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Leftovers

Anouska Samms’s new collection, Leftovers, is inspired by housing insecurity and living in close quarters.

The Crit #14: Jay Osgerby

Jay Osgerby joins The Crit to discuss designing public projects that are symbolic, ephemeral and site specific.

Inside Wonderland

Irenie Studio renovates an abandoned Victorian townhouse, turning it into an exhibition space and a winter market before handing it over to new owners.

Touch Machine

Soraia Gomes Teixeira’s Touch Machine allows users to give and receive touch anonymously and investigate their relationship with physical contact.

The Crit #13: Andu Masebo

Andu Masebo joins The Crit to discuss designing objects that tell stories about their own creation.

Disegno #39

Disegno #39 considers the role of survival in design through short stories about adaptation, preservation and endurance.

Padrinos

Sergio Mondragón’s exhibition El Listón Café turns a gallery into a Mexican American living room to celebrate the creativity of his community and his family.

From the Ground Up

In Disegno #38, Christien Meindertsma and Dzek make Flaxwood, a form of linoleum which celebrates the material’s natural ingredients and proudly preserves scuffs and smells.

Input / Output

Disegno #39

from £18.00

Disegno #39 includes:

Gabriel Fontana’s non-hierarchical sports; a journey to reclaim a forgotten designer; dusting off ArkDes’s permanent collections; windows made into nebulae by Studio Brynjar & Veronika; cryonically preserved bodies with Murray Ballard; indigenous cows, sheltered by Studio Saar; a plan to revive the forest economy by Samy Rio; preppers and consumer culture at Mudac; design for childbirth; a reimagination of abandoned buildings from Limbo Accra; field notes examining a colonial chair; a chance to lock eyes with Studiomama’s iron face castings; a history of Senegal’s textile industry from Aissa Dione; and market trading with El Alto Aesthetics.

Disegno #39 is released on 7 April 2025.

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