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Take A Chance

An interview with designer Paola Navone, who gave away hundreds of her personal possessions in a lottery installation called Take It Or Leave It.

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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.

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Traditional Futures

A rewilded crater where Japanese knotweed is being turned into paper, traditional mushroom hats, and firewood exhibition furniture feature at BIO27 in Ljubljana.

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Counterpoints

From Disegno #30, Peter Kapos reviews the Vitra Design Museum exhibition and book, German Design 1949-1989, and asks if romanticising the past poses a risk in the present.

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Relearning History

Disegno discovers the original pioneer of DIY and the secrets of the Soviet space race at Vitra’s exhibition Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 – Today.

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The Real Feel

Connected, an exhibition of new home offices by AHEC and the Design Museum, raises questions around the opportunities and challenges of designing over FaceTime.

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