Disegno #37

Inga Sempé’s design fictions surrounding the home; a take on the Filipino bangkito, designed by Unosinotra; a call for typefaces that can handle the diacritical demands of Vietnamese script; Jenny Nordberg’s furniture experiments with glitch aesthetics; Jörg Boner and Lütjens Padmanabhan Architektinnen’s garden pavilion embassy in Algiers; a visit to the Ouagadougou atelier of Hamed Ouattara; a fringe-based challenge to wasteful cutting patterns from Sarah Brunnhuber; shipping containers and dazzle camouflage compared by Tetsuo Mukai; a study of designing for pets, with Layer, Hay, Papuk and LucyBalu; an oral account of contemporary Swiss design, as told by Sarah Kueng, Ini Archibong, Big-Game and more; Sony’s Cube, seen in a music video from Glass Animals; the pleasures of portable lighting, in Omer Arbel’s glowing orb; a journey through llamas and living legacies at the Eames Insitute for Infinite Curiosity; a roundtable about the challenges and opportunities facing bio-tech, steered by Natsai Audrey Chieza and Normal Phenomenon of Life; a dive into the realm of tin and ceramics with a barbecue from Jasper Morrison Studio; the world’s first 100 per cent recycled aluminium alloy, explored by Lars Teller Fjetland; 3D art translated into 2D textiles, courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto; the need for DIY design, as argued for by Nitzan Cohen; a meeting between typefaces and furniture, orchestrated by BNAG and ABC Dinamo;a trough-like yellow tray, designed by Mitre and Mondays; and Oscar Lhermitte’s design assessment of the London plane tree.

Disegno is the leading quarterly magazine dedicated to in-depth and independent reporting on architecture, design and fashion. Containing unique and insightful content, the magazine aims to generate debate, inform, entertain and inspire, bringing thoughtful analysis of current events to a design-interested audience.