Minecraft is raising a new generation of young gamers applying their design skills to real-world issues, but its first foray into mobile AR gaming raises questions about surveillance technology.

Artist Ariel Caine meets architect Dima Srouji and archaeologist Silvia Truini to discuss archaeology as a tool of colonisation and settlement in Palestine.

She said no pickles. Kate Wagner mourns the loss of garish Hamburgler decor as McDonald’s revamps itself to fit with the trend for boring, brandless spaces.

Drawn together by ArkDes, a group of architects and curators take aim at the myth of Sigurd Lewerentz, and explain why this giant of 20th-century Swedish architecture’s work was so much greater, richer and stranger in reality.

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.

From Disegno #26, Attua Aparicio Torinos creates emoji plates out of discarded porcelain from Jingdezhen and glass remnants.

Het Nieuwe Instituut and Disegno partner to run Design Drafts an open call for new design writing and writers.

From Disegno #26, the making of Matthias Winkler’s debut collection of non-binary boots made from deadstock material that includes old lederhosen.

Fresh lipstick and fat bacteria; Oli Stratford tours the studio of Shellworks, an experimental company making biodegradable beauty packaging.

Natalie Kane, Keiichi Matsuda and Florian Dussopt explore the design significance of the metaverse as part of a live event hosted at Molteni&C.

Weed’d head of design Simone Bonanni talks to Disegno about ceramic bongs and developing a made in Italy cannabis culture.

Crystal Bennes ventures to Gipsön, the mysterious island made of radioactive waste from the fertiliser industry that sits off the coast of Sweden.

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.

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

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.

A roundtable exploring whether challenging the way that design treats plants help to shift our perceptions of materials, value, resources and equity?

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