Stories
Folded Form
Pauline Loctin creates a floating, folded paper installation for Uncommon Holborn.
The Eternal Return
Homo Faber's 2024 festival in Venice traces the journey of life and death and explores the humanity and immortality of craft.
Event Invitation: Muse, Speak! Inspiration in design
Disegno and BLOND invite you to a panel discussion disentangling inspiration in the design process, as well as the launch of a new issue of the Journal of Design.
A Non-Light Light
Bocci's theatrical glowing orb breaks the conventions of portable design.
Soft Power Architecture
The new Residence of the Swiss Ambassador in Algeria bucks the trend of imposing embassy architecture with a modest building designed for family life.
Tangible Action
Hamed Ouattara salvages oil drums and invests in his community in Burkina Faso.
Fringe Benefits
Sarah Brunnhuber creates zero-waste garments with unexpected fringe details that illustrate her production process.
Für Edward
Oli Stratford explores designs for pets, and the negotiations involved in living alongside a non-human animal.
A Foldable Canvas
Studio Unosinotra’s customisable stool is a riff on Filippino street furniture.
Holding a Dinner Party
A stone drain in Marseille inspires Mitre and Mondays’ trough-like, acid yellow serving platter
Staying Power
British indie rock band Glass Animals released a song which would enjoy cultural staying power, just like the Sony Cube TV which shows up in its music video.
Doll Parts
The Design Museum’s Barbie exhibition takes visitors on a nostalgic journey through 65 years of mainstream taste in beauty, fashion, architecture and interiors.
From Image to Object
Miranda Clow tells the story of how Jasper Morrison’s tin barbecue emerged as the solution to the mystery of a ceramic original.
Stories of Use
Inga Sempé writes design fictions imagining the objects left behind when a man goes out and never returns for Disegno #37.
Practical Symbolism
Marina Tabassum’s Khudi Bari relief housing designed for the Ganges Delta finds itself transported to Vitra’s alpine campus.
Material Connection
At Southern Sweden Design Days Malmö’s designers interpreted the theme of ‘care’ by tending to themselves, their spaces, and their materials.