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The Crit #5: Stefan Diez
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.
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Disegno shares a series of highlights from our recent video game night, hosted in conjunction with Flokk, Iiyama and Posturite.
Dazzle Camouflage Rhymes with Shipping Containers
Tetsuo Mukai draws comparisons between dazzle camouflage and shipping containers.
No Randomness: The London plane tree
Oscar Lhermitte explains why the London plane tree is so widely used in urban planning.
The Crit #4: Seetal Solanki
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.
Just My Type
Design studio BNAG and type foundry ABC Dinamo flirted across disciplinary boundaries to create metal brackets which add typographic elements to furniture.
At All Scales
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.
The Crit #3: Martino Gamper
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
Open Call: Survival
For our spring 2025 edition, Disegno is commissioning a series of essays that focus on the theme of survival in design.
Ties that Bind
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.
Event Invitation: Are We Having Fun Yet?
Disegno invites you to a gaming night and panel discussion to explore how the digital space of video game could influence other design fields
A Second Life
Feria Hábitat Valencia’s 2024 fair featured emerging designers and established brands trying their hand at reinvention.
The White Book
Nobel Prize winner Han Kang's novel The White Book reflects on the history of the colour white across art, architecture and design.
Sketching Objects
Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska blends industrial silhouettes with natural, curved forms in Flaner, her new outdoor furniture collection.
The Crit #2: Bethan Laura Wood
The second episode of The Crit is now live and sees designer Bethan Laura Wood look back on her own career.
Film: Muse, Speak! Inspiration in design
Watch a recording of Muse, Speak!, a panel discussion hosted by Disegno and BLOND about the topic of inspiration in design.
LDF 2024 Round Up
Our Loundon Design Festival round up includes foraging food, making hooks, and much more.
Introducing: The Crit
Disegno is proud to announce the launch of The Crit: Designers Review Themselves, a new fortnightly podcast in which designers look back on the highlights and lowlights of their careers. The first episode, with Yinka Ilori, is now available to download.