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Design Reviewed #2
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.
Reading Between the Signs
Khorshed Deboo takes stock of the hand-painted multilingual signs of Mumbai vanishing due to policy change for Design Reviewed #1.
Tweaking is Optional: The Podcast
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.
Poppers On Main
Amelia Abraham sniffs out Bompas & Parr’s luxury poppers Excalibur XO and the mainstreaming of queer nightlife culture for Design Reviewed #1.
Design Line: 27 May – 2 June
Spying doorbells, political-architectural intrigue, rogue chatbots, and cats on chairs – welcome to this week’s Design Line.
The Crit #28: Archi-Washing
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.
Connection is Medicine
Helen Gonzalez Brown reviews the Apple Watch Ultra and grapples with anxiety, mortality, and the cult of wellness for Design Reviewed #1.
Well ‘Eeled
An adaptive reuse project from architecture and design practice EBBA has turned a London eel pie shop into a Cubitts store.
Let’s Unpack That
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.
From the Sea
Disegno meets the avant garde designers creating seaweed couture at Reykjavik’s DesignMarch 2023.
A Home Is Not Always A House
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.
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.
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.
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.