The coronavirus pandemic is increasing demand for plastic and delaying the drive towards sustainable alternatives, say designers. More about Designers "deeply worried" as pandemic slows move away from single-use plastics
A liquid soap made from urine and backpacks that house portable oxygen tanks feature in this VDF school show of socially-conscious products from Lucerne School of Art and Design graduates. More about Product design students at Lucerne School of Art and Design tackle social issues from racism to ableism
What Design Can Do is live-streaming three talks focusing on social justice in design in collaboration with VDF today. The first is with journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who will discuss challenging bias and misrepresentation in the news. Watch the talk from 11:00am UK time. More about Live talk on social justice in design with What Design Can Do and Virtual Design Festival
Studio Edwards has created a series of modular yellow-framed work pods to turn a vacant warehouse space in Melbourne into an office. More about Studio Edwards arranges yellow steel beams to form modular work pods
Ornamental hearing aids and a brassiere for breast cancer sufferers are among the unorthodox jewellery designs shared by Lucerne School of Art and Design students as part of their VDF school show. More about Collections from Lucerne School of Art and Design students stretch the definition of jewellery
Sandy Rendel Architects, working with Sally Rendel, has built a 2.8-metre-wide skinny home named Slot House in a disused alley in Peckham, south London. More about Sandy Rendel Architects slots narrow house into Peckham alley
US architecture firm Inform Studio and Buro Happold have designed a curved and stepped wood-covered pedestrian bridge to link two parks in Providence, Rhode Island. More about Curved pedestrian bridge links two riverfront parks in Providence
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes Banksy's proposal for a memorial that would incorporate Edward Colston and the protesters who toppled his statue in Bristol. More about Banksy's sketch for a slavery memorial features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Architect Mariam Kamara spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Atelier Masomi founder Mariam Kamara as part of Virtual Design Festival
Moon-shaped surface tiles modelled on the roofs of traditional Japanese houses are among the five bathroom products that INAX is showcasing at VDF products fair. More about Decorative tiles and freestanding bathtub feature in INAX showcase at VDF products fair
Architecture firm Olson Kundig has designed five pavilions with overhanging roofs to form this residence situated on a lava field in Hawaii. More about Olson Kundig Hale Lana house rises above lava field in Hawaii
Building-technology supplier Jung is showcasing its augmented reality planning tool named AR-Studio alongside five of its latest collections at the VDF products fair. More about Jung introduces augmented reality planning tool at VDF products fair
Architect Stephan Hürlemann discusses his flexible Dancing Office concept during a live Screentime conversation as part of our VDF x Vitra collaboration. More about Live interview with Stephan Hürlemann as part of Virtual Design Festival
Dezeen promotion: Croatian lighting designer Dean Skira has created a precision lighting tool called Nime for Delta Light. More about Dean Skira designs "near-invisible" spotlight for Delta Light
The stepped terrazzo floor, strip lighting and foggy mirrored walls inside this Beijing noodle bar designed by Office AIO are meant to mimic the urban makeup of the city of Chongqing. More about Chubby Girl noodle bar in Beijing takes cues from the landscape of south-west China
The coronavirus pandemic makes moving towards a circular economy even more urgent, says IKEA's head of circular design Malin Nordin, as the company announces a strategic partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. More about Pandemic an opportunity to "accelerate the shift" towards circular economy says IKEA head of circular design
Co-working spaces designed for a conflict-ridden Venezuela and a furniture collection embodying Saudi hospitality are featured in this VDF school show, which presents work by students from the School of Building Arts at the Savanna College of Art and Design. More about SCAD students share 10 architecture, furniture and interiors projects
Research commissioned by the Creative Industries Federation has revealed that more that 400,000 jobs are set to be lost in the UK's creative sector in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. More about UK heading towards "cultural catastrophe" warns Creative Industries Federation
The London Festival of Architecture has teamed up with Virtual Design Festival to show a selection of movies from its series Manifestos: Architecture for a New Generation, starting with a short film from artist and architect Ibiye Camp. More about Ibiye Camp discusses how post-lockdown architecture could be designed digitally in film for VDF
Offices will remain crucial places for creativity and combatting loneliness but will change dramatically in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to research by Vitra published today as part of VDF's collaboration with the furniture brand. More about Physical workplaces important for "preventing the loneliness epidemic in an increasingly digital world" says Vitra