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Disegno

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Disegno #42

DisegnoDisegno #42 Disegno #42 explores transformation within design, examining themes of transition, adaptation and renewal.

September 14
A Welcome Limitation

DisegnoA Welcome Limitation A roundtable with the team behind Design Everything for their new exhibition at Aram: a fictional flat filled with objects created through the limitations on new designers’ work.

September 11
A Canvas for Life

DisegnoA Canvas for Life Chybík + Krištof’s Jihlava Municipal Arena is a new multifunctional public space in Czechia that is designed to serve the local community as much as possible.

September 9
The Crit #42: Adam Nathaniel Furman

DisegnoThe Crit #42: Adam Nathaniel Furman Adam Nathaniel Furman, an artist and designer, joins the show to discuss the history of colour in architecture and the challenges of viral design.

September 8
Craft and Spectacle

DisegnoCraft and Spectacle Es Devlin’s art direction for the fourth edition of the Homo Faber biennale explores the potential for stagecraft and physical proximity to shape appreciation of craft.

September 3
Paper Heirlooms

DisegnoPaper Heirlooms Tanaka Eyewear’s new glasses are made from compressed paper composite, and embrace impermanence by allowing the material to develop a patina and using gold to repair dents or chips.

September 2
Sketches of Utopia From Hell

DisegnoSketches of Utopia From Hell In Disegno #38, Darran Anderson travels to architect Erich Mendelsohn’s first building in Poland and reflects on desecrated gravesites around the world.

August 21
Bamboozling Lamp

DisegnoBamboozling Lamp Nosou’s new lamp 0º was designed and produced in rural Japan to support craftsmanship and manufacturing outside of the country’s urban centres.

August 17
Surviving What?

DisegnoSurviving What? In Disegno #39, Disegno’s editor-in-chief Oli Stratford tours Mudac’s preppers exhibition and contemplates the movement’s critique of consumerism.

August 14
Social By Design

DisegnoSocial By Design Textile designer Leo Germanangue has created Designrs, a new app which connects a city’s creators, that combines his maximalist aesthetic with his desire to minimise screen time.

August 6
The Crit #41: Jon Ardern

DisegnoThe Crit #41: Jon Ardern Jon Ardern, cofounder of design and experiential futures company Superflux, joins the Crit to discuss the emphasis on materiality, emotion, and sensory feedback in the studio’s work.

July 28
At Sea

DisegnoAt Sea In Disegno #38, Ellen Peirson visits Hat Projects’s Sunspot business centre in Jaywick Sands, exploring how the town's history intersects with systemic deprivation, seaside nostalgia, and right-wing populism.

July 21
The Energy of Emotion

DisegnoThe Energy of Emotion Masquespacio, ambassadors for the September 2026 edition of Maison&Objet, share their belief around why design needs more authenticity.

July 16
The Crit #40: Hugh Miller

DisegnoThe Crit #40: Hugh Miller Pentagram’s Hugh Miller joins the show to discuss the tempo of graphic design, as well as the importance of self-criticism for any creative practice.

July 14
Transformative Repair

DisegnoTransformative Repair Guy Keulemans and Trent Jansen explore the design potential of wear and tear, in an exhibition that seeks to repair the objects we surround ourselves with.

July 9
A Bedroom in a Box

DisegnoA Bedroom in a Box Thélonious Goupil’s Bienvenue spare bedroom expands hospitably out of a small, wooden box.

July 2
The Crit #39: Leyu Li

DisegnoThe Crit #39: Leyu Li Food designer Leyu Li joins The Crit to discuss using design to challenge cultural hierarchies surrounding food, incorporating social media into her practice, and the pleasures of commercial work.

June 30
Incomplete

DisegnoIncomplete In Disegno #39, Ama Benewaa Tawia dreams up alternative uses for abandoned spaces with Ghana’s Limbo Museum.

June 22
Presented as a Group

DisegnoPresented as a Group Communally designed, the Office Series objects by students from ECAL examines alternative, ego-less ways of working.

June 18
The Crit #38: John Tree

DisegnoThe Crit #38: John Tree Industrial designer John Tree joins The Crit to talk production, the challenges of mobile phones, and the need to not obsess over your business card.

June 16