From golden syrup to golden shoes, this week’s Design Line ponders how the language of design is being co-opted for political messages, as well as including stories about material tracing, manufactured outrage and un-radical retrofitting.

We all know the world is a complex place and this week’s Design Line sees everyone, from governments and funding bodies to art collectives and AI, grappling with how to navigate this complexity – some, we feel, are doing a far better job than others.

From how we design for digital spaces to how we classify “emerging designers”, this week’s Design Line looks at some conundrums and questions the industry is engaged with.

Ronan Bouroullec translates his artworks into fashion design, Hella Jongerius’s archive is collected by the Vitra Design Museum, and FEMA redesigns its disaster relief processes – it’s this week’s Design Line.

This week on Design Line we get lost in a maze of transparent TVs; luxury paint spattered shoes; ugly lawns; charges of plagiarism and a proposal for charging infrastructure created from existing street furniture.

It’s the first week of the new year, which means the return of ‘Design Line’, Disegno’s weekly digest of the best design stories from around the world.

This week, Design Line includes a call for biodiversity in emojis, designs for healthy homes from Ikea and harmful products from Amazon. Also featured is a spat about app monopolies, a collection of possible futures from MU Hybrid Art House and some much needed festive cheer.

From gift giving to prize receiving, from competitions call outs to penning letters on government action on AI, this week’s Design Line is full of activity, activism and announcements.

Petulant politicians, quiet architects, a WALL-E lookalike and an architect changing social values one bra at a time – this weeks Design Line is full of all kinds of characters. Read on to meet them.

A week of AI flare-ups, 3D-printed wool and an inflating/deflating sphere. Welcome to the Design Line.

Tosin Oshinowo’s Adidas store, Climmavore’s first conference, new Design Researchers in Residence, and more. It’s this week’s Design Line.

This week’s Design Line brings an assessment of Skateboard at the Design Museum; a conference at Aalvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanatorium; the Design Council’s Design for Planet programme; and RIBA announced the winner of the 2023 Stirling Prize.

Tableware from Räthel & Wolf, the legacy of Andrea Branzi, and the design world’s reaction to Australia’s Indigenous Voice referendum: it’s this week’s Design Line.

Sabine Marcelis’ take on the lava lamp, Max Lamb’s cardboard furniture, and Aqui Thami’s triumph in the Hublot Design Prize all come under the spotlight in this week’s edition of Design Line.

Mass timber, planning scandals, Raspberry Pis and abandoned Lego bricks – it’s this week’s Design Line!

Sarah Burton is set to leave Alexander McQueen, disposable vapes come under fire, and the 2023 London Design Medals are announced: it’s this week’s Design Line.

This week on Design Line, a secret city-building project surfaces in California,the Stirling Prize shortlist is released, and a crumbling concrete crisis hits.

Tremaine Emory quits Supreme, Space 10 closes down, and iFixit takes on the always-broken McFlurry machine in this week’s Design Line.