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Rigorous Self-Referentiality

From Disegno #25, curator and writer Glenn Adamson gives his verdict on the 2019 revamp of the MoMA as the institution grapples with its past.

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Toast Returns

After a six-and-a-half-year hiatus, fashion brand Toast has restored menswear to its collection – its head of menswear explains why the time was right for a comeback.

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Ceaseless Porousness

Anicka Yi’s boundary-blurring bio-robots have opened to the public in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.

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Blue is the Warmest Colour

From Disegno #19, artist and designer Aboubakar Fofana on reviving the Malian tradition of natural indigo dyeing that was picked apart by colonialism and capitalism.

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Jamming the Stupid Machine

From Disegno #17, Hella Jongerius and Louise Schouwenberg discuss their manifesto-turned-exhibition and get angry at design’s wasteful pursuit of novelty.

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A Company Voyage

From Disegno #24, the wanderlust-filled founders of design studio Company and their secret Helsinki kiosk.

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Ciudad Rebelde

From Disegno #18, on the ground in El Alto, Bolivia’s fastest-growing city and capital of the New Andean style of Architecture.

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Design for a Rural Mexico

From Disegno #22, Mexican designer Fernando Laposse and a community of farmers collaborate to revive colourful heritage corn.

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The Power of the Poster

From Disegno #27, Zosia Swidlicka interviews Polish graphic designers who campaigned against homophobia during the 2020 election.

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The Driver

From Disegno #20, Oli Stratford’s history of the driver in the age of automation illustrated by portraits from Andrew Bush’s series 66 Drives.

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Catholic Taste

From Disegno #20, Peter Smisek’s exploration of the Vatican’s dialogues with non-believers through art, fashion and architecture.

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Enzo Mari was a Universe

From Disegno #28, a group of curators, designers and academics come together to remember the late, great Enzo Mari.

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