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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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