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Contributors

Veronica Blagoeva is fascinated by how different eyes see different things. p. 99

Gijs de Boer is not a design-hating designer any more. p. 14 (Design Drafts)

Katarina Bonnevier rummages in the borderlands with Mycket. p. 81

Dhiren Borisa dreams of being sexy in the city. p. 81

Rebecca Conway likes the mountains. p. 148

Brendan Cormier is all trees, no forest. p. 33

Aastha D is always raging, rolling her eyes, essaying, or feeling exhausted. p. 81

Chinouk Filique de Miranda is a semiprofessional screenshotter. p. 8 (Design Drafts)

Fabian Frinzel started stretching because he is slowly getting older (39). p. 31, 32, 97, 98, 113 and 147

Adam Nathaniel Furman is a British artist and designer of Japanese and Argentine heritage. p. 81

Ineke Hans loves London, but partly lives in Berlin. p. 24 Jango Jim is fuelled by coffee and good food. p. 123

Kareem Khubchandani loves clothes, and you can see more @kareempuff. p. 81

Sharon Lam just wants to find a job in architecture that requires scuba diving. p. 168

Kathryn Larsen is a Seaweed Arkitekt MAA based in Copenhagen. p. 20 (Design Drafts)

Malika Leiper wants you to consider new words for design. p. 26 (Design Drafts)

Gabriel Maher engages in critical spatial practice(s). p. 81

Theresa Marx’s greatest passion is her dog Leroy. p. 99

KNeo Mokgopa is an artist and writer living and working in Johannesburg. p. 81

Tetsuo Mukai likes circular design, as in “What goes around comes around”. p. 48

Linnéa Nordberg is. p. 99

Bianca Nozaki-Nasser loves to get lost in a good book. p. 2 (Design Drafts) Kristina Rapacki is a writer, editor and enthusiastic amateur rock climber. p. 147

Rupal Rathore is trying to find her ikigai. p. 148

Ria Roberts is interested in mechanical, digital and human reproduction. p. 25

Leonhard Rothmoser is still not afraid of the white sheet. p. 24, 48 and 168

Vikramaditya Sahai lives and loves in Delhi. p. 81

Sunao Takahashi is a face painter. p. 99

Philippe Thibault recently installed himself in Lyon for better food. p. 33 and 132

Sophie Tolhurst has been collecting fluff. p. 114

Andre Vasiljev is living life a quarter mile at a time and hating photography. p. 99

Alastair Philip Wiper is microdosing LSD and enjoying ASMR. p. 25

Lauren Yoshiko writes about weeds and smokes a lot of broccoli. p. 98

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Contributors Johanna Agerman Ross, Veronica Blagoeva, India Block, Gijs de Boer, Katarina Bonnevier, Dhiren Borisa, Erwan Bouroullec, Delany Boutkan, Rebecca Conway, Brendan Cormier, Aastha D, Chinouk Filique de Miranda, Fabian Frinzel, Adam Nathaniel Furman, Evi Hall, Ineke Hans, Jango Jim, Kareem Khubchandani, Sharon Lam, Kathryn Larsen, Malika Leiper, Gabriel Maher, Theresa Marx, KNeo Mokgopa, Tetsuo Mukai, Linnéa Nordberg, Bianca Nozaki-Nasser, Charles Pétillon, Rohit Rajak, Kristina Rapacki, Rupal Rathore, Ria Roberts, Leonhard Rothmoser, Vikramaditya Sahai, Oli Stratford, Sunao Takahashi, Philippe Thibault, Sophie Tolhurst, Andre Vasiljev, Charlotte Vuarnesson, Alastair Philip Wiper and Lauren Yoshiko.

Paper and print This issue of Disegno is printed by Park Communications on Edition Offset 120gsm by Antalis. The cover is printed on Arena Extra White Smooth 250gsm by Fedrigoni. Contents copyright The contents of this journal belong to Disegno Publications Limited and to the authors and artists featured. If you are tempted to reproduce any of it, please ask first.

Thanks Many thanks to Delany Boutkan for her patience, wisdom and dedication; Aric Chen, Francien van Westrenen, and all the team at Het Nieuwe Instituut for a fantastic collaboration; Nanjala Nyabola and Marjanne van Helvert for their judging expertise; Salvatore Nicoletti and his colleagues at Nike for all their support; Fabien Frinzel for being so accommodating with deliveries; Erwan Bouroullec for his hospitality; and all of the interviewees for ‘United by Design’ for their openness in discussing a difficult issue.

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