This week’s VDF highlights include Ron Arad, SO-IL, Kunlé Adeyemi, Nelly Ben Hayoun, Beatie Wolfe and Studio Drift
Ten household items redesigned by Japanese studio Nendo
Green and yellow Eames chairs fill Tacofino Ocho restaurant in Vancouver
Live interview followed by exclusive performance by singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe
From Green to Red is “part music video, part protest song and entirely a statement of our time” says Beatie Wolfe
Building Beyond Borders uses stone and earth to build Women’s House Ouled Merzoug
Peckham apartment blocks by Tikari Works are covered in rust-red shingles
Lockdown is an “exercise in presence and gratitude” says Beatie Wolfe
Coronavirus-related emojis by &Walsh offer “comic relief” during pandemic
Tokyo has cells for living, working, eating, entertainment and sex says Martin van der Linden
Four authors including Julia Watson and DJ Spooky discuss environmental design live on VDF today
Live interview with Ron Arad as part of Virtual Design Festival
This week, BIG created a spiral-shaped museum and Dezeen released its latest podcast
Serpentine Pavilion 2020 postponed until next year due to coronavirus
“We have a tendency to look at representations of new cities as a kind of pornography” said Michael Sorkin
“Music is core to our humanity” writes Beatie Wolfe in an essay exploring tangible formats for music in the digital age
Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 24 April
VDF premieres Beatie Wolfe’s documentary Orange Juice for the Ears
Mále Uribe Forés makes wall tiles from Chilean desert salt
Atelier Espaço P2 remodels Portuguese home with wood-lined interiors
Dezeen Weekly features highlights from week one of Virtual Design Festival
OMA reveals updated design for Washington DC garden bridge
BCHO Architects shades open-air top floor of house with mesh gables
