Design
Vollebak creates Indestructible Jacket
Experimental clothing brand Vollebak has created a near-indestructible jacket from Dyneema – a fibre that is 15 times stronger than steel. More about Vollebak creates Indestructible Jacket
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Architecture
Burnt House is a charred wood extension that looks like a Japanese tea house
Will Gamble Architects has updated a house in west London with an extension modelled on a Japanese tea house. More about Burnt House is a charred wood extension that looks like a Japanese tea house
Design
Masque Thing cabinet features stretchy doors and "sumptuous" legs
Rubbery doors outfit this cabinet designed by architecture studio Allthatissolid so that they stretch and form breast-like shapes when pulled open. More about Masque Thing cabinet features stretchy doors and "sumptuous" legs
Opinion
"A non-healthcare building converted to a patient care space is not quite a hospital"
While converting existing buildings into fully functioning hospitals is unfeasible, high schools and large hotels can be used as care space for coronavirus patients, says Jason Schroer, who is director of health at HKS's firm in Dallas. Here he explains how. More about "A non-healthcare building converted to a patient care space is not quite a hospital"
Virtual Design Festival
Andrés Jaque and Ivan Munuera premiere film exploring the visual landscape of Covid-19
Our VDF collaboration with The World Around concludes with the premiere of a new film by Andrés Jaque and Ivan Munuera, which charts the global impact of coronavirus across a wide range of different scales. More about Andrés Jaque and Ivan Munuera premiere film exploring the visual landscape of Covid-19
Virtual Design Festival
Cameron Sinclair and Facebook's Margaret Stewart feature in the third instalment of The World Around symposium
Architect Cameron Sinclair and vegan fashion designer Mats Rombaut are joined by Facebook's director of product design Margaret Stewart in the third part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day. More about Cameron Sinclair and Facebook's Margaret Stewart feature in the third instalment of The World Around symposium
Virtual Design Festival
Mona Chalabi creates Stats to Help you Breathe illustrations to take people's minds off coronavirus
Data journalist and illustrator Mona Chalabi has unveiled a series of limited-edition prints and shared a selection of her illustrations visualising information about coronavirus as part of The World Around's takeover of Virtual Design Festival for Earth Day. More about Mona Chalabi creates Stats to Help you Breathe illustrations to take people's minds off coronavirus
Virtual Design Festival
"It's hard to yearn for a return to a pre-pandemic normal" says Design Earth
El Hadi Jazairy and Rania Ghosn of collaborative architecture practice Design Earth discuss how to engage with the climate emergency in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in this interview with architecture writer Carson Chan, which forms part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day. More about "It's hard to yearn for a return to a pre-pandemic normal" says Design Earth
Virtual Design Festival
Part two of The World Around's Earth Day symposium features Aric Chen and Thomas Thwaites
Curator Aric Chen and designer Thomas Thwaites discuss their work in the second part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around, which also features short films by Kalyanee Mam and Apichatpong Weerasthakul. More about Part two of The World Around's Earth Day symposium features Aric Chen and Thomas Thwaites
Architecture
Saez Pedraja adds small studio to a fashion designer's Santa Monica residence
California architect Juan Saez Pedraja has added a studio fronted with aluminium panels and cedar shades to the backyard of a remodelled Santa Monica residence. More about Saez Pedraja adds small studio to a fashion designer's Santa Monica residence
Virtual Design Festival
Kunlé Adeyemi and Nelly Ben Hayoun feature in the first session of The World Around symposium
Our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day kicks off with a series of conversations with designers including Nelly Ben Hayoun and Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi. More about Kunlé Adeyemi and Nelly Ben Hayoun feature in the first session of The World Around symposium
Virtual Design Festival
Live video interview with The World Around curator Beatrice Galilee
In this live interview, Beatrice Galilee speaks to Dezeen about the online symposium she has curated as part of Virtual Design Festival's partnership with The World Around for Earth Day. More about Live video interview with The World Around curator Beatrice Galilee
Architecture
Elisabeth Polzella creates structural-stone covered market in Lamure-Sur-Azergues
French architect Elisabeth Polzella has built a covered market from structural stone and timber for the town of Lamure-Sur-Azergues in the Rhône region of central France. More about Elisabeth Polzella creates structural-stone covered market in Lamure-Sur-Azergues
Virtual Design Festival
Kunlé Adeyemi, Nelly Ben Hayoun and Cameron Sinclair feature in VDF's collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day
To mark Earth Day, VDF collaborated with The World Around to host a series of talks, interviews, short films and essays exploring ideas that could "shape the future of our relationship with the planet". More about Kunlé Adeyemi, Nelly Ben Hayoun and Cameron Sinclair feature in VDF's collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day
Opinion
"The current crisis has exposed the structural shortcomings of our healthcare systems"
The coronavirus has exposed fundamental problems with our healthcare systems that we should not forget once the pandemic passes, warns Reinier de Graaf in a letter to the present from the future. More about "The current crisis has exposed the structural shortcomings of our healthcare systems"
News
Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 22 April
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes delays to work on Notre-Dame Cathedral and an intensive care unit in a shipping container. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 22 April
Design
Livable's Well-Distance-Being project encourages social distancing with wearable rattan cages
Research and design platform Livable has created a rattan frame that is worn over the head and body to increase awareness of the need for social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic. More about Livable's Well-Distance-Being project encourages social distancing with wearable rattan cages
Virtual Design Festival
Everyone in the creative industries is "wondering what our role is" says Beatrice Galilee
Curator Beatrice Galilee of The World Around has curated a celebration of Earth Day for VDF, which will be streamed later today. In this video message, she questions the role of the creative industries during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Everyone in the creative industries is "wondering what our role is" says Beatrice Galilee
Design
Vivviene Westwood and Christopher Kane create hopeful coronavirus posters
Artists and designers including Vivienne Westwood, Christopher Kane and Wolfgang Tillmans have created protest-style posters about coronavirus for Dazed Media. More about Vivviene Westwood and Christopher Kane create hopeful coronavirus posters
Architecture
BIG creates spiral museum for Audemars Piguet in the Swiss mountains
Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet is a spiral-shaped building rising up out of the landscape of Vallée de Joux in Switzerland designed by BIG for the watchmaker to house its collection of timepieces. More about BIG creates spiral museum for Audemars Piguet in the Swiss mountains