Disegno invites you to a gaming night and panel discussion to explore how the digital space of video game could influence other design fields
Feria Hábitat Valencia’s 2024 fair featured emerging designers and established brands trying their hand at reinvention.
Nobel Prize winner Han Kang's novel The White Book reflects on the history of the colour white across art, architecture and design.
Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska blends industrial silhouettes with natural, curved forms in Flaner, her new outdoor furniture collection.
The second episode of The Crit is now live and sees designer Bethan Laura Wood look back on her own career.
Watch a recording of Muse, Speak!, a panel discussion hosted by Disegno and BLOND about the topic of inspiration in design.
Our Loundon Design Festival round up includes foraging food, making hooks, and much more.
Faye Toogood’s guest of honour installation at the January 2025 edition of Maison & Objet is a personal manifesto for embracing the emotional and sensual aspects of her work.