Disegno is an international journal dedicated to long-form writing and photography around design. The journal covers all design fields, exploring the political, social, environmental and industrial impact of the discipline. It is published biannually.
This issue includes: Nifemi Marcus-Bello on the cultural context of unauthored West African design; a 21st-century take on the Sony Walkman; resonances between the Gutenberg Press and smartphones; Front s efforts to copy and replicate Sweden s forests; Project 213A s foot-based entry into furniture; Stephen Burks on what the design industry gets wrong; ProxyAddress s efforts to change the systems surrounding homelessness; designs to create bricks from construction waste by Carmody Groarke, Local Works Studio, Kenoteq and StoneCycling; the marble landscape of Makrana, as explored by Studio Raw Material; smoked Ukrainian ceramics by Danuta Kril; Taf and Artek s tribute to the E27 bulb; Citibin and New York s design war against rats; Felix de Pass s cutlery for Monoware; Fabien Cappello s investigation of Guadalajara s hojalata industry; silver jewellery by Hall Haus; Claude Dutson s research into subverting the proprietary architecture of Silicon Valley; a study of climate control at the Boijmans Depot; and the fitness connotations of Terje Ekstrøm s wiggly chair.