Gaetano Pesce implores young designers to consider how to address social issues through their work, which he says has a greater capacity to communicate with people than art, in our latest collaboration with Friedman Benda for VDF. More about "Young designers have to understand they are practising art" says Gaetano Pesce
Dubai-based studio Roar has forecasted various ways that Covid-19 will impact the design of schools and colleges, including a rejection of "vanity projects" and the introduction of WeWork-style classrooms. More about "Education spaces will never be the same again" says Roar report
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
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"
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
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
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
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
Dezeen Showroom: The Duo Series is a collection of minimalist pendant lights by Californian lighting manufacturer Meteor Lighting that glow from both ends. More about Duo Series by Meteor Lighting