Multidisciplinary design consultancy Matter has designed three conceptual cervical cancer examinations that women could carry out themselves at home to break the taboo of smear tests. More about Matter's Sukha concept enables women to carry out smear tests at home
Today VDF teams up with musician Rosey Chan, starting with this exclusive premiere of her collaboration with artist Eyal Gever and dancer and choreographer Sharon Eyal. Plus Chan launches a playlist of compositions intended to help listeners to cope with coronavirus lockdown. More about Water Dancer "explores the dynamic, complex and ever-changing relationships between man, nature and technology"
Influential design exhibitions platform Ventura Projects is to cease operating after ten years of organising exhibitions in Milan and other cities due to the impact of coronavirus. More about Ventura Projects ends operations after 10 years of promoting designers at Milan design week
A huge arched window punctuates the grey-brick exterior of an education centre built by Adam Richards Architects in the grounds of a 16th-century castle in the English town of Deal, Kent. More about Adam Richards Architects uses brick and black zinc for Walmer Castle learning centre
Dezeen promotion: decaying flowers, abstract blocks of colour and imaginary characters feature in Nanimarquina's latest rug collections. More about Nanimarquina unveils four new collections of rugs
Amsterdam arts centre Mediamatic has set up a socially-distanced dining experience where guests sit in their own greenhouse and hosts wear face shields. More about Individual greenhouses let guests dine at a distance during pandemic
Californian firm Ryan Leidner Architecture has used bright white paint and lush greenery to refresh a mid-century modern Eichler home in Silicon Valley that was completed in the 1960s. More about White Twin Gable House by Ryan Leidner Architecture is a remodeled Eichler
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes a roundup of houses designed to showcase their owners' beloved cars. More about Eight houses designed to showcase cars feature in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Standard Architecture spoke to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Standard Architecture as part of Virtual Design Festival
Board-marked concrete and warm wood are contrasted in this synagogue in Asunción, Paraguay, which has been renovated by local studio Equipo de Arquitectura. More about Equipo de Arquitectura updates synagogue in Paraguay with board-marked concrete
Weston Williamson + Partners has outlined its plans for a social-distancing workplace, with transparent screens around desks, hands-free doors and a barista, to allow employees to safely return to its office following the coronavirus lockdown. More about Weston Williamson + Partners envisions social-distancing office
The Chinese government has issued a decree "strictly prohibiting" the plagiarism of buildings in the country and severely limiting the construction of supertall skyscrapers. More about China bans copycat architecture and restricts supertall skyscrapers
In the final instalment of our exclusive Archigram video series for VDF, architect Dennis Crompton explains that the avant-garde architecture group didn't just want to create conceptual projects and almost realised a building in Monte Carlo. More about "There is a practical side to Archigram, it's not just funny drawings," says Dennis Crompton
A medical illustrator behind the first 3D images of the coronavirus particle has spoken to Dezeen about how his team branded an invisible disease that "needed an identity". More about Iconic Covid-19 images designed to create "a feeling of alarm" says CDC medical illustrator Dan Higgins
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson is bringing rare natural matter, including a burning sun and a sprightly puffin, into people's homes with his AR Wunderkammer works. More about Olafur Eliasson creates augmented-reality cabinet of curiosities
The creative director of design studio Framework has turned a neglected 19th-century warehouse in Amsterdam into a plush family home for his wife and two children. More about Thomas Geerlings converts canal-side Amsterdam warehouse into contemporary home
Winning an award for best architecture, interiors or design studio at Dezeen Awards can have a huge impact, according to last year's winners – and there are less than 20 days to enter and save 50 per cent. More about "Our first International project came the day after receiving the award" says Dezeen Awards emerging studio winner
Building startup Containerwerk has turned old shipping containers into 21 micro apartments for visitors to the town of Wertheim in Germany. More about Shipping containers turned into micro apartments by Containerwerk
Waves of corrugated steel and wood accents wrap around the Marginal Housing 3.0 block by Merge Architects located alongside Boston's harbour. More about Merge Architects builds dark corrugated steel housing facing Boston harbour
In our final lecture as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Dutch architect Francine Houben talks about her influences and the founding of Mecanoo. More about "We already had an office before we finished school" says Francine Houben in VDF lecture