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Live conversation with Lensvelt founder Hans Lensvelt kicks off Virtual Design Festival collaboration

VDF teamed up with Lensvelt for a series of live talks exploring the furniture brand's collaborations with designers Maarten Baas, Joep van Lieshout and Fabio Novembre. To kick off the collaboration, Lensvelt founder Hans Lensvelt introduced the brand in a live Screentime conversation. More about Live conversation with Lensvelt founder Hans Lensvelt kicks off Virtual Design Festival collaboration

Sebastian Jordahn | 6 July 2020
Interiors

2LG Studio shares favourite projects from their book Making Living Lovely

Founders of 2LG Studio Russell Whitehead and Jordan Cluroe have written a book to empower people to embrace colour in their interiors. Here they pick their top five projects. More about 2LG Studio shares favourite projects from their book Making Living Lovely

India Block | 6 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Design

Nike reveals herringbone-patterned Chelsea kit informed by Savile Row

Sportswear company Nike looked to the suit-makers of Savile Row to design London-based Chelsea Football Club's home kit for the upcoming 2020/2021 Premier League season. More about Nike reveals herringbone-patterned Chelsea kit informed by Savile Row

Tom Ravenscroft | 6 July 2020 | Leave a comment
School Shows

Projects from Swinburne's School of Design span animation, UX and urban design

This VDF school show features 17 projects from Swinburn University of Technology's School of Design, including a speech learning app for children and crash bollards reimagined as urban planters. More about Projects from Swinburne's School of Design span animation, UX and urban design

Dezeen staff | 6 July 2020
Virtual Design Festival

Imogen Heap, Lucy McRae, Moooi and Lensvelt feature in the final week of VDF

The final week of Virtual Design Festival features takeovers by Dutch furniture brands Lensvelt and Moooi, performances by artist Lucy McRae and musician Imogen Heap, plus a live DJ set by Peter Adjaye. More about Imogen Heap, Lucy McRae, Moooi and Lensvelt feature in the final week of VDF

Benedict Hobson | 6 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Architecture

Five Casa Wabi pavilions include Álvaro Siza ceramics studio and Kengo Kuma chicken coop

The Casa Wabi artist retreat in Puerto Escondido, Mexico is filled with pavilions designed by architects such as Kengo Kuma, Álvaro Siza and Alberto Kalach. We've roundup up five from a chicken coop to an open-air structure for composting. More about Five Casa Wabi pavilions include Álvaro Siza ceramics studio and Kengo Kuma chicken coop

Bridget Goldberg | 5 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Architecture

Huge window opens to patios in matching Mexico City houses by PPAA

Architecture firm PPAA has created a pair of slender houses in Mexico City that have rear patios accessed by glass doors to flood natural light inside. More about Huge window opens to patios in matching Mexico City houses by PPAA

Eleanor Gibson | 5 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Architecture

Contini Architettura arranges church and community centre around public square in Castel di Lama

Parma-based Contini Architettura has built a church, parish hall, sports' clubhouse and changing rooms around a new public square in the village of Castel di Lama, Italy. More about Contini Architettura arranges church and community centre around public square in Castel di Lama

Tom Ravenscroft | 5 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Interiors

Gabriel Chipperfield gives London newsagents Shreeji a plush revamp

A traditional newsagent in central London has been given a makeover by Gabriel Chipperfield and his design studio Selected Work to create "an Alice in Wonderland experience" with a warren of luxurious rooms behind the shop. More about Gabriel Chipperfield gives London newsagents Shreeji a plush revamp

Natasha Levy | 5 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Design

Envisioned Comfort furniture collection pairs velvet seats with wooden frameworks

Plush, tufted velvet seats are drooped over complex frameworks of interlocking wooden poles in this furniture collection by Marija Puipaitė and Vytautas Gečas, which takes design cues from horse saddles. More about Envisioned Comfort furniture collection pairs velvet seats with wooden frameworks

Natashah Hitti | 5 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Architecture

