Magazine

Twice a year, Disegno releases a printed magazine. This biannual tome is dedicated to key events in architecture, design and fashion over the last six months. It is an essential read and flick for both laymen and professionals and gives a flavour of the current stylistic and intellectual preoccupations of architects, product and fashion designers.

Disegno employs the best writers and photographers to give in-depth reflections on new buildings, products and garments. The emphasis is on creating a well-crafted and well-researched product that is informative and inspiring. The first issue launched in December 2011.

Disegno is edited by Johanna Agerman Ross and the Creative director is Daren Ellis. You can have a flick through some of the content on Issuu.

Highlights from Disegno No.1

A travelogue of the Japanese Inland Sea by writer Julian Worrall and photographer Iwan Baan who explores the architecture of SANAA and Tadao Ando on the Naoshima, Teshima and Inujima island.

An exclusive interview with the French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec as they prepare for the exhibition Bivouac at Pompidou-Metz.

Lunch with Parisian couturier Azzedine Alaïa and an interview with Mark Wilson, the curator of Azzedine Alaïa in the 21st Century, at the Groninger Museum in Groningen.

An in-depth examination of the Tip Ton chair that the British design duo Barber Osgerby created for Vitra.

An essay on the phenomenon of decay in contemporary architecture and design by Professor David Crowley.

A game of Exquisite Corpse, played by chef Heston Blumenthal, fashion designer Shelley Fox, architect Andrea Branzi and art critic Adrian Searle.

A discussion between writer and critic Justin McGuirk and designer and writer Gui Bonsiepe on design and politics.

Interviews with engineer and artist Cecil Balmond, Professor of fashion Helen Storey, designer Martin Szekely, fashion designer Tze Goh, among others.

You can buy the magazine through the Disegno Boutique or visit one of these stockists:

AA Bookshop
Bedford Square
32 Bedford Square
London, WC1

Artwords
69 Rivington Street
London, EC2

Artwords
20-22 Broadway Market
London, E8

Darkroom
52 Lamb's Conduit Street
London, WC1

Design Museum
Shad Thames
London SE1

Goodd Ltd
All That Is Solid
60 Osborne St
Glasgow G1

Koenig Books at the Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
London, SW7

Koenig Books
80 Charing Cross Road
London, WC1

Present London
140 Shoreditch High Street
London, E1

Tom Dixon Shop
Portobello Docks
344/342 Ladbroke Grove, Kensal Rd
London, W10

Whitechapel Gallery Bookshop
77-82 Whitechapel High Street
London E1

The distribution of Disegno outside of these places, including international retail is done by Comag Specialist. So if you want to find a place where you can buy Disegno close to you, please call +44 1895 433800. We now have outlets in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and USA.