Nine projects from Lucerne School of Art and Design graduates, presented here in their VDF school show, highlight the craft and heritage inherent in textiles in a bid to raise their public profile. More about Lucerne School of Art and Design students celebrate textiles as unsung heroes
In the second part of Virtual Design Festival's day of talks with What Design Can Do, designer Anoushka Khandwala and fashion curator Sunny Dolat discussed how colonialism has shaped design. More about Live talk on decolonising design as part of VDF's collaboration with What Design Can Do
VDF products fair is showcasing three furniture and homeware pieces by Spanish brand Expormim, which can be used inside or outside. More about Expormim presents an outdoor rug and two chairs at VDF products fair
Transport design studio PriestmanGoode has developed a concept for a high-performance balloon and pressurised capsule for Space Perspective to take space tourists on a "cruise" around the stratosphere. More about PriestmanGoode's Neptune balloon will fly passengers to the edge of space
Xandra van der Eijk spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Philips TV & Sound as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Xandra van der Eijk as part of Virtual Design Festival
The coronavirus pandemic is increasing demand for plastic and delaying the drive towards sustainable alternatives, say designers. More about Designers "deeply worried" as pandemic slows move away from single-use plastics
A liquid soap made from urine and backpacks that house portable oxygen tanks feature in this VDF school show of socially-conscious products from Lucerne School of Art and Design graduates. More about Product design students at Lucerne School of Art and Design tackle social issues from racism to ableism
What Design Can Do is live-streaming three talks focusing on social justice in design in collaboration with VDF today. The first is with journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who will discuss challenging bias and misrepresentation in the news. Watch the talk from 11:00am UK time. More about Live talk on social justice in design with What Design Can Do and Virtual Design Festival
Studio Edwards has created a series of modular yellow-framed work pods to turn a vacant warehouse space in Melbourne into an office. More about Studio Edwards arranges yellow steel beams to form modular work pods
Ornamental hearing aids and a brassiere for breast cancer sufferers are among the unorthodox jewellery designs shared by Lucerne School of Art and Design students as part of their VDF school show. More about Collections from Lucerne School of Art and Design students stretch the definition of jewellery
Sandy Rendel Architects, working with Sally Rendel, has built a 2.8-metre-wide skinny home named Slot House in a disused alley in Peckham, south London. More about Sandy Rendel Architects slots narrow house into Peckham alley
US architecture firm Inform Studio and Buro Happold have designed a curved and stepped wood-covered pedestrian bridge to link two parks in Providence, Rhode Island. More about Curved pedestrian bridge links two riverfront parks in Providence
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes Banksy's proposal for a memorial that would incorporate Edward Colston and the protesters who toppled his statue in Bristol. More about Banksy's sketch for a slavery memorial features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Architect Mariam Kamara spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Atelier Masomi founder Mariam Kamara as part of Virtual Design Festival
Moon-shaped surface tiles modelled on the roofs of traditional Japanese houses are among the five bathroom products that INAX is showcasing at VDF products fair. More about Decorative tiles and freestanding bathtub feature in INAX showcase at VDF products fair
Architecture firm Olson Kundig has designed five pavilions with overhanging roofs to form this residence situated on a lava field in Hawaii. More about Olson Kundig Hale Lana house rises above lava field in Hawaii
Building-technology supplier Jung is showcasing its augmented reality planning tool named AR-Studio alongside five of its latest collections at the VDF products fair. More about Jung introduces augmented reality planning tool at VDF products fair
Architect Stephan Hürlemann discusses his flexible Dancing Office concept during a live Screentime conversation as part of our VDF x Vitra collaboration. More about Live interview with Stephan Hürlemann as part of Virtual Design Festival
Dezeen promotion: Croatian lighting designer Dean Skira has created a precision lighting tool called Nime for Delta Light. More about Dean Skira designs "near-invisible" spotlight for Delta Light
The stepped terrazzo floor, strip lighting and foggy mirrored walls inside this Beijing noodle bar designed by Office AIO are meant to mimic the urban makeup of the city of Chongqing. More about Chubby Girl noodle bar in Beijing takes cues from the landscape of south-west China