Disegno is an international journal dedicated to long-form writing and photography around design.

Founded in 2011 by Johanna Agerman Ross, the entire archive of back issues is now available for individuals and institutions. 

Disegno covers all design fields, as well as the social forces that shape, and are shaped by, the discipline. Disegno is devoted to writing and photography that highlights the political, social, environmental and industrial impact of design.

Disegno #41 includes:

Konstantin Grcic’s platform for play; hardware to democratise independent audio with Radio Nopal; the changing face of Greenland’s capital; the memory of water with Maghras in the Al Ahsa Oasis; Layer’s hardware for infinite art; the interplay of craft and diaspora in General Items, Tiipoi’s design store in Bengaluru; a subversion of hierarchies with aqui Thami and Sister Library; Takram’s chairs for friendly robots;  the transformation of waste colonialism into infrastructure with The Revival; the history and future of Josef Frank’s Villa Beer; bio-inclusive insect design in the studio of Ori Orisun Merhav; and Hella Jongerius’s angry sharks.