Architect Leandro Garcia has renovated an apartment for a family's holiday home near the beach in Matinhos, Brazil and filled it with vintage Brazilian furniture. More about Leandro Garcia outfits Praia Mansa Apartment with Brazilian marble and local designs
In a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival, the owner of Bar Basso in Milan says the design community has a chance to stay together despite the coronavirus pandemic causing design fairs to be cancelled. More about Virtual Design Festival is "a chance to stay together" says Maurizio Stocchetto of Bar Basso
Oliver Chapman Architects has added a garden room to a house in Edinburgh, combining an Arts and Crafts approach with smart-home technologies. More about Oliver Chapman Architects combines technology and craft in Flitch House
Design studio SBGA Blengini Ghirardelli has created a concept for social distancing within parks, plus today's other design-related coronavirus news. More about C'entro is a fibreglass frame to help people social distance in public parks
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 about Escapist restaurant interiors could be "lasting design legacy of the pandemic" says Roar trends report
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 about London, New York, Paris and Milan give streets to cyclists and pedestrians
In the second of our three exclusive video interviews with Iris van Herpen for Virtual Design Festival, the Dutch fashion designer explains how working with architects has informed her approach to textile design and led to her working on a full-scale museum extension last year. More about Architectural knowledge is "very useful for material development" in fashion says Iris van Herpen
Grey upholstery helped architecture studio Precht bring a "human touch" to the interior of this data office in Beijing, which features black walls and white zigzag desks. More about Precht creates monochromatic interiors for RayData office in Beijing
California-based design and architecture studio M-Rad proposes using the natural antiviral properties of copper alloy to create a travelling Covid-19 testing unit. More about M-Rad designs mobile Covid-19 testing unit concept from "virus-destroying" copper
Not-for-profit organisation Estudio Cavernas has built the sugarcane-thatched Green Island community centre for over 400 Burmese children living near the Myanmar border in western Thailand. More about Estudio Cavernas designs Thailand community centre as learning hub for Burmese migrant children
Three white-brick chimneys rise from this house in Virginia, which US studio T W Ryan Architecture designed to reference a modernist Mies van der Rohe house and a nearby plantation. More about Modernist and Southern colonial styles meet in Three Chimney House in rural Virginia
Concrete blocks, mountain rocks and reddish cement are among the materials used to build these five Peruvian residences in natural surrounds. More about Five of the best houses in Peru
Los Angeles architect Jimenez Lai speaks to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with architect Jimenez Lai as part of Virtual Design Festival
Dezeen promotion: creative school Istituto Marangoni is offering a scholarship worth 50 per cent of tuition fees on its new MA Product Design course at the school's London campus. More about Istituto Marangoni challenges designers to create "future products" to win a product design MA scholarship
US firm KoningEizenberg Architecture left worn-looking ornate walls, brickwork and columns inside this museum for children in Pittsburgh, which occupies a historic library that was struck by lightning. More about MuseumLab opens in ruins of lightning-struck Pittsburgh library
Concrete was cast against bamboo to create the rugged walls of this boutique hotel in Bali, by Australian architect Nic Brunsdon. More about Rough concrete walls frame jungle views at The Tiing hotel in Bali
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 about Peter Saville and Fergadelic design stickers to support the NHS
MARGstudio, Alessio Casciano Design and Angeletti Ruzza have designed a colourful, inflatable face shield that could be used to allow people to socialise following the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. More about Inflatable face shield designed for socialising post pandemic
In the first of three exclusive video interviews with Dezeen for Virtual Design Festival, fashion designer Iris van Herpen explains how her training as a ballet dancer led her to pioneer the use of new technologies and materials in haute couture. More about "There is so much in fashion that is unexplored" says Iris van Herpen in Dezeen's exclusive video series
Airy pavilion-like structures make up this holiday home in Sydney, which CM Studio has designed to optimise views of its luscious green surroundings. More about Woorak House in Sydney offers peeks of nearby nature reserve