Live interview followed by exclusive performance by singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe
As the final part of today's VDF x Beatie Wolfe collaboration, the musician speaks live to Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs before performing three of her tracks. More
"We have a tendency to look at representations of new cities as a kind of pornography" said Michael Sorkin
Ahead of Monday's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and reSITE , the Prague urbanism conference has shared a video of a lecture by Michael Sorkin, in which the late architect and critic quashes the lure of glamorised future city proposals. More
From Green to Red is "part music video, part protest song and entirely a statement of our time" says Beatie Wolfe
As part of the VDF collaboration with Beatie Wolfe, the singer-songwriter has shared this exclusive preview of From Green to Red, a forthcoming interactive environmental protest installation. More
Live interview with Ron Arad as part of Virtual Design Festival
Ron Arad speaks to Dezeen in this live discussion as part of VDF's collaboration with the British-Israeli designer and architect. More
Andrés Jaque and Ivan Munuera premiere film exploring the visual landscape of Covid-19 at VDF
Our VDF collaboration with The World Around concludes with the premiere of a new film by Andrés Jaque and Ivan Munuera, which charts the global impact of coronavirus across a wide range of different scales. More
Cameron Sinclair and Facebook's Margaret Stewart feature in the third instalment of The World Around symposium
Architect Cameron Sinclair and vegan fashion designer Mats Rombaut are joined by Facebook's director of product design Margaret Stewart in the third part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day. More
Part two of The World Around's Earth Day symposium features Aric Chen and Thomas Thwaites
Curator Aric Chen and designer Thomas Thwaites discuss their work in the second part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around, which also features short films by Kalyanee Mam and Apichatpong Weerasthakul. More
Kunlé Adeyemi and Nelly Ben Hayoun feature in the first session of The World Around symposium
Our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day kicks off with a series of conversations with designers including Nelly Ben Hayoun and Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi. More
Live video interview with The World Around curator Beatrice Galilee
In this live interview, Beatrice Galilee speaks to Dezeen about the online symposium she has curated as part of Virtual Design Festival's partnership with The World Around for Earth Day. More
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
Shinto temple gates are "symbolic entrances into a new world" says Martin van der Linden
Architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden explains the different types of torii gates found at Japanese Shinto temples, in his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival. More
VDF x Zoomed In present two live architectural film screenings
In the final part of VDF's collaboration with Zoomed In festival, we broadcasted a discussion with architectural photographers Dennis Gilbert and Jim Stephenson, who screened films from their personal archives. More
VDF x Zoomed In present live talk on architectural photography in the media
In the third part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Zoomed In festival, we streamed a discussion on architectural photography in the media with Anthony Coleman, Edmund Sumner, James Brittain and Robert Torday. More
"Tokyo has turned its back on its rivers" says Martin van der Linden
In his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival, architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden reveals some of Tokyo's "invisible" waterways, which flow beneath the city's roads and pavements. More
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
Swapping video calls for VR will change our homes forever says Space Popular
This movie by Space Popular explores how virtual reality could become as widespread as the video call, allowing our homes to digitally merge with those of our loved ones. More
Kengo Kuma's Japan National Stadium is "definitely not iconic" says Martin van der Linden
Architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden visits Kengo Kuma's new Olympic stadium in Tokyo in his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival. More
Kyoto Station designed as "geographical valley" says video blogger Martin van der Linden
Hiroshi Hara's monumental Kyoto Station features in the latest short movie by architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden, as part of his contribution to Virtual Design Festival. More
Augmented-reality exhibition launched to sell artwork during pandemic
Designer Sebastian Errazuriz has created an online exhibition that allows collectors to preview artworks in their home using augmented reality tools during the coronavirus pandemic. More
"Don't mix rock 'n' roll with the professional" says Snask founder at Forward Festival
In the fifth and final part of today's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and Forward Festival, Fredrik Öst explains how his creative agency Snask ended up acquiring a rock band. More