Stories
The Design Line: 3 – 9 December
The last Boeing 747 flies the nest, Dwarf Fortress gets a redesign, and Shein promises to clean up its act in this week’s Design Line.
It Hides a Mess!
Evi Hall reflects on Cabine, Inga Sempé’s standing mirror for Ariake that’s produced on different continents for a more resilient supply chain.
Architecture in Miniature
Disegno explores Supermodels, an exhibition from Piercy&Company that highlights the pleasures of architectural model making.
The Design Line: 25 November – 2 December
In this week’s Design Line, A$AP Rocky gives his take on the Gufram cactus, Denise Scott Brown protests the National Gallery remodel, and baguettes get their due from UNESCO.
Design Reviewed #1
We’re excited to announce the launch of Design Reviewed, a new biannual publication from the team behind Disegno.
Big Panda Energy
BIG’s enclosure at Copenhagen Zoo prompts Kristina Rapacki to reflect on the political power of the panda.
The Design Line: 19 – 25 November
A competition to design bio-engineered wool, a spoon created using AI, and a subscription service for speed feature in Design Line this week.
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.
The Design Line:
A Louis Kahn brutalist building comes under threat, a hypertower breaks ground, and lab-grown meat gets approved for human consumption in Design Line this week.
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 Design Line: 5 – 11 November
A killer VR headset, Virgil Abloh’s bequest to Black fashion, and the great tech layoffs feature on Design Line this week.
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.
The Design Line: October 29 October – 4 November
This week, Design Line examines the celebrity Halloween costumes arms race, a tumultuous week on Twitter, and a battle between two space rovers.
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.