Stories
The Spicy Present
Disegno meets with MSCHF to talk how product design can be performance art, and whether a discipline entwined with commerce can still offer consumerist satire.
Learning from Åke
A new exhibition at Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum looks at the work of interior architect Åke Axelsson and how his 20th- and 21st-century furniture designs and architecture anticipated the need for responsible, sustainable design.
The Design Line: 12 - 18 March
Diébédo Francis Kéré wins the Pritzker Prize; Frida Escobedo claims a plum commission from the Met; and Maximilian Davis takes the top job at Salvatore Ferragamo in this week’s the Design Line.
Out of Season
Disegno explores the architectural pleasures of a ski chalet, shot out of season.
Vinyl Made Easy
Yuri Suzuki shares Easy Vinyl Maker, the only affordable record cutter on the market.
Personalised Insights and Core Functionalities
From Disegno #25, Tamar Shafrir goes beyond the banal, circle-heavy interfaces of period-tracking apps to examine the profitable industry of harvesting fertility data.
The Design Line: 5 - 11 March
Chile appoints an architect and urban planner to address the heat crisis, a Twitter bot calls out the gender pay gap, and design-focused brands leave Russia in this week’s Design Line.
A Lovecraftian Monster
From Disegno #25, Lauren Teixeira tries to escape from the monstrous clutches of Zaha Hadid’s Beijing Daxing International Airport.
After Plastic
Sony’s Hirotaka Tako and Philip Rose tell Disegno how industrial design is moving beyond plastic with the help of rice husks, bamboo and glowing digital fungi.
The Design Line: 26 February - 4 March
This week’s The Design Line includes Amazon’s automated organic shopping experience, the icy perils of New York’s Billionaire’s Row, and Dries Van Noten’s collectible beauty launch.
In Screaming Colour
Made for Maison et Objet A look into Maison&Objet’s 2022 immersive installation from the international art collective teamLab.
The Robotics of Modern Parenting
Michael David Mitchell wonders if the Snoo, a robotic crib designed by Yves Behar, is the solution to the alienation and difficulty of bringing up a baby in modern America.
The Crit #18: Of Tea
The Crit brings you everything you need to know about design in February 2022.
The Design Line: 19 - 25 February
The Design Line recaps the o2 Arena taking a weather beating, the fake design agency that “jobfished” its victims, and quantum technology revealing a hidden world.
From Victoriana to Victoriana
Disegno speaks to fashion designer Mary Katrantzou about pushing the envelope for colour and pattern with her postage stamp butterfly tile collaboration with Villeroy & Boch.
A Fashion System of One’s Own
As a new display of Bethany Williams’s work opens at London’s Design Museum, we revisit our interview with the designer from 2020 about working in fashion during lockdown.
Seen on Screen: Riget
A beautiful new wing to Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet stands in stark contrast to the glowering menace of the existing building, as made famous in Lars von Trier’s TV series Riget.
The Design Line: 12 - 18 February
A Disney-designed town, Es Devlin’s Superbowl set and Vera Wang on ice at the Winter Olympics all feature on the Design Line this week.