Stories
A Topography for Encounter
From Disegno #31, a roundtable interview with Herzog & de Meuron on the opening of M+, a Hong Kong museum in built on reclaimed land in a city at a political crossroads.
A Meeting of Waste Streams
From Disegno #26, Attua Aparicio Torinos creates emoji plates out of discarded porcelain from Jingdezhen and glass remnants.
Design Drafts – an open call for new design writers
Het Nieuwe Instituut and Disegno partner to run Design Drafts an open call for new design writing and writers.
Old Skins for New Boots
From Disegno #26, the making of Matthias Winkler’s debut collection of non-binary boots made from deadstock material that includes old lederhosen.
The Biodegradable Aphrodite
Fresh lipstick and fat bacteria; Oli Stratford tours the studio of Shellworks, an experimental company making biodegradable beauty packaging.
Who’s Afraid of the Metaverse?
Natalie Kane, Keiichi Matsuda and Florian Dussopt explore the design significance of the metaverse as part of a live event hosted at Molteni&C.
Pottery Heads
Weed’d head of design Simone Bonanni talks to Disegno about ceramic bongs and developing a made in Italy cannabis culture.
Welcome to the Island
Crystal Bennes ventures to Gipsön, the mysterious island made of radioactive waste from the fertiliser industry that sits off the coast of Sweden.
The Space Between
Roland Lamb, founder of Roli and creator of the Seaboard Rise 2, sits down with Disegno to discuss the philosophy of designing new musical instruments.
Fitting Photos
Sophie Tolhurst talks to designer Matty Bovan about fitting photos, the less glamorous yet more revealing behind-the-scenes images of creation in process.
The Crit #19: Twang the Belt
The Crit brings you everything you need to know about design in March 2022.
Counterpoints
From Disegno #30, Peter Kapos reviews the Vitra Design Museum exhibition and book, German Design 1949-1989, and asks if romanticising the past poses a risk in the present.
Plants ≠ Objects
A roundtable exploring whether challenging the way that design treats plants help to shift our perceptions of materials, value, resources and equity?
Springtime in Paris
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 #32
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.
The Online Ass Wars
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 room within a room
A recreation of Ettore Sottsass’s 1960s Casa Lana in the Triennale Milano offers a compelling portrait of the designer mid-career.
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.