What does mobility mean in the 21st century? In this episode of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by designers Will Verity, Dr. Jaiyu Wu, Andy Wheel and Liam Young to discuss how autonomous and electric vehicles are softening the barriers between private cars and leisure spaces.With a rising interest in how we spend our time in cars, does the car itself need to be redesigned? And who is best positioned to create the new infrastructures, spaces and behaviours that these vehicles will demand? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second episode of Re-routing the City host India Block is joined by Tim Fendley and Julia Thrift to discuss the ways in which different road users occupy public space. The conversation ranges from the positive impacts that well-designed roads can have on health, to the need for governments to take more holistic, long-term approaches to creating safe and comfortable cities for all. Can pedestrians, cyclists, cars, scooters and others co-exist in urban spaces harmoniously? How do modern wayfinding systems such as Legible London deter vandalism? And do we need a new code of conduct to ensure everybody can enjoy and use these spaces safely? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this inaugural episode of Re-routing the City host India Block is joined by Tim Fendley and Kate Jeffery to discuss the science behind our sense of direction. From discussion as to whether rats and humans share a universal internal compass to the study of yellow as a naturally understood warning colour, the conversation moves in multiple directions to ask: can design help our brains move more smoothly through busy spaces? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Disegno podcast, Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen of Belgian design studio Muller van Severen are interviewed about their Oasis installation for the upcoming Maison&Objet trade fair – a cocoon-like pavilion designed to offer visitors to the fair a moment of peace and respite. Oasis is conceived of as a total composition, not an exhibition, and will be filled with Muller Van Severen’s past projects as well as new objects and works – presenting them all together as a family. Oasis is a celebration of over a decade of the studio’s work, which frequently challenges object typologies and functions.This podcast was made for Maison&Objet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Disegno podcast the journal’s deputy editor India Block is joined by designers Marcel Wanders, Yves Béhar, Anahita Mekanik, Frederik Duerinck and Clark Scheffy to discuss how designers and brands can strike up purposeful partnerships with artificial intelligence. Speaking live from Milan Design Week 2023, the panel explores the implications, opportunities and frictions of the design industry beginning to embrace AI.This podcast was made for Moooi.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this fifth instalment of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by Laura Lebeau, Soomi Park, Zoe Schladow, and Bas van de Poel to ask how technology can be more sensitively embedded into people’s homes and whether it should be. While many examples of ambient technology are austere and built around black screens, the introduction of more playful physical forms, figurative details, and emotional software suggests routes that might help establish these devices in our everyday lives. Can making friends with tech products give them more longevity, and what are the ethical complexities around privacy and trust that designers of less obtrusive tech might have to consider? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To kick off season two of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by Rosalie McMillan, Peter Griffith, Seetal Solanki and Richard Stevens to unpick the complexities, biases and attitudes surrounding the use of plastics. While our heavy reliance on plastic, especially single-use plastic, is an undeniable problem for the planet, is the material currently being dismissed too quickly in critical discourse? For a material that has been variously vaunted and vilified, is it time we began building a healthier, more honest relationship with the plastic resources surrounding us? The panel explore what might need to change for industry and consumers to reassess the value of plastic, and in turn, use it more carefully and appropriately. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this third instalment of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by Natsai Audrey Chieza, Afaina de Jong, Nick Rolls and George Garner to discuss the shifting roles of designers, and to ask whether the discipline is done with stuff. With a rise in digital products and services, new social and commercial models, and dynamic shifts in how we live and work, how is design responding? Studios are now being called upon to design everything from a company’s systems and workflows, through to developing strategies for clients that prioritise creativity. In response to these changes, how has the role of “the designer” evolved and remained relevant to businesses? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this second instalment of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host India Block is joined by Dr. Destiny Thomas, Dan Hill, Emilie Robinson and Andrea Rosati for a panel discussing the future of mobility. Electric vehicles hold huge potential as society aims to cut its reliance on fossil fuels, but this is not the only issue facing mobility. Our cities are clogged with private vehicles, with public space taken away from pedestrians and allocated towards road infrastructure. Can the drive to redesign vehicles create opportunities to enact more radical change? How can we design more pedestrian-focused cities – and forms of mobility – that provide greater human value than simply getting from A to B? