Stories
Fidget Exercise
Studiomama’s Kyora Board for Cotto strikes a balance between sculptural object and home exercise equipment.
Urban Room
Disegno visits Newcastle’s Farrell Centre: an architecture space that aspires to present a more participatory view of urban planning.
Design Line: 29 April – 5 May
Tadao Ando’s take on the Met Gala red carpet, DesignMarch debuts in May, and consternation over design for the Coronation feature on this week’s Design Line.
The Crit #27: Milan Design Week 2023
The Crit is back for a Milan Design Week special, where our hosts pick out a couple of events, installations and themes that caught their eye – both for better and worse
A Spanish Lens
A study of the Spanish design industry, as told through nine new launches during Milan Design Week 2023.
Take A Chance
An interview with designer Paola Navone, who gave away hundreds of her personal possessions in a lottery installation called Take It Or Leave It.
Design Line: 22 – 28 April
Questions of race, gender and representation are discussed in Design Line this week, as design discusses racism at Milan Design Week and architecture honours Yasmeen Lari and Diébédo Francis Kéré.
Furnitureheads
As Vitra releases just 150 of Jean Prouvé’s Fauteuil Kangourou chair in a streetwear-style drop, Elizabeth Glickfeld charts how furniture design caught FOMO.
Milan Diaries 2023: Day Four
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.
Milan Diaries 2023: Day Three
Day three of Disegno’s time in Milan takes in Knoll, Ikea, Droog, and a new material library
Milan Diaries 2023: Day Two
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.
Milan Diaries 2023: Day One
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.
The Spectre of Milan
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.
Design Line: 8 – 14 April
Guillermo Andrade is named creative advisor of football’s League Cup, the NYPD debuts crime-fighting robots, and fashion says farewell to Mary Quant in this week’s Design Line.
Disegno at Milan Design Week 2023
A complete list of Disegno’s talks, launches and publications for this year’s Milan Design Week, including the arrival of Disegno #35.
Design Line: 1 – 7 April
This week, Design Line features Nike’s period-proof football shorts for the Women’s World Cup, a mysterious installation from Studio Swine, and the best of the design world’s April Fools Day pranks.
Du français au russe en français
Jasper Morrison’s Raami project for Finnish design brand Iittala prompts consideration of the history of informal dining and convivial tableware.