Shaped by a harsh climate and scarce resources, Norway’s culinary tradition is nevertheless rich inspiration for the world’s youngest triple Michelin-starred chef.
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Out of the forest
Bolon and the Stockholm-based design studio Form Us With Love have grown up together. Now, as the two prepare to embark upon a new collaboration, studio founders Jonas Pettersson and John Löfgren find themselves in the mood to reflect.
Read MoreThe Power of Packaging
When did you last earmark a page or plunge nose-deep into a magazine to inhale the heady scent of freshly printed ink? In the age of Snapchat and clickbait, these moments are few and far between. But independent magazines have created a trend for a new kind of optimized content: print products where the medium is just as important as the message.
Read MoreHospital Rooms
When London-based curator Niamh White and artist Tim A Shaw visited a close friend in an English psychiatric ward, they were immediately struck by the unit’s sterility. As visually oriented people, they felt the austere interiors might not be conducive to a quick recovery, particularly for patients with creative or artistic inclinations.
Read MoreMini Living: a promotional editorial
Disegno Magazine worked with Mini to write a story on the design installation Mini Living: Do Disturb, which was shown at the design fair Salone Del Mobile in Milan this year. Mini worked together with the Japanese architecture studio ON Design and the engineering firm Arup to create an alternative design of cohabitation in a limited space.
Read MoreVitra Design Museum opens new exhibition space showcasing classics
Germany’s Vitra Design Museum has opened a new archive and exhibition space called Schaudepot, which brings the gallery’s 7,000 piece collections out of storage and into public view.
Read MoreThe changing libraryness of libraries
As funding cuts sound the knell for UK branch libraries, a new breed is emerging worldwide. What do these modern marvels say about the role of contemporary libraries? Final project for Masters in Magazine Journalism at City University London.
Read MoreThe Spectre of Milan: Marco de Vincenzo
For the 2016 iteration of Milan’s Salone del Mobile, Disegno created a large format newspaper that shares oral histories about Milan’s place in design lore.
Read MoreTop five picks from Lumiere London: the capital’s light festival
The light installation festival is illuminating London this weekend with 30 different installations—from fish in a telephone booth to hundreds of colourful, plastic bottles.
Read More“The sky is the limit” — automotive designer Harald Belker
LA-based automotive designer Harald Belker speaks about autonomous cars, designing for Steven Spielberg and being too tall to fit in sports cars.
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