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Disegno podcast, the journal’s editor-in-chief Oli Stratford speaks with architect Cristina Celestino about the ideas infusing her Palais Exotique installation for the upcoming Maison&Objet. The pavilion has been erected at the heart of the fair and will provide a space dedicated to decoration and colour, traits traditionally prized within fashion design that frequently face a more muted response within architecture. Celestino sets out her case for Palais Exotique as an unashamedly tactile area where traditional craft will be pushed to the forefront.This podcast was made for Maison&Objet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this inaugural episode of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office the panel ask questions about the fetishisation of newness in design. Host Oli Stratford is joined by guests Richard Stevens, Mads Kogsgaard Hansen, Priya Khanchandani and Hella Jongerius as they discuss how the industry might adopt a different approach, in which products accrue in value as they age, are built around modular principles, and are designed to be easily repaired and upgraded. With society seeking to urgently reduce waste, is it time we stopped being so afraid of the “old”? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagining what the offices of the future may look like has become a ubiquitous topic within design given the disruption of the past two years. Yet when Maison&Objet put this question to the architect Franklin Azzi for its spring 2022 edition, Azzi felt that he wanted to take inspiration from the history of the office in formulating his response.In this Disegno podcast, Disegno's deputy editor India Block speaks to Azzi about "Retro Futur", his new installation for Maison&Objet. Speaking from his Paris-based studio, Azzi discusses building flexibility, crisis design and what a good office should smell like. Over the course of the conversation, Azzi speaks about where offices have been and where they may be going next.This podcast was made for Maison et Objet.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Disegno's editor-in-chief Oli Stratford catches up with Maison&Objet’s managing director, Philippe Brocart, to talk about the return of the trade fair to Paris this September, the reopening of the French capital, and how over a year of disruption has helped Maison adapt and create new approaches to programming for the design industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the forest is the first episode of Words on Wood, a new podcast from AHEC made in collaboration with Disegno. Offering a deep dive into some of the big issues surrounding forests and how these affect design and architecture, you can listen to the whole series by subscribing to Words on Wood, available on all major podcast platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing a new fortnightly podcast from Disegno, the Quarterly Journal of Design. The Crit takes the best design stories from around the world, pulls them apart, and looks at what’s really going on underneath. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Disegno's editorial staff discuss the Salone del Mobile's decision to postpone its 2020 edition following the outbreak of coronavirus in north Italy. This episode is produced by Evi Hall and edited by Kristina Rapacki. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Disegno's editor-in-chief Oli Stratford is joined by neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis and Michael Held, design director at Steelcase, to discuss the relationship between our bodies and minds, and how both movement and environment can shape how we think and feel in the workplace. This episode is produced and edited by Evi Hall and was recorded at the Steelcase showroom in London. Music by Zapsplat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Disegno's founder Johanna Agerman Ross, editor-in-chief Oli Stratford, and deputy editor Kristina Rapacki for a discussion of the 2010s in design. What was the single most important design typology of the decade? How did the role of the designer change? Is the starchitect dead? And why so many biennales? This episode is produced by Evi Hall, with editing and fact checking by Kristina Rapacki. The podcast tile is designed by Zlata Djienova, and features an image by Teresa Giannico. Erratum: In the podcast, Fiskars's history of ironwork is dated back to the 18th century, when in fact the village's first ironworks were established in 1649. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to highlights from a conversation about sustainable production between fashion designer Reet Aus, ceramic artist Eva Spoof, and Matthew Grant from the design studio Dust London. The talk, which was held at the Finnish Institute on 20 September, is moderated by Disegno's editor-in-chief Oli Stratford. This podcast was made in collaboration with NID and was supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Ministry of Culture of Estonia. This podcast was recorded during a live talk hosted by NID and Disegno at the Finnish Institute in London during London Design Festival 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is curation restricted to museums and galleries? Or can the discipline be extended into the wider public realm? In 2018, the Istanbul Design Biennial launched its fourth edition. Themed "A School of Schools", the biennial sought to tackle ways in which design and education might better support one another. One of the projects launched in Istanbul, in partner with the British Council, was Tables, an ongoing series of dinners and discussions exploring new formats for curation. Led by Jana Scholze, a curator of contemporary design and associate professor at Kingston School of Art, Tables is an exploration of how of critical discussion might exist outside of gallery and museum settings. In this special podcast episode from Disegno and the British Council, Scholze sets out the aims and aspirations of the project. Featuring Jana Scholze and Cansu Cürgen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.