The Quarterly Journal of Design #23 Editor-in-chief Oli Stratford oliver@disegnomagazine.com
Founder and publication director Johanna Agerman Ross
Publisher and commercial director Chris Jones chris@disegnomagazine.com
Deputy editor Kristina Rapacki kristina@disegnomagazine.com
Creative directors Florian Böhm Annahita Kamali akfb.com
Sales executive Farnaz Ari farnaz@disegnomagazine.com
Creative producer Eleanor Hall eleanor@disegnomagazine.com
Designer Jonas Hirschmann info@akfb.com
Circulation and stockist enquiries Adam Long adam@logicalconnections.co.uk
Subeditor Ann Morgan
Colour management Dave Sawyer Terry Smith Complete Creative Services completeltd.com
Distribution Logical Connections Distribution logicalconnections.co.uk
Cover The cover shows a woven work created by Hella Jongerius, shot in her studio in Berlin by Fabian Frinzel.
Thanks Many thanks to the Polyfloss team, Rubis Mécénat and everyone at the Ndao Hanavao project for sharing their work with us; to Siska Diddens for keeping everything running smoothly; to Corinne Timmis for putting up with a barrage of emails; to Form Us With Love for letting us in early; to Johanna Agerman Ross for her New Zealand contact book; to Terry Smith for seamlessly picking up where he left off; and to Francesca Gregson for keeping Disegno Works well in hand.
Content copyright The content of this magazine belongs to Tack Press Limited and to the authors and artists. If you are tempted to reproduce any of it, please ask first.
Words by Johanna Agerman Ross, Elizabeth Bisley, Felix Chabluk Smith, Eleanor Hall, K-Doc, George Kafka, Dean Kaufman, Joe Lloyd, Nanjala Nyabola, Richard Osmond, Kristina Rapacki, Lemma Shehadi, Oli Stratford and Meher Varma. Images by Martin Adolfsson, Fabian Frinzel, Teresa Giannico, Sam Hartnett, Dean Kaufman, Donald Milne, Ugo la Pietra, Rijasolo and Leonhard Rothmoser. Paper and print This issue of Disegno is printed by Park Communications on Arcoprint Extra White 110gsm and Symbol Freelife Gloss 130gsm. The cover is printed on Century Cotton Wove Premium 280gsm. All of the paper used in this issue is from Fedrigoni UK.
We are very grateful to all our contributors, and for the help of everybody who has supported us and helped make Disegno #23 possible. Not least Meatball the English bulldog, the kind-eyed, beefy boy of the Rose Lipman building.
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