Photographer Alastair Philip Wiper documents the rigorous testing processes at Worlds Best Condom Factory in Denmark.

For Seen on Screen, Sharon Lam breaks down how the googly eye motif became the emotional through-line of Everything Everywhere All At Once.

How some downtime watching Netflix provided the moment of inspiration for Julien Renault to design the Pastis chair and table for Hay.

Disegno reveals the secrets of Forward, Nike’s years-long confidential research project culminating in a new material made from plastic bottles.

Maison&Objet returns to Paris for 2023 with an enthusiastic message of caring for the environment and each other.

Eighteenth-century pottery meets knock-off Gucci in this column from Tetsuo Mukai mapping the history of designing and making fakes.

Grab your backpack and trail mix, Tom Chung has gone full gorpcore with Piton, a portable lamp inspired by outdoor adventure gear for Muuto.

A journey through the surprisingly prescient career of Front, the Swedish design studio selected as the Guest of Honour for the 2023 Stockholm Furniture Fair.

Andra Formen is a Swedish design collective turning e-scooter’s dumped in Malmö’s canals into cheekily branded objects.

Lauren Yoshiko is beguiled by HopStep, a cut crystal vessel that converts into a cannabis pipe designed by Aldo Bakker for J. Hill’s Standard.

From Autun to Foshun, Brendan Cormier traces a century of manufacturing Xavier Pauchard’s ubiquitous Tolix Chaise A.

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg lets her AI rhino loose in London’s Natural History Museum, prompting philosophical questions about extinction and complicity.

Four designers gather for a roundtable discussion on the importance and complexities of using the word “care” to think about design.

Seven prototypes for living through the climate crisis get taken for a test drive at Driving the Human’s festival in Berlin.

Evi Hall reflects on Cabine, Inga Sempé’s standing mirror for Ariake that’s produced on different continents for a more resilient supply chain.

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.

Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni makes subtle updates to Laufen’s Ilbagnoalessi bathroom set.

Brazilian designer Fernando Campana, one half of the Campana Brothers, has died at the age of 61.