The Crit

By DisegnoArts Design

The Crit episodes

March 19, 2021 07. Already spectacled
Our seventh episode discusses the winners of this year’s Pritzker Prize; internet inequality; a pavilion proposal for opera revellers; the legislation of dark patterns; a spat about forests; new eco-leathers from Hermès and Allbirds; Neri and Hu’s Petit dining chair; and a look to upcoming exhibitions at the Vitra Design Museum, Maxxi, and the Design Museum, London.
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41 min
March 08, 2021 06. Digital tumescent
This week our hosts discuss major institutional restructuring at the V&A; the life and times of atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen; the Amazon app logo snafu; Andrés Reisinger’s digital furniture at auction; and the rise of #Multiform.
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33 min
February 17, 2021 05. Remembering birthdays
The Crit team discuss gaming furniture from IKEA; a much-maligned job advert; new plans for the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing; and Fenty’s discontinuation of its ready-to-wear line. We also explore some of our favourite stories from the latest issue of Disegno – out now!
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40 min
February 05, 2021 04. Rot fingers
This week our hosts discuss the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year; the changing future of Amazon; protest tunnels; USM’s planters; Nike’s hands-free shoes; and a new exhibition by Marcin Rusak.

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33 min
January 14, 2021 03. Bad Corp.
In our first episode of 2021, the team look at big tech's response to the Capitol insurrection; a raft of new logos; the retirement of Adobe Flash Player; Pantone's colours of 2021; and a new toilet from Laufen.
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45 min
December 18, 2020 Bonus Episode: The feature creep
In this shorter bonus episode our hosts are joined by Disegno's founder Johanna Agerman Ross. The trio reflects on 2020, and some of the design stories that have shaped it. This episode was edited by Kristina Rapacki and produced by Evi Hall. Our theme music is composed by Yuri Suzuki, with Team Suzuki at Pentagram.
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19 min
December 09, 2020 02. A singular tumult
In episode two, we chat about B&B Italia’s new artistic leadership; the world’s first approved lab-grown meat; the departures of ZHA and Foster + Partners from climate alliance Architects Declare; the logistics of vaccination; a videogame from Balenciaga; as well as products and projects from Ensemble, Systems Studio, and Nerdabe.
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47 min
November 24, 2020 01. You need to explain what’s happening
Episode one includes discussions of alt-right architecture; the future of the Salone del Mobile; the design story behind the fate of Denmark's mink; as well as a host of new product launches from the likes of Vitra, Flos, Muuto and Established&Sons.
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1 hr 1 min
November 24, 2020 The Crit
A new podcast from Disegno, the Quarterly Journal of Design – launching soon. The Crit’s jingle is composed by Yuri Suzuki, with Team Suzuki at Pentagram (Adam Cheong-MacLeod and Charlie Carroll).
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2 min
March 31, 2020 The Crit
A new podcast from Disegno, the Quarterly Journal of Design – launching soon. The Crit’s jingle is composed by Yuri Suzuki, with Team Suzuki at Pentagram (Adam Cheong-MacLeod and Charlie Carroll).
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2 min