News highlights

From golden syrup to golden shoes, this week’s Design Line ponders how the language of design is being co-opted for political messages, as well as including stories about material tracing, manufactured outrage and un-radical retrofitting.

We all know the world is a complex place and this week’s Design Line sees everyone, from governments and funding bodies to art collectives and AI, grappling with how to navigate this complexity – some, we feel, are doing a far better job than others.

From how we design for digital spaces to how we classify “emerging designers”, this week’s Design Line looks at some conundrums and questions the industry is engaged with.

Ronan Bouroullec translates his artworks into fashion design, Hella Jongerius’s archive is collected by the Vitra Design Museum, and FEMA redesigns its disaster relief processes – it’s this week’s Design Line.

This week on Design Line we get lost in a maze of transparent TVs; luxury paint spattered shoes; ugly lawns; charges of plagiarism and a proposal for charging infrastructure created from existing street furniture.

It’s the first week of the new year, which means the return of ‘Design Line’, Disegno’s weekly digest of the best design stories from around the world.

This week, Design Line includes a call for biodiversity in emojis, designs for healthy homes from Ikea and harmful products from Amazon. Also featured is a spat about app monopolies, a collection of possible futures from MU Hybrid Art House and some much needed festive cheer.

From gift giving to prize receiving, from competitions call outs to penning letters on government action on AI, this week’s Design Line is full of activity, activism and announcements.

Petulant politicians, quiet architects, a WALL-E lookalike and an architect changing social values one bra at a time – this weeks Design Line is full of all kinds of characters. Read on to meet them.

A week of AI flare-ups, 3D-printed wool and an inflating/deflating sphere. Welcome to the Design Line.

Tosin Oshinowo’s Adidas store, Climmavore’s first conference, new Design Researchers in Residence, and more. It’s this week’s Design Line.

This week’s Design Line brings an assessment of Skateboard at the Design Museum; a conference at Aalvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanatorium; the Design Council’s Design for Planet programme; and RIBA announced the winner of the 2023 Stirling Prize.

Tableware from Räthel & Wolf, the legacy of Andrea Branzi, and the design world’s reaction to Australia’s Indigenous Voice referendum: it’s this week’s Design Line.

Sabine Marcelis’ take on the lava lamp, Max Lamb’s cardboard furniture, and Aqui Thami’s triumph in the Hublot Design Prize all come under the spotlight in this week’s edition of Design Line.

Mass timber, planning scandals, Raspberry Pis and abandoned Lego bricks – it’s this week’s Design Line!

Disegno is delighted to announce the launch of a new three-part podcast series, Re-routing the City. The podcast navigates the complexity of moving through contemporary cities and has been produced in partnership with Applied, a spatial experience design practice.

Sarah Burton is set to leave Alexander McQueen, disposable vapes come under fire, and the 2023 London Design Medals are announced: it’s this week’s Design Line.

This week on Design Line, a secret city-building project surfaces in California,the Stirling Prize shortlist is released, and a crumbling concrete crisis hits.

Tremaine Emory quits Supreme, Space 10 closes down, and iFixit takes on the always-broken McFlurry machine in this week’s Design Line.

The hosts dive into a trio of reports on designing more sustainable cities and touring exhibitions in this episode of The Crit, which features an exclusive interview with Olivier Lacrouts of Studio d-o-t-s.

Spaceships, driverless cars and wind-powered cargo ships – transport abounds in this week’s edition of Design Line.

This week’s Design Line reports on a new tool from Arup that models Urban Heat Islands, the first period product tests to use actual blood, and England’s attempt to outlaw unisex public toilets.

A guide to more sustainable touring exhibitions from Urge Collective, legal trouble over the Tetris movie, and Tesla’s cardboard cat bed all feature on this week’s Design Line.

MIT’s design for a wearable ultrasound, a Roblox-enabled app for The Met, and Walthamstow FC’s William Morris kit all feature in this week’s Design Line.

Mathieu Lahanneur unveils the design for the next Olympic torch, BIG and ICON complete their first 3D-printed house, Twitter rebrands to X in this week’s Design Line.

The 30th episode of The Crit features an interview with Timorous Beasties, alongside discussions of the allegations against David Adjaye, Meta’s Twitter challenger Threads, and the tumultuous opening of the Young V&A.

A deepfake advert for the Women’s World Cup goes viral, Sebastian Cox creates a timber-lined Aesop shop, and e-bike makers VanMoof declares bankruptcy in the latest edition of Design Line.

This week’s Design Line brings both joy and sorrow, as Ronan Bouroullec reveals his ecclesiastical furniture for the Chapel of Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts, while Forensis shares its investigation of the tragic Pylos shipwreck.

Serious allegations against architect David Adjaye, Meta’s design for a Twitter competitor, and a row over the Young V&A censoring LGBTQ+ displays in this week’s Design Line.

This episode of The Crit features an interview with Ilona Gaynor, along with a discussion of AR goggles, AI sofas, and an upcoming exhibition about emails.