Fashion for dogs, a smart tech solutions to a solar power problem, and a failed rocket launch all feature in this week’s Design Line.

Andra Formen is a Swedish design collective turning e-scooter’s dumped in Malmö’s canals into cheekily branded objects.

Rupal Rathore stays in Auroville and uncovers an intentional community splintered by controversy over the realisation of a decades-old masterplan.

Design Line rings in 2023 with Lesley Lokko on the New Years Honours list, cave painting code cracking, and a Playstation 5 controller for limited mobility.

Lauren Yoshiko is beguiled by HopStep, a cut crystal vessel that converts into a cannabis pipe designed by Aldo Bakker for J. Hill’s Standard.

From Autun to Foshun, Brendan Cormier traces a century of manufacturing Xavier Pauchard’s ubiquitous Tolix Chaise A.

The Disegno team wave goodbye to 2022 and reflect on an exciting and eventful year.

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg lets her AI rhino loose in London’s Natural History Museum, prompting philosophical questions about extinction and complicity.

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.

Kisha Kurokawa’s refurbished summer house, an Avatar-themed concept car, and biomaterial packaging for Calvin Klein feature in Design Line this week.

Four designers gather for a roundtable discussion on the importance and complexities of using the word “care” to think about design.

Seven prototypes for living through the climate crisis get taken for a test drive at Driving the Human’s festival in Berlin.

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.

Evi Hall reflects on Cabine, Inga Sempé’s standing mirror for Ariake that’s produced on different continents for a more resilient supply chain.

Disegno explores Supermodels, an exhibition from Piercy&Company that highlights the pleasures of architectural model making.

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.

We’re excited to announce the launch of Design Reviewed, a new biannual publication from the team behind Disegno.

BIG’s enclosure at Copenhagen Zoo prompts Kristina Rapacki to reflect on the political power of the panda.