Stories
This Is Not a Rhinoceros
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg lets her AI rhino loose in London’s Natural History Museum, prompting philosophical questions about extinction and complicity.
The Crit #25: The 2022 Review
Our annual round-up episode of The Crit is here, looking back on some of the design stories that tickled us or made us go “hmmm” in 2022.
The Design Line: 10 – 16 December
Kisha Kurokawa’s refurbished summer house, an Avatar-themed concept car, and biomaterial packaging for Calvin Klein feature in Design Line this week.
Systems of Care
Four designers gather for a roundtable discussion on the importance and complexities of using the word “care” to think about design.
What Drives Us Together
Seven prototypes for living through the climate crisis get taken for a test drive at Driving the Human’s festival in Berlin.
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.