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LDF Diaries 2023: Day Four
A fourth roundup from the London Design Festival sees Disegno’s editorial team visit Play by Art Practice Studio, the Material Matters trade fair, and Lasvit’s herbal chandelier at Sketch.
LDF Diaries 2023: Day Three
A furniture peep show, celebration of Vietnamese rope making, and self-initiated graduate show: it’s day three of Disegno’s time at the 2023 London Design Festival.
LDF Diaries 2023: Day Two
Disegno’s second day at the London Design Festival takes in a stop at Artek’s hacked celebration of Stool 60, a discussion of design residences at Stanley Picker Gallery, and Morag Myerscough’s installation for Mini.
LDF Diaries 2023: Day One
Throughout the London Design Festival, Disegno will be offering reflections on the installations, launches and initiatives that we see throughout the week: our first day takes in work from Rio Kobayashi, Fels and Jan Hendzel Studio.
Design Line: 9 – 15 September
Sarah Burton is set to leave Alexander McQueen, disposable vapes come under fire, and the 2023 London Design Medals are announced: it’s this week’s Design Line.
Chairing the Woman’s Role
Ella Bulley shapes new narratives about women’s roles and the representation of their bodies through a family of three wooden chairs.
Disegno #36
Prepare to be stopped in your tracks: the new issue of Disegno is available to buy now!
Design Line: 2 – 8 September
This week on Design Line, a secret city-building project surfaces in California,the Stirling Prize shortlist is released, and a crumbling concrete crisis hits.
Disegno at LDF 2023
Join Disegno and Brompton Design District at LDF for a pair of panel discussions on the benefits of working together in design.
Learning from Failure with Stephen Burks
Stephen Burks reflects on what success truly means when the design industry resists diversity.
Terms of Address
ProxyAddress creator Chris Hildrey on designing a system to redistribute postal addresses to help people experiencing homelessness.
Design Line: 26 August - 1 September
Tremaine Emory quits Supreme, Space 10 closes down, and iFixit takes on the always-broken McFlurry machine in this week’s Design Line.
The Crit #31: It’s About Time Morris!
The hosts dive into a trio of reports on designing more sustainable cities and touring exhibitions in this episode of The Crit, which features an exclusive interview with Olivier Lacrouts of Studio d-o-t-s.
Seeing Through the Walls of Silicon Valley
Claude Dutson employs technology to snoop around the secretive headquarters of Silicon Valley, probing the methodological limits of proprietary architecture.
Design Line: 19 – 25 August
Spaceships, driverless cars and wind-powered cargo ships – transport abounds in this week’s edition of Design Line.
Never Break the Chain
Tracing the links between chair and jewellery design with the Transition chain necklace from Hall Haus.
Design Line: 12 – 18 August
This week’s Design Line reports on a new tool from Arup that models Urban Heat Islands, the first period product tests to use actual blood, and England’s attempt to outlaw unisex public toilets.