Disegno Magazine No. 18 is available now at LOREM (not Ipsum). Disegno Magazine #18 includes:
Freddy Mamani and the New Andean Architecture of El Alto; an analysis of memes as a future design form; Franklin Till’s efforts to bring rigour to trend forecasting; the mid-century couture of Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis in The Phantom Thread; photographs from a women’s weaving cooperative in Kabul; a report looking at chrome’s past and future; Naoto Fukasawa in conversation with Mobike’s Hu Weiwei; a roundtable discussion about mind-controlled machines with Jonathon Keats and José Millán; a look at OMA’s rehang of the Stedelijk Museum; the history of a colour in Han Kang’s The White Book; an all-nighter at the Muji Hotel; D.235.1 Chair meets her long-lost son, Robin Hood Gardens; eight approaches to moulding technology; Kenya’s first running shoe; and the reanimation of postmodernism by Terry Farrell and Adam Nathaniel Furman.
Disegno Magazine is aimed at those who are hungry for updates on architecture, design and fashion. The three aspects of vanity are very neatly compiled into one very special magazine and it is the most sought out magazine as it graces the stands only twice in a year. The magazine has inspired a legion of architecture, interior designers and fashion designers for many years – it is revered by the designing community in the world. The magazine has beautiful and explanatory illustrations of the latest architectural masterpieces erected across the world which is usually followed up by the input of the chief architecture and views of a critic at the end of it. The fashion section is a true fest for the eyes and gives the reader essential information regarding the hottest trends in the market. There are numerous interviews of the top fashion designers of the world and their take on the dying fashion, the latest fabric in use and other related areas. Featuring a section which answers the questions asked by you, these queries are answered by the esteemed line-up of contributors to the magazine. A must have for every design enthusiast!