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Design Line: 20 – 26 May
Prada’s football boots for Adidas, Formafantasma’s new sheep-themed exhibition, and the Nothing Ear (2) all feature on this week’s Design Line .
Design Line: 13 – 19 May
A diplomatic incident at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the fate of Adidas x Yeezy, and a watch made from coffee dregs feature on this week’s Design Line.
Design Line: 6 – 12 May
Snøhetta’s workers file for a union in New York, a discovery of microbes that can digest plastic, and Norman Foster by Norman Foster feature on Design Line.
Design Line: 29 April – 5 May
Tadao Ando’s take on the Met Gala red carpet, DesignMarch debuts in May, and consternation over design for the Coronation feature on this week’s Design Line.
Design Line: 22 – 28 April
Questions of race, gender and representation are discussed in Design Line this week, as design discusses racism at Milan Design Week and architecture honours Yasmeen Lari and Diébédo Francis Kéré.
Design Line: 8 – 14 April
Guillermo Andrade is named creative advisor of football’s League Cup, the NYPD debuts crime-fighting robots, and fashion says farewell to Mary Quant in this week’s Design Line.
Design Line: 1 – 7 April
This week, Design Line features Nike’s period-proof football shorts for the Women’s World Cup, a mysterious installation from Studio Swine, and the best of the design world’s April Fools Day pranks.
Design Line: 25 – 31 March
Pepsi bids a sweet farewell to sugar with its rebrand, a Pantone-matched Ketchup-red tattoo ink from Heinz, and a fashionable AI hoax all feature on this week’s Design Line.
Design Line: 18 – 24 March
Pokémon meets traditional Japanese crafts in a new exhibition, New York debuts a controversial new logo, and Jeremy Scott creates couture from cars in this week’s Design Line.
Design Line: 11 – 17 March
Everyone’s shooting for the moon in this edition of Design Line, as NASA reveals a fashionable new look for its astronauts, while the UK Space Agency funds the design of a tiny lunar nuclear reactor.
Design Line: 4 – 10 March
Clapping and scrolling all around this week on Design Line as David Chipperfield finally gets his Pritzker Prize, Bethan Laura Wood enters the NGV’s permanent collection, and Spotify attempts to get a bit of that TikTok magic.
Design Line: 25 February – 3 March
This week, Design Line spotlights China’s design for a new lunar lander, the Ukrainian postal service’s stamp-based message to Putin, and Nokia’s digital-first rebrand.
Design Line: 18 – 24 February
The design world addresses the climate crisis in this edition of Design Line, with new initiatives, prizes and promises to make the Venice Architecture Biennale carbon neutral.
Design Line: 11 – 17 February
Pharrell Williams gets the nod from Louis Vuitton, Jony Ive’s new heraldry, and the 15-minute city moral panic all feature on Design Line this week.
Design Line: 4 – 10 February
This week, Design Line features the launch of the Scandinavian Design Awards, Burberry’s new (old) look, and a funeral home for composting.
Design Line: 28 January – 3 February
Jony Ive upgrades the Red Nose Day clown nose, Tiffany & Co and Nike join forces for a bland cash grab, and Mercedes-Benz promises a future where you can play video games behind the wheel on this week’s Design Line.
Caring is Sharing
Maison&Objet returns to Paris for 2023 with an enthusiastic message of caring for the environment and each other.
Design Line: 21 – 27 January
This week on Design Line, rebrands crib from the archive, fur flies over fashion’s faux taxidermy, and your humble kitchen bin becomes a subscription service.