Danish architecture studio BIG has designed a factory for furniture manufacturer Vestre in a Norwegian forest, which the brand claims will be the "world's most eco-friendly furniture factory". More about BIG designs furniture factory for Vestre in Norwegian forest
American artist John Pomp has created a coffee table with a glass top and chunky steel legs, designed to resemble a "suspended" body of water. More about John Pomp designs hand-poured glass Tidal table to look like a puddle of water
In the first of two videos about Atelier Ace produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards, Kelly Sawdon explains how the brand's Sister City hotel offers travelers a minimal refuge from the bustle of New York. More about Sister City hotel distils hospitality "down to the essential beautiful parts"
Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter Group have released a film of a silkworm-woven pavilion in Italy, in which the insects acted "not only as construction workers but also as designer". More about Neri Oxman's Mediated Matter Group reveals pavilion spun by 17,532 silkworms
In the second part of today's Virtual Design Festival collaboration with Serpentine Galleries, curator Rebecca Lewin speaks to Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew researcher Caroline Cornish and Ma-tt-er founder Seetal Solanki about how histories, politics and ecologies are embedded in materials. Tune in live from 11:00am UK time. More about Serpentine Galleries explores the political and ecological impact of materials in live talk for VDF
Transport design studio PriestmanGoode has developed a concept for a high-performance balloon and pressurised capsule for Space Perspective to take space tourists on a "cruise" around the stratosphere. More about PriestmanGoode's Neptune balloon will fly passengers to the edge of space
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
This captioned video produced by Dezeen for INAX as part of Virtual Design Festival reveals the Japanese brand's new bathroom collection, which celebrates light and shadows. More about INAX reveals new bathroom collection in Dezeen video for VDF
Fenwick-Iribarren Architects and Pattern Design have unveiled the Education City Stadium near Doha, which is the third and largest of the venues for the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be completed so far. More about "Diamond in the Desert" stadium completes ahead of 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Designer Tomas Osinsk and Los Angeles film producer Chris Hanley have created a mirrored house near Joshua Tree National Park, designed to look like a New York skyscraper on its side. More about Mirror-clad Invisible House reflects its desert surrounds
AHEAD is announcing the best new hotel designs in the Americas today, in a video ceremony broadcast as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with the hospitality awards programme. More about AHEAD Americas 2020 awards winners announced in video ceremony at VDF
Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani gave Dezeen readers a virtual reality tour of his Catharsis temple, created for this year's Burning Man festival, on VDF today. More about Live VR tour of Arthur Mamou-Mani's Catharsis amphitheatre as part of Virtual Design Festival
As part of today's VDF collaboration with Arthur Mamou-Mani, the French architect speaks about his Galaxia temple at the 2018 Burning Man festival and shares previously unseen aerial footage of it. More about Arthur Mamou-Mani shares unseen drone footage of Burning Man project Galaxia at VDF
Keilhauer president Mike Keilhauer and designer Geof Lilge introduce bent-metal furniture brand Division Twelve in this video produced by Dezeen for the furniture manufacturer. More about Division Twelve's bent metal furniture is "simple yet sophisticated" says Mike Keilhauer
Designer Ilse Crawford spoke to Dezeen in a live interview as part of our collaboration with Braun for Virtual Design Festival. More about Live interview with Ilse Crawford as part of VDF's collaboration with Braun
Grohe's Patrick Speck discusses the potential of touchless bathroom and kitchen products in light of the coronavirus pandemic in this video produced by Dezeen as part of our VDF x Grohe collaboration. More about "Consumers want touchless products to limit spread of germs" says Grohe's Patrick Speck
The final film from Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson is a meditative look at the Peter Salter-designed Walmer Yard. More about Short film Walmer Yard: Architecture for the senses is "an exploration of the incredible light that passes through the buildings"
Rainlight founder Yorgo Lykouria explains how a modular furniture system called BoxLife allows users to organise their living spaces, in a video produced by Dezeen for Scavolini as part of Virtual Design Festival. More about Scavolini's BoxLife is a "fully adaptable concept for micro living"
Following the popularity of his series of video blogs for VDF, Tokyo architect Martin van der Linden has created a special movie about the post-coronavirus office, in which he wonders whether physical workspaces will become entirely digital. More about "Will we work in a completely digital environment, like characters in a game?" asks Martin van der Linden
Swedish DJ duo Dirtytwo performed a live set to round off Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Stockholm Design Week. More about Live DJ set by Dirtytwo for VDF x Stockholm Design Week