Barcelona fashion and accessories brand MAM is showcasing a trio of raffia accessories at the VDF products fair, each of which can be adapted for different uses and occasions. More about MAM presents UFO accessories collection at VDF products fair
With coronavirus confining people to their homes and rising fears over environmental destruction, a new breed of visual artists is creating utopian landscapes, buildings and interiors for armchair escapists. Here are nine of the best practitioners. More about "The desire for escapism is at an all-time high" say visualisers creating fantasy renderings
Peter Morris Architects has revealed the design for a pair of houses in north London, which will have a facade made up of pink arches "absolutely everywhere". More about Peter Morris Architects covers Cloud House in pink arches
V&A East director Gus Casely-Hayford explains how he plans for the new museum in east London to reach a more diverse audience in the final talk as part of our collaboration with Friedman Benda for VDF. Tune in from 11:00am UK time. More about V&A East "will speak to the local population" says Gus Casely-Hayford
Beyond the black facade of this 1990s townhouse in Melbourne's South Yarra neighbourhood are a series of simple, white-painted living spaces designed by Winter Architecture. More about Winter Architecture contrasts black facade of Melbourne townhouse with minimal white interiors
This VDF school show of work from the University of Brighton's School of Architecture and Design includes a VR basketball court, anarchistic house extensions and bioreceptive building blocks made with food waste. More about 17 award-winning projects from University of Brighton students
How will Dutch Design Week adapt to the realities of coronavirus? The final day of VDF kicked off with a live conversation between Dutch Design Foundation director Martijn Paulen, Eindhoven designer Kiki van Eijk and Design Academy Eindhoven creative director Joseph Grima. More about Joseph Grima, Kiki van Eijk and Martijn Paulen discuss this year's Dutch Design Week in a live talk
Biomega founder Jens Martin Skibsted has created NemBot, a concept for convoys of electric driverless vehicles to transport goods and patients around cities in isolation pods. More about Jens Martin Skibsted and Manyone design "pandemic-proof" non-emergency medical transport system
A consortium of Dutch companies has developed a concept for a visitor attraction with passenger cabins spiralling up and down its facade and powered by solar panels and wind. More about Spiral Tower would be world's first "climate-neutral high-rise attraction"
New York architect Vincent Appel has designed Sheffield House in Massachusetts to replace the resident's childhood home with cedar walls as the "picture frame of the spaces of memory". More about Bleached cedar frames apple orchard from Sheffield House in Massachusetts
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes a coronavirus-inspired bring-your-own cutlery set designed in collaboration with Pharrell Williams. More about A coronavirus cutlery set by Pharrell Williams features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
This VDF school show by Kent State University's College of Architecture and Environmental Design features a conceptual biomass power plant and a proposal that reimagines the school's brick facade as fur. More about Kent State University presents 10 student architecture projects completed across the school
Lucy McRae spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation as part of our collaboration with her for Virtual Design Festival. More about Live talk with Lucy McRae as part of Virtual Design Festival
Eighty artists and activists have written cloud-like messages in the sky made from water vapour to protest immigration policy and mass incarceration in America. More about In Plain Sight sky writes "Care not cages" to protest immigration detention
Dezeen promotion: entries are now open for the Timber Trade Federation's Conversations about Climate Change design competition and exhibition, which offers a platform for "urgent" climate debates. More about Call for entries to Timber Trade Federation's Conversations about Climate Change competition
Five architecture students from the University of Oregon present their visions of a Centre for Democracy and Environmental Justice to repair "damaged urban context" in this VDF school show. More about University of Oregon students spotlight five sustainable urban design proposals
As part of today's VDF collaboration with Lucy McRae, the artist and designer has unveiled a conceptual survival raft that comforts the sole occupant as they drift into the unknown. More about Lucy McRae's Solitary Survival Raft explores fear and hope during the coronavirus pandemic
Mexican studio BAAQ has arranged the Casa Naila holiday home on the coast of Oaxaca into four blocks around a cross-shaped patio so that all rooms have views of the sea in more than one direction. More about BAAQ divides beachside house into four to take advantage Pacific Ocean views
Australian architecture firm Bates Smart has built a skinny skyscraper named Collins House in Melbourne that's 184 metres tall and just 11.5 metres wide at its slimmest point. More about Bates Smart completes skyscraper that's only 11.5 metres wide
The "qualities of the countryside" should be introduced to urban areas to help tackle climate change, says architect Chris Precht. More about Bring wilderness into cities to help solve climate change says Chris Precht