Readers are debating Michael Ford's statement that architects who want to really impact the fight for racial equality should stop designing jails and prisons, and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. More about "Architects aren't going to change it all but they can certainly help" say commenters
Band-Aid is launching a range of bandages in light and dark shades of black and brown to make its products more racially inclusive. More about Band-Aid launches bandages to "embrace the beauty of diverse skin"
Recycled plastic, clear acrylic and voluptuously layered foam feature in three texture-heavy collections by Sydney studio DesignByThem, which are being showcased as part of the VDF products fair. More about DesignByThem presents three furniture collections at VDF products fair
Dezeen Showroom: The Fenster seating collection by Design By Them takes cues from traditional crittall windows and sees transparent acrylic offset against a metal frame. More about Fenster seating collection by Gibson Karlo for Design By Them
Dezeen Showroom: The Sundae seating collection, created by Australian designer Jason Ju for Design By Them, features chubby, marshmallow-like curves that envelop its occupier. More about Sundae Lounges by Jason Ju for Design By Them
Dezeen Showroom: Sydney studio Design By Them is celebrating the natural texture of recycled plastic via a speckled, multi-coloured furniture collection called Confetti. More about Confetti furniture collection by Gibson Karlo for Design By Them
Lee Broom spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime discussion as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with the British designer. More about Live interview with Lee Broom as part of Virtual Design Festival
Fenwick-Iribarren Architects and Pattern Design have unveiled the Education City Stadium near Doha, which is the third and largest of the venues for the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be completed so far. More about "Diamond in the Desert" stadium completes ahead of 2022 World Cup in Qatar
We need to provoke discussion, not anger, when it comes to talking about diversity, says Michelle Ogundehin, who shares her personal experiences with racism, views on positive discrimination and ways in which individuals can make a difference. More about "Let's talk about diversity"
Sinuous spruce-wood walls wind around this cosy cave-like suite that Tenon Architecture has created for a resort hotel in southern Greece. More about Wooden Cave hotel suite in Greece is made from over 1,000 pieces of hand-cut spruce
Plastics will be replaced within ten years by biofabricated materials that eliminate waste and pollution, according to Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch. More about The circular economy "will never work with the materials we have" says Cyrill Gutsch of Parley for the Oceans
Buildings adapted to marine environments and paper structures designed for funeral ceremonies are among the sustainability-focused architecture proposals in this VDF school show by Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). More about SUTD architecture graduates present Sustainable Design for a Better World
Dezeen's Virtual Design Festival teamed up with Shanghai furniture brand Stellar Works on a panel discussion with designers Neri&Hu and Space Copenhagen, who talked about merging Eastern and Western design traditions. More about Live panel discussion with Stellar Works, Neri&Hu and Space Copenhagen as part of Virtual Design Festival
This year's London Design Festival will go ahead as scheduled in September, but with a more local focus and greater online activity in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. More about London Design Festival 2020 set to go ahead in September but expects "very little international travel"
A chair grown from fungi and hemp and ceramics inspired by occult rituals are among the design pieces presented by The Mindcraft Project for VDF. More about The Mindcraft Project 2020 showcases the work of 10 Danish designers at Virtual Design Festival
caPale timber partitions were used to transform a 180-year-old barn in Spain into an office space for and by studio Nordest Arquitectura. More about Nordest Arquitectura uses wooden partitions to convert old barn into offices for its studio
Architects Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones have built a wooden office in Guayaquil, Ecuador with a wall of angular windows that pop open, as shown in these photos with people wearing coronavirus face masks. More about Pine-and-glass shelving encloses office in Ecuador
Boston architecture firm Machado Silvetti has been selected to preserve an 18th-century home in Virginia once owned by a signer of the Declaration of Independence. More about Machado Silvetti designs glass enclosure for Virginia home of signer of Declaration of Independence
Dezeen Showroom: More than 50 glass spheres and hemispheres make up the Homo wall sculpture by Russian designer Grigory Gorkovenko, which can function as a clock, light and vase. More about Homo multifunctional wall sculpture by Grigory Gorkovenko
Dezeen teamed up with Rado and Les Couleurs Suisse to host a panel discussion on how iconic architect Le Corbusier's Architectural Polychromy colour theory has influenced the brands' new watch collection as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live panel discussion with Rado and Les Couleurs Suisse as part of Virtual Design Festival