Stories
The Design Line: 8-14 January, 2022
The Design Line is back, because chairs have been on television, NFTS have invaded a Fijian island, and doctors have genetically engineered a pig’s heart to make it fit for a man.
Relearning History
Disegno discovers the original pioneer of DIY and the secrets of the Soviet space race at Vitra’s exhibition Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 – Today.
Discrete Contact
Felix Chabluk Smith explores the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, reimagined and restored by architect Tadao Ando and designers Ronan and Ewan Bouroullec.
A Floral Algorithm
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg talks about surrendering control, designing for other species, and digital gardens as part of her new project: Pollinator Pathmaker.
The Design Line: 1-7 January, 2022
Calatrava’s slippery bridge, a health tracker for dogs and a country in crisis over cryptocurrency feature as part of Disegno’s new weekly feature: Design Line.
Lightning Rods
Kristina Rapacki explores the history of vaccine hesitancy and asks how graphic design could communicate more effectively with the public to combat online misinformation about immunisation from Covid-19.
Bend it Like Morrison
From logo to lounge chair, Magnus Englund charts the creation of Jasper Morrison’s single-piece plywood furniture through the history of Isokon Plus.
So Long 2021, Hello 2022!
The Disegno team sign off for 2021. Thank you to everyone who has made it what it was.
Kazam!
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Eames Office, the practice has launched a new edition of Charles and Ray Eames’s groundbreaking 1943 Molded Plywood Sculpture. To mark the occasion, Disegno sat down with the designers’ grandson, Eames Demetrios, to discuss the sculpture’s significance to their practice.
The Crit #16: The 2021 Review
As 2021 draws to a close, The Crit invites you to settle down, relax and plug in to our design review of the past year. Happy holiday listening!
Rising Talents
A look at Maison&Objet’s Rising Talent Award, which for the March 2022 edition of the fair is honouring six emerging designers from Japan.
Embedded Design
As the NHS prepares to roll out the IUB Ballerine, Helen Brown explores the uncomfortable history of design for contraceptive intrauterine devices.
A Profound Immersion
Arctic researcher Lola Sheppard interviews architect Dorte Mandrup about the Ilulissat Icefjord Centre in Greenland, a visitor hub serving witness to a glacier beaten back by climate change.
Doshi Takes Gold
Balkrishna Doshi, architect of low-cost housing for the poor in India, has expressed his delight at winning a Royal Gold Medal at the age of 94.
Glass, Magic, and Realism
A celebration of Iittala’s 140th anniversary explores the supernatural tales, magic, and witchcraft that haunt the history of Finnish glassblowing.
What Lies Beneath
With so much plastic foam ending up as landfill, can designers and manufacturers work together to find a more sustainable future for furniture?
A Potpourri of Concrete Nation-Building
Benjamin Bansal and Manuel Oka explore the empty streets of Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital that was purpose-built by the military junta to deter protesters.