Stories
Big Panda Energy
BIG’s enclosure at Copenhagen Zoo prompts Kristina Rapacki to reflect on the political power of the panda.
Whose Future?
As major institutions put on exhibitions curating utopian visions for the future, Zara Arshad enquires as to whether they have grappled fully with their colonial pasts.
An Act of Renewal
Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni makes subtle updates to Laufen’s Ilbagnoalessi bathroom set.
Enter the Matrix
1970s feminist architecture collective Matrix tell curator Viviane Stappmanns how they made space for women in design in this roundtable interview.
Fernando Campana (1961 - 2022)
Brazilian designer Fernando Campana, one half of the Campana Brothers, has died at the age of 61.
The Crit #24: Muscled Men
The latest episode of The Crit is out, looking back on design news in October.
Fair Curation
Disegno speaks with Vincent Grégoire of NellyRodi, the agency tasked with setting the theme and creative direction of the Maison&Objet trade fair.
Playing Together
MoMA curator Paola Antonelli on collecting code and their new exhibition, Never Alone: Video Games and Other Interactive Design.
All Together Now
Members of All in Awe, the co-operative non-profit studio founded by Eva Feldkamp, gather for a roundtable discussion on the importance of altruism in design.
A Question of Preservation
Melting sugar machetes tell the colonial history of La Réunion in the work of designer Yassine Ben Abdallah, the winner of the 2022 Gijs Bakker award.
Without the Mess
Less Gesamtkunstwerk and more 3D-simulated catalogue, the first Muji-branded hotel in Shenzhen offers Brendan Cormier a hollow experience.
Fictitious Narratives
What will the Anthropocene leave behind? From Disegno 33, Lara Chapman unearths the fossils of the future.
The Pursuit of ’Appiness
Silicon Valley’s tech moguls designed their apps to be addictive – now they’re offering ways to wean ourselves off them. But can you ever design a perfect digital detox?
A History of Swiss Aluminium
The making of sand-cast aluminium chairs, designed by Moritz Schmid and Ville Kokkonen, using 3D-printed moulds by a family-run foundry in Switzerland.
Of Fashion and Space
Celine Art Project, a contemporary-art collection presented by the luxury-fashion house Celine, prompts a look into how fashion continuously reinvents its retail spaces.
Formafantasma’s Findings
Alice Twemlow visits Formafantasma at their home studio to discuss research, raw materials, and walking the line between climate crisis and commercial design.
Beta Testing
Brian Hioe walks the unfinished corridors of the much-delayed Taipei Performing Arts Center, an OMA-designed building mired in local political controversy.
The Texture of Colour
Sabine Marcelis rearranges the rainbow for furniture in the Colour Rush! exhibition at the Vitra Schaudepot, captured here by Laurence Kubski.