Photographer Alastair Philip Wiper documents the rigorous testing processes at Worlds Best Condom Factory in Denmark.

For Seen on Screen, Sharon Lam breaks down how the googly eye motif became the emotional through-line of Everything Everywhere All At Once.

How some downtime watching Netflix provided the moment of inspiration for Julien Renault to design the Pastis chair and table for Hay.

Disegno reveals the secrets of Forward, Nike’s years-long confidential research project culminating in a new material made from plastic bottles.

Maison&Objet returns to Paris for 2023 with an enthusiastic message of caring for the environment and each other.

Eighteenth-century pottery meets knock-off Gucci in this column from Tetsuo Mukai mapping the history of designing and making fakes.

The Crit is back in 2023! Join hosts Oli Stratford and India Block as they unpack on January’s design news and reflect upon their progress (or lack thereof) with their New Year’s resolutions.

Grab your backpack and trail mix, Tom Chung has gone full gorpcore with Piton, a portable lamp inspired by outdoor adventure gear for Muuto.

A journey through the surprisingly prescient career of Front, the Swedish design studio selected as the Guest of Honour for the 2023 Stockholm Furniture Fair.

How architectural workers in the UK and US are unionising to resist the industry’s toxic culture of overwork and underpay.

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.

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.

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