Stories
A Cartographical Statement
Onne is an interactive map which details the environmental and sociopolitical forces shaping the Swedish portion of Sápmi, an Arctic territory that is home to the Sámi people.
Gilding the Lily
Marcin Rusak’s studio on the outskirts of Warsaw explores the preservation and decay of plants using natural and synthetic resin, bioplastics, metalising and more.
The Tower and the Landscape
Pearce+’s wildlife infrastructure tower proposes a model of hyper-local design and construction.
The Crit #43: Alexandra Gerber
Alexandra Gerber visits the studio for a discussion about gendered objects, spontaneous design solutions and the allure of biomaterials.
LDF 2026 Round Up
Disegno’s London Design Festival 2026 round up includes spinning maquettes, lilac orbs, a storytelling forest, a fictional flat, a surreal parlour, and much more.
Evolving Craft
The second edition of the Craft x Tech initiative explores Japan’s Tokai region, and places its culture of craft into fresh relationships with contemporary designers.
Disegno #42
Disegno #42 explores transformation within design, examining themes of transition, adaptation and renewal.
A Welcome Limitation
A roundtable with the team behind Design Everything for their new exhibition at Aram: a fictional flat filled with objects created through the limitations on new designers’ work.
A Canvas for Life
Chybík + Krištof’s Jihlava Municipal Arena is a new multifunctional public space in Czechia that is designed to serve the local community as much as possible.
The Crit #42: Adam Nathaniel Furman
Adam Nathaniel Furman, an artist and designer, joins the show to discuss the history of colour in architecture and the challenges of viral design.
Craft and Spectacle
Es Devlin’s art direction for the fourth edition of the Homo Faber biennale explores the potential for stagecraft and physical proximity to shape appreciation of craft.
Paper Heirlooms
Tanaka Eyewear’s new glasses are made from compressed paper composite, and embrace impermanence by allowing the material to develop a patina and using gold to repair dents or chips.
Sketches of Utopia From Hell
In Disegno #38, Darran Anderson travels to architect Erich Mendelsohn’s first building in Poland and reflects on desecrated gravesites around the world.
Bamboozling Lamp
Nosou’s new lamp 0º was designed and produced in rural Japan to support craftsmanship and manufacturing outside of the country’s urban centres.
Surviving What?
In Disegno #39, Disegno’s editor-in-chief Oli Stratford tours Mudac’s preppers exhibition and contemplates the movement’s critique of consumerism.
Social By Design
Textile designer Leo Germanangue has created Designrs, a new app which connects a city’s creators, that combines his maximalist aesthetic with his desire to minimise screen time.
The Crit #41: Jon Ardern
Jon Ardern, cofounder of design and experiential futures company Superflux, joins the Crit to discuss the emphasis on materiality, emotion, and sensory feedback in the studio’s work.