Students from the PXL-MAD School of Arts merged traditional craft techniques and new manufacturing technologies to create the eight jewellery collections featured in this VDF school show. More about Projects from PXL-MAD School of Arts treat jewellery as "critical artefacts and cultural symbols"
Artists Camille Benoit and Mariana Gella used the coronavirus lockdown to design architectural models of fantastical cities, made from paper and tools they had at home. More about Invisible Cities project features elaborate architectural models of imaginary cities
German aerial-taxi company Lilium has unveiled its design guidelines for modular vertiports that could be placed on top of office blocks, car parks or shopping centres. More about Flying-taxi startup Lilium reveals design for urban vertiports
Glass walls enclose the courtyard of this concrete house in Argentina, designed by architects María Belén García Bottazzini and Ekaterina Künzel. More about Architect builds herself concrete Casa Castaños on outskirts of Buenos Aires
Architectural Association director Eva Franch i Gilabert has been fired by the London school two weeks after losing a vote of no confidence in her leadership. More about Eva Franch i Gilabert fired as AA director for "specific failures of performance"
Tokyo firm Office of Ryue Nishizawa has created an undulating concrete roof to span a long weekend house on a promontory towards the Pacific Ocean in Chile. More about Wavy concrete roof covers weekend retreat in Chile by Ryue Nishizawa
Here are the most innovative projects from our VDF school shows, which offered a platform for students and graduates to showcase their work during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Ten of the most interesting projects from Virtual Design Festival's school shows
The "warm sense of the future" depicted in sci-fi movie Her informed the soft grey workspaces that designer Xiaoxi Xiong has created in the Beijing office of furniture brand Fnji. More about Fnji office in Beijing boasts greyscale interiors
French president Emmanuel Macron has ended speculation over the future of Notre-Dame by stating that the cathedral's spire will be rebuilt exactly as it was before last year's devastating fire. More about Notre-Dame spire will be reconstructed "identically" to how it was before 2019 fire
Product design student Holly Grounds has replaced the many plastic sachets that accompany a pack of instant noodles with an edible, spice-infused wrapper that breaks down when cooked to season the broth. More about Holly Grounds develops dissolvable ramen packaging that turns into sauce
Viktor & Rolf presents a high-fashion take on coronavirus with its Autumn/Winter 2020 collection, featuring silky nightgowns emblazoned with emojis and "unapproachable" coats covered in spikes and tubes. More about Viktor & Rolf channels coronavirus-related mentalities for latest fashion collection
Casa Palerm is a standalone villa built for a hotel in Mallorca by architecture office OHLAB with a window designed to replicate the dimensions of a retro cinema screen. More about OHLAB frames cinematic views of the landscape for hotel in Mallorca
Mexican architecture studio Weber Arquitectos has used grey volcanic stone to construct five cabins on a forested site in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. More about Weber Arquitectos builds San Simon Cabins from volcanic rock
Since VDF launched on 15 April, we have broadcast nearly 200 videos, which have been viewed more than two million times. Here are the 10 most-watched movies. More about Virtual Design Festival's top 10 most popular videos
New York practice Format Architecture Office has reorganised a 1920s apartment with custom millwork in the city's Upper West Side. More about Pale woodwork updates 1920s Riverside Apartment in New York’s Upper West Side
Architecture studio Nudes has designed a school covered in plants and topped by a cycling track shaped like an infinity symbol for Pune, India. More about Nudes tops greenery-covered Forest School in Pune with looping cycling track
Precast stone blocks coloured with red sandstone from Glamis Castle in Scotland form the walls of this refuge-style Aesop store that architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike has created in a west London shopping centre. More about Aesop's London store takes its colour from the red sandstone of Glamis Castle
The characteristically gangly doodles of French illustrator Jean Jullien come to life as flat sculptures in Le Jardin des Plantes in Nantes, France, as they playfully navigate the garden's ponds and grounds. More about Jean Jullien creates line-drawn sculptures for Nantes' Le Jardin des Plantes
New York studio Vondalwig Architecture has overhauled the exterior of a 1960s house in Hudson Valley with blackened wood, and updated the interiors with features like white-painted brick and a curved pink wall. More about Vondalwig Architecture refreshes mid-century house in New York with blackened wood
The final week of VDF featured live performances from Imogen Heap and Lucy McRae, collaborations with Dutch Design Week and Istanbul Design Biennial, plus a virtual tour of DesignAware's Hilltop School in Hyderabad, India. More about This week's VDF highlights include Lucy McRae, Fabio Novembre, Istanbul Design Biennial and a live show from Imogen Heap