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  • Yinka Ilori has been making models and learning to play the Nigerian talking drum during lockdown

    Designer Yinka Ilori shares what he's been doing to keep busy during the coronavirus lockdown in this video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. More

    Sebastian Jordahn | 8 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Studio Natalie researching local materials for interiors projects after being stranded on coral island

    In the most exotic VDF video message we received, interior designer Natalie Papageorgiadis explains how she found herself stranded in the Maldives as the world went into lockdown due to coronavirus. More

    Sebastian Jordahn | 4 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • "Our priority is to play our part in society at large" says Ben van Berkel

    UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel says the architecture firm is researching "how design can support the sectors that are in need" after the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, in a video message for Virtual Design Festival. More

    Sebastian Jordahn | 29 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Lockdown is an "exercise in presence and gratitude" says Beatie Wolfe

    Ahead of today's VDF collaboration with Beatie Wolfe, the musician says that the coronavirus lockdown is a chance to celebrate "the little things that are so often overlooked" in this video message for Virtual Design Festival. More

    Sebastian Jordahn | 24 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Everyone in the creative industries is "wondering what our role is" says Beatrice Galilee

    Curator Beatrice Galilee of The World Around has curated a celebration of Earth Day for VDF, which will be streamed later today. In this video message, she questions the role of the creative industries during the coronavirus pandemic. More

    Sebastian Jordahn | 22 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Coronavirus is an opportunity to create "a new economic model" says Lonneke Gordijn

    Creative people thrive in difficult situations and can use the coronavirus pandemic to explore new ways to add value, says designer Lonneke Gordijn of Studio Drift in a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. More

    Sebastian Jordahn | 20 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Fabio Novembre calls for architects and designers to help create a new world order after coronavirus

    Designer Fabio Novembre questions the desire to return to normal after the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that "the virus is in the system we used to live in", in a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. More

    Sebastian Jordahn | 17 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham say lack of "huggy-kissy stuff" in Japan may help slow coronavirus

    Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture explain how Japan's culture of bowing instead of hand-shaking may have helped in the fight against coronavirus, in their video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. More

    Sebastian Jordahn | 16 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • 35 architects and designers contribute video messages to help launch Virtual Design Festival

    Virtual Design Festival has launched with a video featuring self-recorded messages from 35 architects, designers and artists around the world including Stefano Giovannoni, Es Devlin, Ini Archibong, Ben van Berkel and Bec Brittain. More

    Marcus Fairs | 15 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • "This is how I cope with the current situation" says Maarten Baas

    Dutch designer Maarten Baas has explained how he has adapted to coronavirus lockdown in a short video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. More

    Marcus Fairs | 14 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Coronavirus "feels like a disaster and an opportunity at the same time" says Hella Jongerius

    The Covid-19 pandemic gives designers the chance to address global challenges instead of making "more meaningless stuff," designer Hella Jongerius says in this video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. More

    Marcus Fairs | 14 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Los Angeles "is now a live-action dystopia playing out in real time" says Liam Young

    With Tinseltown under lockdown due to coronavirus, a new genre of "virus fiction" or "ViFi" could emerge, says speculative architect and director Liam Young in the first of a series of video messages from creatives around the world recorded as part of our Virtual Design Festival. More

    Marcus Fairs | 13 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • "I hope this offers a glimmer of hope that things are getting better" says Aric Chen

    Life in Shanghai is slowly getting back to normal, reports curator Aric Chen in this video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival on his first day in the fresh air after 14 days of home quarantine. More

    Marcus Fairs | 13 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Send us a video message from lockdown for Virtual Design Festival and we'll publish the best ones

    As part of Virtual Design Festival, we're calling on readers everywhere to send us short video clips with their messages to the world. More

    Marcus Fairs | 7 April 2020 | Leave a comment

VDF schedule

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Highlights

  • Khasi living root bridge photographed by Timothy Allen

    Architecture


    Climate resilience strategies

    Architecture


    Climate resilience strategies

  • Aerial image of Google's Bay View Campus

    Office architecture


    Google campus

    Office architecture


    Google campus

  • Solar panel installation

    Architecture


    Green jobs are "magical unicorns"

    Architecture


    Green jobs are "magical unicorns"

  • Facade detail of Thorpeness Beach House by IF_DO

    Residential


    Thorpeness beach house

    Residential


    Thorpeness beach house

  • Frank Gehry

    Deconstructivism


    Frank Gehry decon profile

    Deconstructivism


    Frank Gehry decon profile

  • Eames Elephant trainer by Reebok

    Fashion


    Eames Elephant trainers

    Fashion


    Eames Elephant trainers

  • MyHelmet mycelium helmet by Studio MOM

    Products


    Mycelium cycle helmet

    Products


    Mycelium cycle helmet

  • The Wexner Center for the Arts features a brick and steel exterior

    Deconstructivism


    Wexner Center for the Arts

    Deconstructivism


    Wexner Center for the Arts

  • Render of Goldilocks housing

    Residential


    "Solution to global housing problems"

    Residential


    "Solution to global housing problems"

  • Liverpool Street Elizabeth Line station

    Architecture


    Elizabeth Line architecture guide

    Architecture


    Elizabeth Line architecture guide

  • Waldorf Astoria supertall skyscraper

    Skyscrapers


    Miami supertall skyscraper

    Skyscrapers


    Miami supertall skyscraper

  • Taipei Performing Arts Center has completed

    Architecture


    OMA Taipei art centre

    Architecture


    OMA Taipei art centre

  • Rem Koolhaas

    Deconstructivism


    Rem Koolhaas profile

    Deconstructivism


    Rem Koolhaas profile

  • Yinka Ilori

    Architecture


    Yinka Ilori interview

    Architecture


    Yinka Ilori interview

  • cabins by lake in Ontario

    Architecture


    Psychedelic retreat

    Architecture


    Psychedelic retreat

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