Joe Lloyd reviews the return of Maison&Objet design fair, as an unseasonal heatwave bathes Paris in sunshine and a distinctly bon vivant atmosphere.

Disegno’s 32nd print edition is now available, featuring stories about Matrix, Hannah Beachler, Stefan Diez, the Nagakin Capsule Tower, the chawls of Mumbai, and much more.

Academic and pole dancer Carolina Are the connections between OnlyFans' attempt to design out porn and the draconian legislation trying to cleanse the internet.

A week in design brings news of the death of Stephen E. Wilhite, the creator of GIFs; the discovery of microplastics in blood; a long belated shortlist for the directorship of the Architectural Association; and much more.

A recreation of Ettore Sottsass’s 1960s Casa Lana in the Triennale Milano offers a compelling portrait of the designer mid-career.

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.

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.

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.

Disegno explores the architectural pleasures of a ski chalet, shot out of season.

Yuri Suzuki shares Easy Vinyl Maker, the only affordable record cutter on the market.

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.

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.

From Disegno #25, Lauren Teixeira tries to escape from the monstrous clutches of Zaha Hadid’s Beijing Daxing International Airport.

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.

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.

Made for Maison et Objet A look into Maison&Objet’s 2022 immersive installation from the international art collective teamLab.

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 brings you everything you need to know about design in February 2022.