This week on Design Line, Pharrell Williams’s first Louis Vuitton collection hits the catwalk, Resolve Collective takes a stand against the Barbican, and an obituary for Michael Hopkins.

The second issue of Design Reviewed is now available for pre-order, with stories taking in Colombian ecosystems, design policies to improve access to football pitches, reusable diapers, and much more.

Khorshed Deboo takes stock of the hand-painted multilingual signs of Mumbai vanishing due to policy change for Design Reviewed #1.

Tesla builds a car in 45 seconds, SFMOMA acquires a pod from the Nakagin Capsule Tower, and Compartment S4 builds a toilet that can pay for its own upkeep in this week’s Design Line.

In this Disegno podcast episode, India Block is joined by designers Marcel Wanders, Yves Béhar, Anahita Mekanik, Frederik Duerinck and Clark Scheffy to discuss how designers and brands can strike up purposeful partnerships with artificial intelligence.

Amelia Abraham sniffs out Bompas & Parr’s luxury poppers Excalibur XO and the mainstreaming of queer nightlife culture for Design Reviewed #1.

This week’s Design Line takes stock of Apple’s goggle-like AR headset the Vision Pro, a pink paint shortage caused by the Barbie movie, and a sofa designed by AI.

For Design Reviewed #1, Vic Parsons reflects on their years using chest binders and examines the design history – and future – of gender-affirming garments.

Spying doorbells, political-architectural intrigue, rogue chatbots, and cats on chairs – welcome to this week’s Design Line.

The hosts take a journey to ethics town in this episode of The Crit, exploring architecture-washing, dubious partnerships and exhibitions that are more ethically mindful.

Helen Gonzalez Brown reviews the Apple Watch Ultra and grapples with anxiety, mortality, and the cult of wellness for Design Reviewed #1.

Prada’s football boots for Adidas, Formafantasma’s new sheep-themed exhibition, and the Nothing Ear (2) all feature on this week’s Design Line .

An adaptive reuse project from architecture and design practice EBBA has turned a London eel pie shop into a Cubitts store.

For Design Reviewed #1, India Block relaxes into the world of cosy video games with a review of indie developer Witch Beam’s breakout hit Unpacking.

A diplomatic incident at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the fate of Adidas x Yeezy, and a watch made from coffee dregs feature on this week’s Design Line.

Disegno meets the avant garde designers creating seaweed couture at Reykjavik’s DesignMarch 2023.

For Design Reviewed #1, Matthew Turner finds a home away from home on the Elizabeth line train, with its carriage interiors designed by Map Project Office.

Snøhetta’s workers file for a union in New York, a discovery of microbes that can digest plastic, and Norman Foster by Norman Foster feature on Design Line.