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05.12.2023

It’s here!

The day has come folks! The final issue, Bed, has arrived. Inside we visit the village that can’t sleep, interview an astronaut and consider the screen’s capacity to cure insomnia. We meet India’s sleep mafia, talk to sheep and wonder how the duvet became a wardrobe staple. Brilliant contributors include Anne Galloway, Formafantasma, Philippa Snow, Pillow Culture, Manijeh Verghese, Miguel Arjona, Cat Rossi and Oli Stratford. With a dreamy design by creative director and designer Michela Zoppi.

30.11.2023

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Start counting! The final issue of Dirty Furniture lands on Tuesday 5th December…

30.07.2022

DIRTY FURNITURE IN MEXICO

We’ve been in Mexico running a workshop on beds, sleep – or the lack of it – with the faculty of Tec de Monterrey in Mexico City. Look out for the fruits of the collaboration in the next issue of Dirty Furniture

29.07.2022

THE COOKING SHOW IN CORK

After its commission by the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial and a stint at Het Nieuwe Instituut, we’re pleased to announce Dirty Furniture‘s film ‘The Cooking Show’ continues to nourish the soul – this time at Crawford Art Gallery in Cork.

21.09.2021

The Phone issue – out now

Dirty Furniture’s Phone issue has launched! Boasting an exciting re-design by Studio Mathias Clottu, the new-look Dirty Furniture combines the joy of a glossy with the practicality of a book. Inside, we propose multiple ways of thinking about the phone – how we use it, and how it uses us. Buy your copy here

14.02.2021

Dirty Furniture at Istanbul Design Biennial

Dirty Furniture is thrilled to be part of the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial this year, presenting our first film, The Cooking Show. In our jam-packed video essay we ask why we like watching the making of a meal most of us will never prepare – let alone eat – and take you on a rollercoaster ride through the history of a genre that is at once a staple of television viewing and a hot pot of shifting perspectives and sociocultural values. More

01.04.2020

Dirty Furniture calling… kicks off Tuesday April 7th

Dial in at 6pm to hear design’s great minds talk about phones, love, work, distraction and life in this somewhat alienating time of social distancing. The coronavirus has turned the world as we know it on its head. Join us to discuss what the new normal might be. Find out more here.

21.05.2019

Dirty Furniture @ Established & Sons

Come and join us! Dirty Furniture editor Anna Bates is leading a panel discussion on the future of work with designer Konstantin Grcic and Adam Strudwick from HLW – see Clerkenwell Design Week guide for details.

30.09.2018

Well Done Alice!

Hats off to Alice Twemlow, who won an award for her fantastic piece Don’t Think! Discard! You can read the essay, commissioned and published by Dirty Furniture, in issue 4 – Closet.