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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.
Furnitureheads
As Vitra releases just 150 of Jean Prouvé’s Fauteuil Kangourou chair in a streetwear-style drop, Elizabeth Glickfeld charts how furniture design caught FOMO.
Milan Diaries 2023: Day Four
Loewe’s dramatic chair makeovers, a lottery giveaway from Paola Navone, and furniture for musical instruments all feature in Disegno’s highlights from our fourth day at Milan Design Week.
Milan Diaries 2023: Day Three
Day three of Disegno’s time in Milan takes in Knoll, Ikea, Droog, and a new material library
Milan Diaries 2023: Day Two
Disegno’s second day at Milan Design Week 2023 takes in Prepper’s Pantry, a new home for Bocci, The Thinking Piece, and Elevator Radio x DAE.
Milan Diaries 2023: Day One
The Disegno team has arrived in Milan for the city’s annual design week, with highlights from the first day including installations from Google, Robert Stadler and ECAL.
The Spectre of Milan
First published in Disegno #10 to mark Milan Design Week, Hella Jongerius, Paola Antonelli, Patricia Urquiola the late Alessandro Mendini – and many more – share their oral histories of the city.
Disegno at Milan Design Week 2023
A complete list of Disegno’s talks, launches and publications for this year’s Milan Design Week, including the arrival of Disegno #35.
Du français au russe en français
Jasper Morrison’s Raami project for Finnish design brand Iittala prompts consideration of the history of informal dining and convivial tableware.
A Brick is Born
From Disegno #23, an interview with Hella Jongerius’ on her year of looms and weaving for her project Interlace, textile research.
A Radical Reduction
Swedish design studio Form Us With Love has developed a powder-to-liquid soap to cut down on plastic waste.
Gesamtkunsthandwerk in Coromandel
A summer of collaboration between designers, potters and artists at Driving Creek Railway and Potteries on New Zealand’s Coromandel peninsula.
Queer Refusal
Queer voices in design and urbanism explore architecture as a site of disobedience in a roundtable to mark the publication of Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQIA+ Places and Stories.
A Neotenic State of Mind
From Disegno #22, Justin Donnelly unpacks the science behind super-cute furniture that makes your subconscious squee.
Learning from Failure
Designer Ineke Hans shares what she learnt from the second life of her recycled plastic chair Rex in Learning from Failure.
Better Sensation
Johanna Agerman Ross travels to Burgundy to interview designer Erwan Bouroullec at La Grange, the rural retreat that’s transforming his practice.
To Be Clear
Phone (1) by tech startup Nothing is a transparent smartphone that’s a direct response to the industry’s obsession with black box design and programmed obsolescence.
Embrace the Weird
Sophie Tolhurst reviews Weird Sensation Feels Good, and asks what gets sanitised when an internet phenomena is embraced by traditional design institutions.