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Virtual Design Festival

Virtual Design Festival

Virtual Design Festival week three includes Chris Precht, Gary Hustwit, UNStudio, Paola Antonelli and more

Week three of Dezeen's Virtual Design Festival includes takeovers by Prague urbanism conference reSITE and design platform Ventura Projects, a new series of live architecture interviews, the launch of VDF's products fair and an interview with filmmaker Gary Hustwit. Plus we'll be streaming the entire Dezeen Day conference for those who missed it! More about Virtual Design Festival week three includes Chris Precht, Gary Hustwit, UNStudio, Paola Antonelli and more

Architecture

Architecture

Larch-clad house by RX Architects cantilevers over landscape

RX Architects incorporated part of an unfinished building into this house with a cantilevered upper story on the Rye Nature Reserve in East Sussex, England. More about Larch-clad house by RX Architects cantilevers over landscape

Interiors

Interiors

Ten homes designed for practising yoga and meditation

We've rounded up 10 houses from across the globe with rooms dedicated to yoga and meditation – including a beachfront spot in Mexico and a plywood-covered nook in Canada. More about Ten homes designed for practising yoga and meditation

Interiors

Interiors

Raúl Sánchez uses clever cutaways in house at Mas Blanch i Jové winery

Corten steel walls, a circular window and a big cross all feature in this house renovated by Raúl Sánchez Architects for a winery in Catalonia. More about Raúl Sánchez uses clever cutaways in house at Mas Blanch i Jové winery

Design

Design

Ron Arad launches "Smile for our NHS" fundraiser with masks featuring famous artists

Celebrities including Stephen Fry, David Baddiel and Elizabeth Hurley have modelled face masks designed by Ron Arad that will be sold to raise money for the UK's National Health Service. More about Ron Arad launches "Smile for our NHS" fundraiser with masks featuring famous artists

Design

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

Virtual Design Festival

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

This week on Dezeen

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

Interiors

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

VDF x reSITE

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