Disegno is looking for contributions to our 42nd issue, released during London Design Week in September 2026, which will be themed around ideas of “Transformation” in design.

Marte Mei van Haaster’s new collection, displayed at St Vincent’s gallery, presents a method of removing PFAS chemicals from the land and containing them within furniture.

Joseph Yang’s bricolage timber furniture, displayed at Seoul’s INSA Gallery, play with the construction logic of a traditional nong cabinet.

A new film shot at El Salón, Disegno’s installation for Clerkenwell Design Week in conjunction with Interiors from Spain, reveals the design process of its creator, Tomás Alonso.

London-based designer Tessa Silva joins the Crit to discuss understanding the possibilities and limitations of new materials.

What role can modularity play in combatting the fetishisation of newness within interior architecture? A new podcast, featuring String’s Bo Hellberg, Ab Rogers, Tola Ojuolape and Lisl du Toit from Universal Design Studio tackles the issue.

Yoshino Takayama’s kinetic machines, exhibited at Designtide Tokyo, reframe technological control through the vagaries of natural forces.

In Disegno #39, Marianna Janowicz investigates the link between comfort and survival in design for childbirth.

In Disegno #39, Studiomama create iron castings that advantage of the brain’s tendency to ascribe human-like qualities to the world around us.

Continuity, Edward Robinson’s exhibition with Jousse entreprise, explores an industrial designer’s approach towards furniture design.

Disegno is proud to announce El Salón, a Clerkenwell Design Week installation for Interiors from Spain, designed by Tomás Alonso.

In Disegno #39, Tiiu Meiner plays Multiform, a non-hierarchical sport designed by Gabriel Fontana that encourages collaboration.

Pigment Collective’s new imprint, Argent Comics, is bringing luxury bookmaking techniques to the world of comics.

Tetsuo Mukai, cofounder of London-based studio Study O Portable, joins The Crit to talk about making objects that interrogate our relationship with design.

Isac Lindberg designs an architectural dessert bowl for Palace, a storied restaurant in central Helsinki.

In Disegno #38, Fowota Mortoo and Alfred Quartey visit ANO’s new educational space in Ghana, which is inspired by indigenous knowledge systems that combine art, education and ecology.

Simone Brewster, a London-based designer, artist and educator, joins The Crit to talk about finding the wider purpose behind her design work.

In Disegno #39, Studio Brynjar & Veronika made pâte de verre windows using a glass technique that has been celebrated for its capacity to mimic natural stones.