Stories
Whose Future?
As major institutions put on exhibitions curating utopian visions for the future, Zara Arshad enquires as to whether they have grappled fully with their colonial pasts.
All Together Now
Members of All in Awe, the co-operative non-profit studio founded by Eva Feldkamp, gather for a roundtable discussion on the importance of altruism in design.
Fictitious Narratives
What will the Anthropocene leave behind? From Disegno 33, Lara Chapman unearths the fossils of the future.
A History of Swiss Aluminium
The making of sand-cast aluminium chairs, designed by Moritz Schmid and Ville Kokkonen, using 3D-printed moulds by a family-run foundry in Switzerland.
Beta Testing
Brian Hioe walks the unfinished corridors of the much-delayed Taipei Performing Arts Center, an OMA-designed building mired in local political controversy.
The Texture of Colour
Sabine Marcelis rearranges the rainbow for furniture in the Colour Rush! exhibition at the Vitra Schaudepot, captured here by Laurence Kubski.
Radio Resurrection
Industrial Facility takes Pure back to its roots with the Evoke Play, a minimalist radio for the streaming era.
Everybody Come
Yinka Ilori takes Georgina Johnson of a tour of his new Sam Jacob-designed London studio and unpacks his colourful community-minded philosophy.
Disegno #33
Rejoice, for Disegno’s summer 2022 edition is here! Disegno #33 includes a political report from OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Centre; colourful curation with Sabine Marcelis; a journey into Yinka Ilori’s new home; and a study of who gets left out when design imagines the future.