Design
Odami creates a furniture collection from one dying tree
Canadian studio Odami has used wood from a 130-year-old red oak tree to design furniture and lighting. More about Odami creates a furniture collection from one dying tree
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Architecture
Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects creates angular Arctic Sauna Pavilion
Finnish studio Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects has created a timber pavilion that functions both as a sauna and a hub for social activities. More about Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects creates angular Arctic Sauna Pavilion
Virtual Design Festival
This week's VDF highlights include Ron Arad, SO-IL, Kunlé Adeyemi, Nelly Ben Hayoun, Beatie Wolfe and Studio Drift
Week two of Virtual Design Festival came and went in a flash! Here's a day-by-day roundup of all the week's collaborations, interviews and video messages. More about This week's VDF highlights include Ron Arad, SO-IL, Kunlé Adeyemi, Nelly Ben Hayoun, Beatie Wolfe and Studio Drift
Design
Ten household items redesigned by Japanese studio Nendo
Prolific design studio Nendo is known for working on up to 400 projects at once. From bonsai trees to piggy banks and umbrella stands, here are 10 products that have been given a Nendo makeover. More about Ten household items redesigned by Japanese studio Nendo
This week on Dezeen
This week, BIG created a spiral-shaped museum and Dezeen released its latest podcast
This week, BIG completed a spiral-shaped museum in the Swiss mountains and John Pawson discussed the reasoning behind his characteristic minimalism in Dezeen's latest podcast. More about This week, BIG created a spiral-shaped museum and Dezeen released its latest podcast
News
Serpentine Pavilion 2020 postponed until next year due to coronavirus
The opening of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, designed by South African architecture studio Counterspace, has been postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. More about Serpentine Pavilion 2020 postponed until next year due to coronavirus
Interiors
Green and yellow Eames chairs fill Tacofino Ocho restaurant in Vancouver
This taco restaurant in Vancouver, designed by local studio September, is filled with fibreglass Eames chairs and curvy black tables. More about Green and yellow Eames chairs fill Tacofino Ocho restaurant in Vancouver
Virtual Design Festival
Live interview followed by exclusive performance by singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe
As the final part of today's VDF x Beatie Wolfe collaboration, the musician speaks live to Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs before performing three of her tracks. More about Live interview followed by exclusive performance by singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe
VDF x reSITE
"We have a tendency to look at representations of new cities as a kind of pornography" said Michael Sorkin
Ahead of Monday's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and reSITE , the Prague urbanism conference has shared a video of a lecture by Michael Sorkin, in which the late architect and critic quashes the lure of glamorised future city proposals. More about "We have a tendency to look at representations of new cities as a kind of pornography" said Michael Sorkin
Virtual Design Festival
"Music is core to our humanity" writes Beatie Wolfe in an essay exploring tangible formats for music in the digital age
For her collaboration with VDF, singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe has written an essay about the power of music to transform lives, particularly during difficult times. More about "Music is core to our humanity" writes Beatie Wolfe in an essay exploring tangible formats for music in the digital age
Virtual Design Festival
From Green to Red is "part music video, part protest song and entirely a statement of our time" says Beatie Wolfe
As part of the VDF collaboration with Beatie Wolfe, the singer-songwriter has shared this exclusive preview of From Green to Red, a forthcoming interactive environmental protest installation. More about From Green to Red is "part music video, part protest song and entirely a statement of our time" says Beatie Wolfe
Architecture
Building Beyond Borders uses stone and earth to build Women's House Ouled Merzoug
Architecture students collaborated with a women's group in Morocco to design and build a community centre out of stone and earth in the village of Ouled Merzoug. More about Building Beyond Borders uses stone and earth to build Women's House Ouled Merzoug
News
Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 24 April
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes coronavirus tartan and emojis. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 24 April
Virtual Design Festival
VDF premieres Beatie Wolfe's documentary Orange Juice for the Ears
To kick off today's VDF collaboration with Beatie Wolfe, we're exclusively streaming the online premiere of the singer-songwriter's documentary Orange Juice for the Ears: from Space Beams to Anti-Streams. More about VDF premieres Beatie Wolfe's documentary Orange Juice for the Ears
Architecture
Peckham apartment blocks by Tikari Works are covered in rust-red shingles
Rust-red tiles completely cover the facade of these angular apartments in south London, which Tikari Works has designed to have a "sibling relationship" with neighbouring properties. More about Peckham apartment blocks by Tikari Works are covered in rust-red shingles
Virtual Design Festival
Lockdown is an "exercise in presence and gratitude" says Beatie Wolfe
Ahead of today's VDF collaboration with Beatie Wolfe, the musician says that the coronavirus lockdown is a chance to celebrate "the little things that are so often overlooked" in this video message for Virtual Design Festival. More about Lockdown is an "exercise in presence and gratitude" says Beatie Wolfe
Design
Mále Uribe Forés makes wall tiles from Chilean desert salt
Chilean architect Mále Uribe Forés has turned salt into reactive wall tiles that will crystallise and grow over the course of her Salt Imaginaries installation. More about Mále Uribe Forés makes wall tiles from Chilean desert salt
Architecture
Atelier Espaço P2 remodels Portuguese home with wood-lined interiors
Architecture studio Atelier Espaço P2 has refurbished this house in Ansião, Portugal, inserting wood-lined interiors into a building that has been in the owner's family for three generations. More about Atelier Espaço P2 remodels Portuguese home with wood-lined interiors
Design
Coronavirus-related emojis by &Walsh offer "comic relief" during pandemic
Jessica Walsh's creative agency &Walsh has designed emojis that detail life during the coronavirus pandemic, including hand sanitiser, a tin of beans and healthcare workers dressed as superheroes. More about Coronavirus-related emojis by &Walsh offer "comic relief" during pandemic
Virtual Design Festival
Tokyo has cells for living, working, eating, entertainment and sex says Martin van der Linden
In his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival, video blogger Martin van der Linden uses some of his favourite architecture books to explain the order behind Tokyo's apparently chaotic urban landscape. More about Tokyo has cells for living, working, eating, entertainment and sex says Martin van der Linden