Iceberg forms floating diving platform in New Hampshire lake

Swimmers in New Hampshire's Willy Lake can climb up this floating installation made from recycled HDPE plastic by architecture firm Bulot+Collins and dive back into the water. More about Iceberg forms floating diving platform in New Hampshire lake

Kristine Klein | 4 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Virtual Design Festival

This week's VDF highlights include Yinka Ilori, OMA, Patternity and drag queen Peaches Christ

Week 12 was the penultimate week of the Virtual Design Festival and featured live talks with Design Indaba's Ravi Naidoo and OMA's David Gianotten, plus designer Yinka Ilori jogging across London during a relay panel discussion. More about This week's VDF highlights include Yinka Ilori, OMA, Patternity and drag queen Peaches Christ

Dezeen staff | 4 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Design

Pharrell Williams partners with Pentatonic to create coronavirus cutlery set

The Pebble is a bring-your-own cutlery set for the coronavirus pandemic made from recycled CDs by design studio Pentatonic in collaboration with singer Pharrell Williams' creative brand I Am Other. More about Pharrell Williams partners with Pentatonic to create coronavirus cutlery set

India Block | 4 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Interiors

Linehouse channels nostalgia for interiors of Basehall food court in Hong Kong

Films from the 1970s informed the aesthetic of Basehall, an upscale food court in Hong Kong designed by studio Linehouse. More about Linehouse channels nostalgia for interiors of Basehall food court in Hong Kong

Natasha Levy | 4 July 2020 | Leave a comment
This week on Dezeen

This week, Milton Glaser passed away

This week on Dezeen, we looked back at Milton Glaser's most interesting creations following the graphic designer's death and looked forward to a house designed to ride out the next global crisis in. More about This week, Milton Glaser passed away

Tom Ravenscroft | 4 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Architecture

Álvaro Siza builds Casa Wabi ceramics pavilion with a thatched roof

A curved brick wall encloses the open-air complex for ceramics that Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza designed as part of the artist retreat Casa Wabi in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. More about Álvaro Siza builds Casa Wabi ceramics pavilion with a thatched roof

Bridget Goldberg | 3 July 2020 | Leave a comment
News

Swoon Editions apologies to freelance designer after producing her work without paying her

UK furniture brand Swoon Editions has apologised to London designer Simone Brewster after producing one of her designs without her knowledge and without paying her. More about Swoon Editions apologies to freelance designer after producing her work without paying her

Natashah Hitti | 3 July 2020 | Leave a comment
VDF products fair

Devon&Devon showcases designs by Gensler and Massimo Iosa Ghini at VDF products fair

Devon&Devon is presenting three collections at the VDF products fair that revive art deco for modern bathroom spaces, including a duo of modular bathtubs created with architecture firm Gensler. More about Devon&Devon showcases designs by Gensler and Massimo Iosa Ghini at VDF products fair

Dezeen staff | 3 July 2020
Interiors

Catalan architect Aixopluc creates prototype Alfondac guest apartment in abandoned studio

Catalan architect Aixopluc has created an experimental apartment above its office in Reus, featuring a modular furniture system designed to rehabilitate abandoned buildings. More about Catalan architect Aixopluc creates prototype Alfondac guest apartment in abandoned studio

Natasha Levy | 3 July 2020 | Leave a comment
Design

Face Cover "one of the most rapidly produced products we've ever made" says Adidas

Adidas developed its face mask in response to the coronavirus pandemic in less than a month, making it one of the quickest products the sportswear brand has ever made, say its designers. More about Face Cover "one of the most rapidly produced products we've ever made" says Adidas

Tom Ravenscroft | 3 July 2020 | Leave a comment

Delavegacanolasso finishes home in Madrid with tactile material palette

Anastasiia Tempynska transforms former embassy into "gallery-like" Kyiv showroom

Jihyun Kim uses gloop glaze to create "gravity-defying" Salty Fairy Ring ceramics

"Quietly magical" Toronto cafe provides family-friendly third place

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