First published in Disegno #10 to mark Milan Design Week, Hella Jongerius, Paola Antonelli, Patricia Urquiola the late Alessandro Mendini – and many more – share their oral histories of the city.

A complete list of Disegno’s talks, launches and publications for this year’s Milan Design Week, including the arrival of Disegno #35.

Praise be: the spring 2023 edition of Disegno is now available to buy.

Jasper Morrison’s Raami project for Finnish design brand Iittala prompts consideration of the history of informal dining and convivial tableware.

From Disegno #23, an interview with Hella Jongerius’ on her year of looms and weaving for her project Interlace, textile research.

Disegno catches five minutes with Gbolade Design Studio to speak about their exhibition Breaking Ground at The Africa Centre.

Swedish design studio Form Us With Love has developed a powder-to-liquid soap to cut down on plastic waste.

A summer of collaboration between designers, potters and artists at Driving Creek Railway and Potteries on New Zealand’s Coromandel peninsula.

Queer voices in design and urbanism explore architecture as a site of disobedience in a roundtable to mark the publication of Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQIA+ Places and Stories.

From Disegno #22, Justin Donnelly unpacks the science behind super-cute furniture that makes your subconscious squee.

Designer Ineke Hans shares what she learnt from the second life of her recycled plastic chair Rex in Learning from Failure.

Johanna Agerman Ross travels to Burgundy to interview designer Erwan Bouroullec at La Grange, the rural retreat that’s transforming his practice.

Phone (1) by tech startup Nothing is a transparent smartphone that’s a direct response to the industry’s obsession with black box design and programmed obsolescence.

Sophie Tolhurst reviews Weird Sensation Feels Good, and asks what gets sanitised when an internet phenomena is embraced by traditional design institutions.

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.