Loewe’s dramatic chair makeovers, a lottery giveaway from Paola Navone, and furniture for musical instruments all feature in Disegno’s highlights from our fourth day at Milan Design Week.

Day three of Disegno’s time in Milan takes in Knoll, Ikea, Droog, and a new material library

Disegno’s second day at Milan Design Week 2023 takes in Prepper’s Pantry, a new home for Bocci, The Thinking Piece, and Elevator Radio x DAE.

The Disegno team has arrived in Milan for the city’s annual design week, with highlights from the first day including installations from Google, Robert Stadler and ECAL.

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.