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Space Popular launches virtual reality art gallery
Design studio Space Popular has created a gallery in virtual reality for the Architectural Association, plus today's other design and architecture-related coronavirus news. More
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News
Milan calls on architects and designers to create social-distancing devices
Architects and designers are being asked to devise social-distancing devices to allow Milan's bars, shops and public spaces to reopen safely following the height of the coronavirus pandemic. More
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Architecture
Architecture
AIA outlines how people can safely return to offices post pandemic
The American Institute of Architects has released a tool kit that provides strategies for limiting exposure to coronavirus in buildings as restrictions begin to ease. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Sidewalk Labs abandons Toronto smart city during pandemic
Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs has abandoned its ambition to create a smart neighbourhood in Toronto amid "unprecedented economic uncertainty" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. More
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News
News
C'entro is a fibreglass frame to help people social distance in public parks
Design studio SBGA Blengini Ghirardelli has created a concept for social distancing within parks, plus today's other design-related coronavirus news. More
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Interiors
Interiors
Escapist restaurant interiors could be "lasting design legacy of the pandemic" says Roar trends report
Coronavirus will lead to a rise in escapist restaurant interiors, while physical menus, cash payments and buffets will largely be abandoned, according to a trends report by Dubai-based studio Roar. More
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London, New York, Paris and Milan give streets to cyclists and pedestrians
Cities across Europe and the Americas are drawing up plans to take street space away from cars in favour of cyclists and pedestrians in response to the coronavirus pandemic. More
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Peter Saville and Fergadelic design stickers to support the NHS
Artists including Peter Saville and Fergadelic have contributed to the Stick Together sticker collection that is being sold to support the NHS, plus today's other design-related coronavirus news. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Expo 2020 Dubai postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus
Expo 2020 Dubai will take place in 2021 after Bureau International des Expositions, the body that awards and overseas World Expos, voted to postpone the event due to coronavirus. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Architecture news website ArchDaily sold to products platform Architonic
Products database Architonic has acquired architecture news website ArchDaily in a deal thought to be worth around €10 million. More
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News
News
Philip Watts Design creates Shoe Pull door opener and Christo's Arc de Triomphe artwork delayed
Today's round up of design-related coronavirus stories includes a delay in artist Christo's plans to wrap a Paris landmark in fabric and an invention to open doors with your shoe. More
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Virtual Design Festival
Virtual Design Festival
Studio Drift, Adam Nathaniel Furman, Carlo Ratti, Sevil Peach and Iris van Herpen feature at VDF this week
Week four of Virtual Design Festival sees collaborations with New York gallery Friedman Benda, a special performance by Studio Drift, a celebration of fashion designer Iris van Herpen, a cocktail masterclass with Milan's Bar Basso and a live tour of a castle. More
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News
News
This week, designers created fashionable personal protective equipment
This week on Dezeen, designer Joe Doucet envisioned a face mask that can be worn as a fashion accessory and Production Club unveiled a conceptual PPE suit for clubbing during the coronavirus outbreak. More
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Design
Design
NASA selects Musk and Bezos to design landers for 2024 mission to land first woman on moon
NASA has named Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, Elon Musk's SpaceX and Alabama-based Dynetics as the three teams that will develop vehicles for its planned moon landing in 2024. More
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Massimo Iosa Ghini designs conceptual face mask while Paul Priestman creates egg-box phone stand
A series of children's architecture activities created by the AIA, a conceptual face mask and Paul Priestman's DIY phone stand feature in today's round of design-related coronavirus stories. More
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Design
Design
Nynke Tynagel splits from Studio Job to start own graphics studio
Graphic designer Nynke Tynagel has launched her own practice after working alongside Job Smeets as joint owner of art and design collective Studio Job for over 20 years. More
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News
MINI's A/D/O creative space in Brooklyn closes permanently due to pandemic
Car brand MINI is closing A/D/O, its creative hub in Brooklyn, blaming the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. More
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News
News
Skate brand Palace raises funds for NHS while Bjarke Ingels posts images of BIG face shields
A fundraiser by cult brand Palace and an update on BIG's face-shields project feature in today's round of design-related coronavirus stories. More
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News
Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 29 April
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes yin-yang airplane seating, a PPE suit for clubbing and news of Italian factories reopening. More
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Design
Design
Norwegian designers point the way towards a circular economy
"More stuff will not make us happier," say the designers and brands behind this year's Norwegian Presence showcase, who are calling for an industry-wide shift towards recycled and recyclable objects. More
