The new Residence of the Swiss Ambassador in Algeria bucks the trend of imposing embassy architecture with a modest building designed for family life.

Hamed Ouattara salvages oil drums and invests in his community in Burkina Faso.

Oli Stratford explores designs for pets, and the negotiations involved in living alongside a non-human animal.

Designer Nitzan Cohen plots a revolution of the DIY kind.

Inga Sempé writes design fictions imagining the objects left behind when a man goes out and never returns for Disegno #37.