{"title":"Design Reviewed","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"design-reviewed-1","title":"Design Reviewed #1","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesign Reviewed\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of essays from Disegno examining design as experienced by the people who actually use it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat grabbed us about this issue...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIssue 1 takes ten areas of daily life and asks what design is actually doing to us inside each one. Amelia Abraham’s Poppers on Main is the unexpected standout. Using a subculture’s crossover into the mainstream as a design story is exactly the kind of lateral thinking this publication exists for. Helen Gonzalez Brown’s opening essay on technology and connection as medicine sets the tone well. It reframes a familiar anxiety with more precision than most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho’s \u003cem\u003eDesign Reviewed\u003c\/em\u003e for?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesign Reviewed\u003c\/em\u003e is one for when you want design writing that starts with experience rather than aesthetics. Each essay takes a different category, from policy and ecology to interface and phenomenon, and works outward from how it actually feels to be a user. You can tell this comes from Disegno’s stable. The writing is rigorous without being academic. This would suit you if you already think critically about the designed world and want writing that keeps pace with that. Think of it as a user review of everything around us. It’s one to reach for when you want to look at the ordinary with a sharper eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eType: Long-form, text-led read\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePages: 96\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eInstagram:\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/disegnojournal\/?hl=en\" title=\"Disegno Journal Instagram\"\u003e@disegnojournal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Disegno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43754125426904,"sku":"MMS Design Reviewed #1 L2","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/5118\/7538\/products\/Design-Reviewed-1-Disegno-cover.jpg?v=1680176261"},{"product_id":"design-reviewed-2","title":"Design Reviewed #2","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesign Reviewed\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of essays from Disegno examining design as experienced by the people who actually use it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat grabbed us about this issue...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIssue 2 keeps the same structure and raises the stakes. In Praise of Public Toilets is the essay to find first. Piti Koshimura makes a serious case from an overlooked subject. Death is in the Air takes the media category somewhere genuinely uncomfortable. Natalie Kane’s Seeing Through the Hype rounds things out with a technology essay that does exactly what the title promises, without tipping into cynicism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho’s \u003cem\u003eDesign Reviewed\u003c\/em\u003e for?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesign Reviewed\u003c\/em\u003e is one for when you want design writing that starts with experience rather than aesthetics. Each essay takes a different category, from policy and ecology to interface and phenomenon, and works outward from how it actually feels to be a user. You can tell this comes from Disegno’s stable. The writing is rigorous without being academic. This would suit you if you already think critically about the designed world and want writing that keeps pace with that. Think of it as a user review of everything around us. It’s one to reach for when you want to look at the ordinary with a sharper eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eType: Long-form, text-led read\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePages: 96\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eInstagram:\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/disegnojournal\/?hl=en\" title=\"Disegno Journal Instagram\"\u003e@disegnojournal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Disegno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43880976777432,"sku":"MMS Design Reviewed #2 L1","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/5118\/7538\/files\/Design-Reviewed-Mag-2-cover.jpg?v=1689069914"}],"url":"https:\/\/picsandink.com\/collections\/design-reviewed.oembed","provider":"Pics and Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}