A virtual-reality trip to Burning Man, the launch of an architectural intervention at Lisbon's MAAT museum and a live foraging tour in a Finnish forest are among the trailblazing events that took place as part of the world's first Virtual Design Festival. More about Five pioneering Virtual Design Festival collaborations
Imogen Heap speaks to Dezeen live and shares a homemade music video in the first part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with the musician today. More about Live interview with musician Imogen Heap as part of Virtual Design Festival
Henrybuilt founder Scott Hudson speaks to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with the interior fittings brand. More about Live talk with Henrybuilt founder Scott Hudson as part of Virtual Design Festival
How will Dutch Design Week adapt to the realities of coronavirus? The final day of VDF kicked off with a live conversation between Dutch Design Foundation director Martijn Paulen, Eindhoven designer Kiki van Eijk and Design Academy Eindhoven creative director Joseph Grima. More about Joseph Grima, Kiki van Eijk and Martijn Paulen discuss this year's Dutch Design Week in a live talk
This captioned video, produced for Virtual Design Festival in collaboration with the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, presents a selection of projects developed by students in their final year at the Austrian university. More about Institute of Architecture showcases graduate projects in video for Virtual Design Festival
On 9th July, Virtual Design Festival teamed up with artist Lucy McRae, starting with a screening of her short film The Institute of Isolation, which explores how architecture could help the human body evolve to survive long-distance space travel. More about VDF collaboration with Lucy McRae launches with screening of The Institute of Isolation
Dutch design brand Moooi has teamed up with Virtual Design Festival to launch new lights by Marcel Wanders and Joost van Bleijswijk at VDF products fair, which will be followed by a live talk about the products at 2:30pm UK time. More about Moooi launches new lights by Marcel Wanders and Joost van Bleijswijk at VDF
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
The Artling teamed up with Virtual Design Festival to host a panel discussion about how art was integrated into OMA's Potato Head Studios project in Bali, featuring OMA architect David Gianotten. More about The Artling and VDF present live talk on art and architecture featuring OMA
Nelly Ben Hayoun led a relay panel discussion on how sports can influence the design industry as part of our Sports Day collaboration with the designer for Virtual Design Festival. More about Live talk on the relationship between sport and design as part of VDF
French designer Erwan Bouroullec spoke about Kvadrat Shade, the roller-blind solution he designed with his brother Ronan for Kvadrat, in this live talk as part of a collaboration with the Danish textile brand for VDF. More about Live talk with Erwan Bouroullec for Kvadrat Shade at Virtual Design Festival
Today's VDF collaboration with London's Serpentine Galleries kicks off with an exclusive premiere of its latest podcast, which features artists and designers Formafantasma, Dunne & Raby and Black Quantum Futurism, ahead of a live talk exploring the political and ecological impact of materials. More about Serpentine Galleries premieres Back to Earth podcast exploring ecological design at Virtual Design Festival
Armin Broger, CEO of Arper, discusses the Italian furniture brand's two new chair designs and online catalogue in this captioned video produced for the brand as part of VDF. More about Arper reveals recyclable chairs and a post-pandemic catalogue in video for VDF
In the first part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with MPavilion, Dezeen is broadcasting a programme of video conversations between architects Amanda Levete, Bijoy Jain and Sean Godsell as well as curators Julia Peyton-Jones and Naomi Milgrom. More about MPavilion and VDF present a day of talks with Amanda Levete, Bijoy Jain, Sean Godsell and more
Chilean architect Mále Uribe presents three short films and a conversation about her research on art and design's relationship with extreme landscapes in this Virtual Design Festival collaboration. More about Mále Uribe explores the materiality of extreme landscapes for VDF and Design Museum
What Design Can Do is live-streaming three talks focusing on social justice in design in collaboration with VDF today. The first is with journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who will discuss challenging bias and misrepresentation in the news. Watch the talk from 11:00am UK time. More about Live talk on social justice in design with What Design Can Do and Virtual Design Festival
The London Festival of Architecture has teamed up with Virtual Design Festival to show a selection of movies from its series Manifestos: Architecture for a New Generation, starting with a short film from artist and architect Ibiye Camp. More about Ibiye Camp discusses how post-lockdown architecture could be designed digitally in film for VDF
Offices will remain crucial places for creativity and combatting loneliness but will change dramatically in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to research by Vitra published today as part of VDF's collaboration with the furniture brand. More about Physical workplaces important for "preventing the loneliness epidemic in an increasingly digital world" says Vitra
Devon&Devon has teamed up with Virtual Design Festival to host a live streamed discussion about a new collaboration between the Italian design brand and global architecture and design firm Gensler. More about Live talk with Devon&Devon and Gensler as part of Virtual Design Festival
Dezeen teamed up with Rado and Les Couleurs Suisse to host a panel discussion on how iconic architect Le Corbusier's Architectural Polychromy colour theory has influenced the brands' new watch collection as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Live panel discussion with Rado and Les Couleurs Suisse as part of Virtual Design Festival