After years of planned obsolescence and criticism from the right-to-repair movement, Apple is going to offer at-home DIY repair kits for iPhones and Macbooks.

Honext is the sustainable building material that solves sludge problems for paper mills by turning waste into a recyclable MDF alternative.

Odd Matter’s Afterlife crate for Supernovas is a durable and multipurpose home accessory made from recycled plastic that offers an alternative to fast furniture.

From Disegno #29, an interview with solar designer Marjan van Aubel on her new sunshine-powered lamp Sunne and the dream of a solar democracy.

From Disegno #10, architecture writer Matthew Allen presses his nose up against the glass of the many windows of Grace Farms, the mysterious utopian community centre designed by Sanaa in Connecticut.

From Disegno #11, dancer Adrien Dantou gets comfortable in Hieronymous, designer Konstantin Grcic’s series of experimental seating structures.

Naoto Fukasawa’s Za stool imports the designer’s notion of the Super Normal into Emeco’s collection of aluminium seating.

Lex Pott tells the tale of how his twisting, looping candles took off during lockdown, and the challenges behind manufacturing the perfect kink.

The University of Cambridge has announced a new undergraduate course in design, promising to “merge arts and science to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges”.

From Disegno #15, Jeannette Petrik and Jonas Holthaus visit a workshop run by Jerszy Seymour for Cucula, a design programme set up to help refugees in Berlin.

From Disegno #29, Mimi Zeiger meets the architects and residents of Chandler Boulevard Bridge Home Village, a tiny homes project offering shelter to people experiencing homelessness in LA.

Beware the chair in Sitting might just be what kills you, a new short film by Alexandre Humbert that explores the design language of 1,000 coronavirus warning signs.

Yinka Ilori’s Lego launderette evokes memories of childhood, and the sensations of fun and possibility that emerge from the mundane.

From Disegno #23, Joe Lloyd considers the riddle of conservation with Hill House, a Charles Rennie Mackintosh building sheltering from the Scottish rain beneath Carmody Groake’s mesh cloak.

Designer Ineke Hans has teamed up with furniture newcomer Circuform to relaunch her injection-moulded REX chair as a closed loop product made from recycled plastic.

From Disegno #14, Crystal Bennes explores Rail Baltica – a proposed train network which intends to connect the three Baltic countries and better integrate them into the EU.

The Crit explores Expo 2020; The Simpsons’s collaboration with Balenciaga; a new set of Eames trainers; and an extended interview with MoMu’s Kaat Debo.

From Disegno #21, the journal delves into the issue of national design identity, prompted by the multi-year, multi-designer renovation of Sweden’s Nationalmuseum.