Stories
Enter the Washing Machine
Sanjana Varghese swipes through TikTok to get under the hood of social media’s reigning interface design for Design Reviewed #1.
Patching the Machine
Felix Chabluk Smith considers getting his trousers taken up as part of a new French repair scheme for Design Reviewed #3.
Rising, Dancing, Twisting
Oli Stratford becomes lost in the relationship between lava lamps and respectability for Design Reviewed #3.
The Modern Milkman
Jonna Dagliden Hunt pours out domestic products with På(fyll), a container engineered to reduce plastic waste, for Design Reviewed #3.
The Attention of Passersby
Joe Lloyd corrals the miscellaneous thoughts behind Thomas Heatherwick’s Humanise crusade for Design Reviewed #3.
Stock Creep
Lara Chapman scrolls through an alternative stock photography website that aims to court designers for Design Reviewed #3.
The Corruptibility of Olive Oil
Lily Wakeley questions whether equipping AI to analyse olive oil leaves a bad taste in the mouth for Design Reviewed #3.
Good Road, Bad Road
For Design Reviewed #3, Evi Hall got on her bike to forge a new relationship with London’s streets with help from Beeline’s Velo 2.
To Speak Amongst Ourselves
Joshua Segun-Lean sifted through the influences behind Lagos Space Programme’s fashion collections for Design Reviewed #3.
Remnants of a Retreating Sea
For Design Reviewed #3, Michael Snyder reviews Tatiana Bilbao’s ruin-like aquarium in Mazatlán, Mexico.
Design Reviewed #3
Bearing gifts from Lagos Space Programme, Tatiana Bilbao, Form Us With Love and Thomas Heatherwick, the new issue of Design Reviewed is now available ahead of the holiday season.
Sugar/No-Sugar
For Design Reviewed #3, Oli Stratford dives into the world of soft drink branding and redesigns, and the rise of zero-sugar formulations.
No Fidget Spinners
For Design Reviewed #2 Adrienne Brown takes part in a Mobile Makers workshop and reflects on the radical potential of breaking down barriers to entry into design.
Beyond The Pursuit of El Dorado
Simón Ballen Botero returns to Medelin in search of a newly designed relationship with Colombia’s ecosystems for Design Reviewed #2.
Seeing Through the Hype
Natalie Kane took a good long look through a pair of NReal Air spectacles to examine the hype around AR and technology for Design Reviewed #2.
Death is in the Air
With Hollywood beset my movies about design, manufacture and marketing, Design Reviewed #2 invited Michael David Mitchell to review Air, the story of Nike’s breakthrough sneaker, and explore what lies beneath our 80s nostalgia.
Building Instructions
For Design Reviewed #2, Takt’s flat-pack furniture, designed to be perpetually repaired, is put to the test by a self-confessed fan of building manuals.
Waste Not, Want Not
For Design Reviewed #2, Nathan Ma meets with Hella Jongerius amongst the faded lustre of porcelain.