Virtual Design Festival and Arthur Mamou-Mani Architects have teamed up to invite readers to visit a temporary amphitheatre designed for this year's Burning Man festival in virtual reality. More about Join a virtual-reality tour of Arthur Mamou-Mani's Catharsis amphitheatre on Monday 8 June
Milan design platform Alcova is taking over VDF today to present a programme of interviews with eight international studios whose work could guide us into a better post-pandemic future. More about Alcova shares eight conversations with independent designers as part of VDF
The Berliner Ensemble theatre group has removed around 500 of its 700 seats to prepare for reopening in alignment with Germany's social-distancing policies. More about Berliner Ensemble gives glimpse of its socially distanced theatre
Michaele Simmering and Johannes Pauwen of Kalon Studios discuss how the company's "non-standard" approach has proven resilient to Covid-19 and explain how sustainability plays a part in its Rugosa collection in this interview for VDF's collaboration with Alcova. More about Kalon Studios wants "to think of the home as an ecosystem for a better life"
The creative director and co-founder of Qwstion, Christian Kaegi, sheds light on why the sustainable Swiss brand is infiltrating the production chains of major companies in this interview for VDF x Alcova. More about Qwstion maximises the positive environmental impact of its work through collaboration
The Finnish government will fund the construction of an architecture and design museum in the country's capital as part of its coronavirus pandemic support package. More about Helsinki to build Architecture and Design Museum as part of post-pandemic recovery plan
In this VDF x Alcova interview, Ismail and Adnane Tazi of homeware brand Trame discussed how their cross-cultural collections build "virtual bridges across the Mediterranean". More about Trame orchestrates "improbable encounters" between Mediterranean craft practices
In an interview published here as part of VDF x Alcova, German siblings Merle and Till Richter of Sammlung Walter spoke about how they see their fashion and furniture pieces less like products and more like experiments in the "art of fabrication". More about Sammlung Walter is not interested in "objectifying" its products
Two ex-Samsung engineers from tech company CoreDAR have designed a tiny LiDAR device called Glamos that can turn any screen into an interactive, but touchless, touchscreen. More about Ex-Samsung engineers develop "world's smallest LiDAR device" that makes touchscreens touchless
The founders of Japanese creative studio Spread reveal how they use colour as the primary medium in their work and explain how their Life Stripe project seeks to find pattern in the everyday in this interview as part of our VDF x Alcova collaboration. More about Life Stripe by Spread uses colour to turn everyday experiences into works of art
German designer Lukas Wegwerth discusses his construction framework Three+One and how the coronavirus pandemic prompted its evolution in this interview for our VDF x Alcova collaboration. More about Lukas Wegwerth used lockdown to reassess the material choices in his Three+One project
Recycling-focused studio Miniwiz, Taiwan's government and Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital have created a prototype for a modular ward using recycled aluminium panels, which would allow hospitals to quickly be adapted to fight coronavirus. More about Miniwiz builds modular hospital ward prototype at Taipei hospital
Independent design brand From Lighting's founders Cesare Bizzotto and Tobias Nitsche discuss how the coronavirus pandemic could change lighting design in this interview as part of VDF's collaboration with Alcova. More about From Lighting combines cutting-edge technology with local production
The founders of Belgium's Studio Plastique explain how their research-based projects and material investigations aim to position design as "a tool for a world that is in transition" in this interview as part of our VDF x Alcova collaboration. More about Studio Plastique investigates "complex issues as if they were supply chains"
Dallas artist Jammie Holmes has flown banners showing the last words of George Floyd, who was killed in police custody last week, above American cities. More about Banners of George Floyd's last words including "Please I can't breathe" are flown over US cities
As part of today's VDF x Braun collaboration, we have teamed up with the German design brand to give readers the chance of winning a Braun LE03 speaker and a BN0265 Chronograph watch. More about Competition: win a Braun LE03 speaker and a BN0265 Chronograph watch
Designer Ilse Crawford spoke to Dezeen in a live interview as part of our collaboration with Braun for Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Ilse Crawford as part of VDF's collaboration with Braun
Mexican studios Taller Lu'um and At-te designed this boutique hotel in Oaxaca to showcase local craft with earthen walls, doors made from local wood and a thatched roof. More about Monte Uzulu is a boutique hotel in the Oaxacan jungle by Taller Lu'um and At-te
VDF products fair: Braun Audio presents its LE speakers, which feature an updated Dieter Rams design paired with new audio technology that creates a "panoramic sound stage" in the home, as part of today's VDF x Braun collaboration. More about LE speakers by Braun Audio
The New York office of architecture studio Grimshaw has drawn up plans for a range of prefabricated coronavirus testing centres within shipping containers, named D-Tec. More about Grimshaw designs range of shipping-container coronavirus testing centres