Cities in France are installing outdoor urinals as the coronavirus lockdowns causes a lack of public toilet facilities.
More about Outdoor urinal designers offer solutions to pandemic public toilet problem
Today Virtual Design Festival teams up with Braun to present a series of talks and a competition to win a Braun speaker and watch. The collaboration kicked off with a live talk with designer Benjamin Wilson and curator Dr Peter Kapos about the influential brand's vision for design. More about Live talk explores the past, present and future of German design brand Braun
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort studied fashion design but found she was better at predicting the future than drawing. She spoke to Dezeen about her career and why, at a time of crisis, she is hopeful for the future. More about "I just knew what was going to happen" says Li Edelkoort, the forecaster whose coronavirus predictions went viral
Design graduates from Boston's Northeastern University present thesis projects including visualisations of traditional Indian dance moves and augmented-reality representations of taste in this Virtual Design Festival school show. More about Northeastern University showcases nine graduate designs that bring data and research to life
Graphic designers are supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and current protests, sharing illustrations and links to resources that people can use to help others and educate themselves. We've rounded up just a few of the many artworks created to spread the message. More about Graphic designers share illustrations and resources in support of Black Lives Matter
Grohe's Patrick Speck discusses the potential of touchless bathroom and kitchen products in light of the coronavirus pandemic in this video produced by Dezeen as part of our VDF x Grohe collaboration. More about "Consumers want touchless products to limit spread of germs" says Grohe's Patrick Speck
Architects and designers have joined over a million people around the world in posting a black square to Instagram in solidarity with those protesting for racial equality following the death of George Floyd in police custody. More about Architects and designers post black squares on Instagram in support of racial equality
Paul Flowers, chief design officer of water technology brand LIXIL, discusses the latest trends in bathroom design including touchless products and diagnosing toilets in this talk produced by Dezeen for today's Grohe x VDF collaboration. More about "The bathroom is slowly changing" says Paul Flowers in Grohe talk for VDF
Bathroom and kitchen brand Grohe takes over Virtual Design Festival today, with a talk about the latest trends in bathroom design at 12:00pm and video about the brand's hands-free and 3D-printed products at 3:00pm UK time. More about Headline sponsor Grohe takes over Virtual Design Festival
Caesar Ceramics has introduced four new porcelain surfacing collections at VDF products fair, including a range of tiles called Enchant that evoke aged and painted wood. More about Caesar Ceramics' latest surfacing collections include wood-like porcelain tiles
Dezeen Showroom: Enchant is a porcelain surfacing collection by Caesar Ceramics USA that is designed to evoke wood and recreate "the feeling of a real walk through nature". More about Enchant surfacing by Caesar Ceramics USA
Dezeen Showroom: Meet is a porcelain surface collection with a wood-like finish, developed by Caesar Ceramics to suit both contemporary and classical interiors. More about Meet surfacing by Caesar Ceramics
Dezeen Showroom: Stoneways is a series of pared-back porcelain surface tiles by Caesar Ceramics USA that take cues from rocks and their mineral veins. More about Stoneways surfacing by Caesar Ceramics USA
Dezeen Showroom: The use of stone in Italian art and architecture informed the Shapes of Italy porcelain surface tile collection by Caesar Ceramics. More about Shapes of Italy surfacing by Caesar Ceramics
London-based designer Freyja Sewell has created eight decorative face masks, made from commonplace objects including felt, yoghurt pots and pool table triangles, in honour of coronavirus key workers. More about Freyja Sewell's Key Workers masks take design cues from science fiction and Buddhism
In this Virtual Design Festival school show, architecture and design graduates from Spain's IE University share projects ranging from a delivery robot to the branding for a fictitious dictatorship. More about Ten projects from IE University's design and architecture graduates
The architecture and design industry has spoken out against racism in America with Bec Brittain, Jessica Walsh and The Future Perfect posting a black square to Instagram, and Harriet Harriss calling for an "an end to this right now". More about Architects and designers declare that "black lives matter" and call for racial justice after George Floyd's death
As part of its takeover of Virtual Design Festival today, ArkDes is giving Dezeen readers a guided video tour of its current exhibition exploring the phenomenon of ASMR. More about Take a guided tour of ArkDes' new exhibition exploring ASMR
Theodora Alfredsdottir spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Philips TV & Sound as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Theodora Alfredsdottir as part of Virtual Design Festival
British lighting brand Astro has launched its three-piece Capsule Collection Volume 01, which includes a bathroom lamp with a grooming mirror attached called Orb, as part of the VDF products fair. More about Astro Lighting unveils Capsule Collection Volume 01 at VDF products fair