Dezeen Magazine

VDF weekly previews

VDF weekly previews

Kengo Kuma, Snøhetta, Marjan van Aubel and Adam Nathaniel Furman feature at VDF this week

Week six of Virtual Design Festival features a collaboration with Prague's centre for architecture and urban planning CAMP, including a live interview with Kengo Kuma. We also team up with magazine Sight Unseen and Stockholm Design Week, plus we launch a new series of Screentime interviews featuring leading designers sponsored by Philips TV & Sound. More about Kengo Kuma, Snøhetta, Marjan van Aubel and Adam Nathaniel Furman feature at VDF this week

Software and web design

Software and web design

AR Copy Paste tool allows users to capture images of physical objects and drop them into a computer

Designer and programmer Cyril Diagne has created an augmented reality tool that can capture images of real-world objects and add them to a computer program in a few seconds. More about AR Copy Paste tool allows users to capture images of physical objects and drop them into a computer

VDF weekly highlights

VDF weekly highlights

This week's VDF highlights include Archigram, Faye Toogood, Ben van Berkel and an exclusive piano performance by Rosey Chan

In the fifth week of the Virtual Design Festival, we interviewed Standard Architecture and Sauerbruch Hutton, as well as launching an exclusive series of videos about Archigram. More about This week's VDF highlights include Archigram, Faye Toogood, Ben van Berkel and an exclusive piano performance by Rosey Chan

Design

Design

IKEA designs forts for children in lockdown

Furniture company IKEA has designed six play houses that can be built with its products to entertain children in coronavirus lockdown. More about IKEA designs forts for children in lockdown

Design

Design

Forbo Flooring designs Tessera Earthscape carpet tile collection inspired by nature

Dezeen promotion: UK manufacturer Forbo Flooring has released its Tessera Earthscape carpet tile collection, which takes design cues from colours and textures found in nature in a bid to promote wellbeing. More about Forbo Flooring designs Tessera Earthscape carpet tile collection inspired by nature

News

News

Ventura Projects ends operations after 10 years of promoting designers at Milan design week

Influential design exhibitions platform Ventura Projects is to cease operating after ten years of organising exhibitions in Milan and other cities due to the impact of coronavirus. More about Ventura Projects ends operations after 10 years of promoting designers at Milan design week

Dezeen Showroom

Dezeen Showroom

The Yellow Untitled by Sandra Keja Planken for Noun Amsterdam

Dezeen Showroom: The Yellow Untitled is a new rug collection designed by Sandra Keja Planken for Noun Amsterdam that aims to brighten interiors "like the morning sun". More about The Yellow Untitled by Sandra Keja Planken for Noun Amsterdam

Dezeen Showroom

Dezeen Showroom

MT Bench by Shinsaku Miyamoto for Ritzwell

Dezeen Showroom: woven leather straps form the seat of the MT Bench, which Japanese designer Shinsaku Miyamoto has created for Ritzwell. More about MT Bench by Shinsaku Miyamoto for Ritzwell

VDF products fair

VDF products fair

Vello showcases three folding bicycles at VDF products fair

Vello is showing three of its folding bicycles at Virtual Design Festival's products fair, including Vello Bike+, which is "the first bike to combine electric, self-charging and folding features" according to the Austrian brand. More about Vello showcases three folding bicycles at VDF products fair

VDF products fair

VDF products fair

Vello Bike+ by Valentin Vodev for Vello

VDF products fair: Product designer Valentin Vodev has developed a foldable electric bike for Vello that charges as it travels. More about Vello Bike+ by Valentin Vodev for Vello