Building blocks that support biodiversity and a textile homage to cold-water swimming feature in this roundup of work from 2020 design graduates, which is being presented at VDF by the New Designers student showcase. More about Students go back to nature in projects from New Designers graduate show
Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter Group have released a film of a silkworm-woven pavilion in Italy, in which the insects acted "not only as construction workers but also as designer". More about Neri Oxman's Mediated Matter Group reveals pavilion spun by 17,532 silkworms
VDF studio profile: Andreea Cornila is a Bucharest-based product and interior designer, as well as the founder of a self-titled studio that hopes to transcend purely visual and practical designs in favour of creating a more multi-sensory experience. More about Romanian studio Andreea Cornila "oversteps design's functional role"
Nelly Ben Hayoun led a relay panel discussion on how sports can influence the design industry as part of our Sports Day collaboration with the designer for Virtual Design Festival. More about Live talk on the relationship between sport and design as part of VDF
Stellar Works has launched three of its latest collections for 2020 at VDF products fair, including chairs designed by Nendo and Neri&Hu. More about Stellar Works' VDF products fair showcase features chairs by Nendo and Neri&Hu
Dezeen Showroom: Furniture brand Stellar Works has collaborated with Neri&Hu to create the Stack chair that boasts a "strong graphic character". More about Stack chair by Neri&Hu for Stellar Works
Dezeen Showroom: Seiton is a modular storage system designed by OEO Studio for Stellar Works that can double as a partition and be built in various configurations. More about Seiton storage by OEO Studio for Stellar Works
Dezeen Showroom: Stellar Works has collaborated with Nendo on the compact and modular Kite chair that is designed for small and narrow spaces. More about Kite armchair by Nendo for Stellar Works
Week 12 of Virtual Design Festival features the marathon Sports Day event hosted by Nelly Ben Hayoun, plus a Screentime interview with Patternity and live panel discussion with The Artling and OMA. More about Nelly Ben Hayoun, Patternity, OMA and The Artling feature at VDF this week
Dezeen promotion: interior-finishes company Woven Image has added two new ranges to its embossed acoustic panel collection, each taking cues from Japanese design. More about Woven Image releases minimal Zen and Ion embossed wall panels
Bright aluminium pipes that have been hit, folded and welded into crumpled forms make up this furniture collection by South Korean designer Yeon Jinyeong. More about Yeon Jinyeong aims to express "contradictory beauty" with Aluminum Anodized series
Mexican architect Enrique Tovar has designed a desk for post-coronavirus work environments that folds up so it can be carried to different locations. More about Enrique Tovar designs portable Nōmada desk for working outside of the office
Tributes have poured in for Milton Glaser, the influential American graphic designer who has died in New York on his 91st birthday. More about Milton Glaser, designer of the "I ♥ New York" logo, dies aged 91
Week 11 of Virtual Design Festival featured interviews with MPavilion architects Carme Pinós and Rem Koolhaas, a live stream with Piet Hein Eek and takeovers from the Design Museum and the Serpentine Gallery. More about This week's VDF highlights include Rem Koolhaas, Carmé Pinos, Erwan Bouroullec, Serpentine Galleries and Kvadrat
This week on Dezeen, Kengo Kuma's studio designed a blackened-wood chicken coop in Mexico, while Airbnb's co-founder declared that "travel as we knew it is over". More about This week, Kengo Kuma designed a chicken coop
Droog co-founder Renny Ramakers looks back at how the influential design platform shook up the industry in the 1990s in the latest talk in our ongoing collaboration with Friedman Benda for VDF. More about "It just happened; there was no plan," says Droog co-founder Renny Ramakers
Rapper Kanye West has revealed that his fashion company Yeezy has teamed up with the Gap brand on a 10-year partnership. More about Kanye West and Gap to launch Yeezy Gap clothing line
Reusable 3D-printed fracture casts and a compost caddy are among the products presented in this VDF school show, which features work produced as part of a course at Falmouth University that focuses specifically on sustainable design. More about Eleven projects from students of Falmouth University's Sustainable Product Design course
Dezeen promotion: as part of its Revisiting Analogue project, furniture brand Prostoria has constructed a house-like pavilion with "transparent walls" in a forest near its factory in Croatia. More about Prostoria nestles timber pavilion amongst leafy trees in Croatian forest
French designer Erwan Bouroullec spoke about Kvadrat Shade, the roller-blind solution he designed with his brother Ronan for Kvadrat, in this live talk as part of a collaboration with the Danish textile brand for VDF. More about Live talk with Erwan Bouroullec for Kvadrat Shade at Virtual Design Festival