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Charles Correa
London
As RIBA opens an exhibition hailing him as 'India's greatest architect', Charles Correa is the subject of a Disegno lesson
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Maharam
New York
Disegno looks back on the history of Maharam, the New York textile company whose purchase by Herman Miller brought to an end 111 years of family ownership
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The Barcelona Chair
Barcelona
As Konstantin Grcic launches a bench that harks back to Mies van der Rohe's classic design, Diesgno looks back at the original Barcelona Chair
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Oscar Niemeyer
Rio de Janeiro
Disegno pays tribute to the late, great Oscar Niemeyer; a Brazilian Le Corbusier
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The Olivetti Valentine typewriter
Milan
The Valentine typewriter was a perfect manifesto for Ettore Sottsass' work: a design that prized emotion as much as function
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David Chipperfield: Collaborative Design
London
The theme of David Chipperfield's Venice Architecture Biennale was Common Ground. Here we look at how collaboration influenced his career
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Eero Saarinen
Los Angeles
As an exhibition celebrating the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen opens in Los Angeles, Disegno asks whether Saarinen's contextualism was a precursor to postmodernism
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Troika and digital design culture
London
As one project ends and another begins, Disegno looks at the design history of the London-based studio Troika
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The rakhi: a design for modern India
India
Disegno examines how the design of the rakhi is indicative of the changing face of India
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Ellen Key and the creation of childhood
New York
Century of the Child at MoMA reveals how the design reformer Ellen Key created childhood
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Hermès: Creator of the 'It' Bag
Monte Carlo
Disegno looks at Hermès' Birkin and Kelly bags, and how their legacy has shaped fashion branding
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Vidal Sassoon and the Bauhaus
London
Disegno celebrates one of the late 20th century's most influential creatives
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The fleeting Kodak moment
London
Disegno takes a look at the history of this once ubiquitous brand
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Modernism in a bottle
Paris
As Chanel No. 5 turns 90, Disegno reveals why it's modernism in a bottle
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Azzedine Alaïa in the 21st Century
Groningen
The curator of Azzedine Alaïa in the 21st Century talks us through the exhibition
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What's in a colour: Lufthansa yellow
Stockholm via Frankfurt
Otl Aicher's graphic identity for Lufthansa is one of the 20th century's most successful corporate rebranding exercises
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The genius of Christian Dior
Paris
Disegno looks at Dior's legacy and why it doesn't matter who's next at the helm of the Parisian power house
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The legacy of Memphis
London
It is exactly 30 years since Memphis revealed its first collection at the Arc' 74 gallery in Milan
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The Savoy vase at 75
London
Seventy five years after the launch of Alvar Aalto's Savoy vase, it remains an emblem of good taste
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My grandfather Alfonso Bialetti
Crusinalli
Alberto Alessi writes about his grandfather, the creator of the iconic Bialetti
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