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 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
Guadalajara design studio Peca has made rounded tables and footstools with pale wooden cylinders, wool and recycled glass. More about Peca creates cylindrical furniture with beech wood dowels
September's Maison&Objet interior design fair has been postponed and will instead take place online, while Paris Design Week is to go ahead. More about Maison&Objet becomes the latest design fair to drop physical event for digital version
Micha Weidmann, a graphic designer, typographer and art director who created the Dezeen logo, spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime discussion as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Dezeen logo designer Micha Weidmann as part of Virtual Design Festival
Lance is a range of tubular wall lights, designed to highlight the details and textures of a building's surface, which Meteor Lighting is launching at the VDF products fair. More about Meteor Lighting launches three new collections at VDF products fair
Architecture studio Cobe and engineering firm Arup have designed the elevated Orienktaj and underground Nordhavn Metro stations as part of a docklands development in Copenhagen. More about Cobe and Arup unveil elevated Metro station in Copenhagen docklands
Second-year interior design students from the University of East London have created a series of lamps for a fictitious nail salon as part of this VDF school show. More about Ten eclectic lighting designs for nail salons from University of East London students
Timber, tilework and plummy hues helped Studio Modijefsky foster a "warmly familiar" atmosphere inside this long-standing Amsterdam restaurant. More about Studio Modijefsky overhauls 119-year-old restaurant Bonnie in Amsterdam
Research agency Forensic Architecture has recreated the 2011 killing of Mark Duggan, using virtual reality to show he "could not have been holding a firearm" when shot by police. More about Forensic Architecture uses virtual reality to question police account of Mark Duggan shooting
Week ten of Virtual Design Festival features talks with architects and designers including Mariam Kamara, Lee Broom and Winy Maas, as well as collaborations with brands such as Stellar Works, Vitra and Rado, and organisations Mindcraft, London Festival of Architecture and What Design Can Do. More about Stellar Works, Mariam Kamara, Lee Broom, Winy Maas and What Design Can Do feature at VDF this week