Italian practice Caret Studio has installed the StoDistante installation in an Italian square to encourage social distancing as a temporary solution for reactivating public spaces after Covid-19 lockdown ends. More about Caret Studio installs gridded social-distancing system inside Italian piazza
Architects and designers have been using seesaws, usually found in children's playgrounds, to create installations and make political statements. Here are six of the most engaging. More about Six seesaws designed outside of the playground
Artist Cyril Lancelin has imagined a protective fort made of pillows to encourage people to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus. More about Cyril Lancelin conjures cosy image of staying home with Pillow Pyramid
Rapt Studio is inviting people to take a seat at a virtual table that offers an "experience of connection" at VDF x Ventura Projects. More about Rapt Studio's Table installation facilitates virtual connections
Pieces of rubbish are displayed as artefacts in the Museum of Modern Waste, which Design School Kolding is exhibiting as part of VDF x Ventura Projects. More about Museum of Modern Waste imagines rubbish "as contemporary art"
Synesthesia Lab introduces Synesthesia X1, a multi-sensory experience device, as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. More about Synesthesia X1 device offers "multi-sensory musical experience"
Creative collective 9+1 celebrates the Japanese art of Urushi in its Craft-tech series, which it is presenting as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More about Craft-tech celebrates traditional Japanese lacquer craft
Supertopmegacool explores the rhetoric of everyday objects in The Rhetorical Dinner, which it is presenting as part of VDF x Ventura Projects. More about Tableware by Supertopmegacool caters for "a disturbing dinner"
FiberEUse is spotlighting the importance of recycling and reusing discarded fibre composites as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More about FiberEUse installation advocates transition to circular economy
A sculpture made from iron and yarn that mimics the human body is being exhibited by Cristina Lisot as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More about Cristina Lisot's O sculpture brings "dance and textile art together"
Sarah Reinbold is exhibiting Zwischen Hier und Dort, a collection of ceramic and plaster sculptures, during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More about Sarah Reinbold's ceramic sculptures comment on "the fragility of the mind"
Columbia College Chicago exhibits an immersive installation tailored to the deaf community for the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More about Columbia College Chicago creates immersive installation for deaf community
Chilean architect Mále Uribe Forés has turned salt into reactive wall tiles that will crystallise and grow over the course of her Salt Imaginaries installation. More about Mále Uribe Forés makes wall tiles from Chilean desert salt
A pack of mischievous rats cause chaos in this installation by graffiti artist Banksy who, like many, is working from home during the coronavirus lockdown. More about Banksy reveals rodent-themed installation inside his own bathroom
In this exclusive movie premiere screened as part of VDF's collaboration with MAAT, Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu of SO-IL explain 12 temporary architecture projects that feature in an exhibition at the Lisbon museum. More about Lisbon's MAAT museum premieres documentary about SO-IL's temporary work with VDF
Today Virtual Design Festival teams up with Lisbon's MAAT museum to present its collaboration with architect SO-IL. First, Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu of SO-IL explain their Beeline installation in this exclusive video. More about VDF collaborates with MAAT in Lisbon to launch virtual experience of SO-IL installation and exhibition
Architecture studio SO-IL has designed a major installation for Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology that creates a new public route through the middle of the Amanda Levete-designed building via a secret rear entrance. More about Beeline installation by SO-IL creates a "clandestine" shortcut through Amanda Levete's MAAT museum
London-based architect Stiliyana Minkovska has designed a trio of undulating birthing chairs called Ultima Thule, which offer women a "sanctuary-like" environment during childbirth. More about Stiliyana Minkovska reimagines hospital maternity wards as "interstellar" spaces
Blades taken from retired wind turbines form a sculptural playground in this conceptual Burning Man installation designed by American architecture firm Michael Mannhard Workshop. More about Michael Mannhard proposes Burning Man installation that uses wind turbine blades
Art-activist group The Illuminator has protested the US government's response to the coronavirus pandemic by projecting calls to action onto a New York skyscraper. More about Protesters light up New York skyscraper with "Send more ventilators" projection