Samsung and Dezeen have teamed up to launch a global contest seeking innovative designs for the home that can be made by repurposing cardboard packaging. More
With hundreds of millions of people currently in isolation or lockdown, Dezeen's India Block has selected 10 feature films that use architecture in exciting ways to watch as a distraction from coronavirus-induced boredom. More
Dutch studio Shift Architecture Urbanism has developed a model for a street food market where people can buy fresh produce without coming into contact with one another during the coronavirus pandemic. More
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have begun mass-producing disposable face shields for medical workers fighting Covid-19, which come flat-packed and can be folded into shape. More
A huge faux staircase interrupts the floor plan of this house in Tokyo, which design studio Nendo has created for three generations of the same family. More
Floating Island Restaurant by C+ Architects features a glazed dining room on stilts cantilevering from a hillside overlooking mountains in Chongquing, China. More
Dezeen announces Virtual Design Festival, the world's first online design festival, taking place from Wednesday 15 April onwards. More
Japanese designer and sound artist Yuri Suzuki has created a machine that can be used to make and play records. More
Mexico City studio Goko has topped this music studio with a large "skyspace" to flood it with natural light. More
The ruins of a 17th-century parchment factory and old cattle shed form part of a residential extension by Will Gamble Architects in Northamptonshire, UK. More
Dezeen's Face to Face podcast series continues with an interview with British architect David Chipperfield, who describes growing up on a farm, struggling at school, how Zaha Hadid saved him from failing his architecture diploma – and why he still suffers from imposter syndrome. More
Many brands are altering their logos to promote social distancing and creating adverts to encourage staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic. More
Photographer Lorenzo Zandri has documented the two modernist houses that architect Juan O'Gorman completed in Mexico City for his father and artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. More
Decentralised local manufacturing could replace global supply chains as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to architects who collaborated on an open-source project to make face shields for hospital workers. More
Chinese 3D-printer manufacturer Creality is fabricating thousands of buckles that make face masks less painful to wear for medical workers treating coronavirus patients. More
Spanish brand Nagami Design has switched the use of its robotic arm from making furniture to 3D-printing face shields for medical staff treating coronavirus patients. More
The mass work-from-home experiment imposed on us by coronavirus could finally force companies to embrace remote working, says Tom Ravenscroft. More
Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota have designed an intensive-care pod within a shipping container that could be added to hospitals fighting the coronavirus pandemic. More
Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer has collaborated with American startup Cat Person on a collection of modular furniture for cats that can change as the animal grows. More
With millions of people across the world in self-isolation or quarantine to slow the spread of coronavirus, content producer Sebastian Jordahn has put together a list of documentaries on architecture and design to stave off isolation boredom. More
