Herman Miller updates Aeron chair by Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick
Dezeen Showroom: Office furniture brand Herman Miller is showcasing the 2016 edition of its iconic Aeron chair designed by Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick. More
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Cosm chair by Studio 7.5 for Herman Miller
Dezeen Showroom: Studio 7.5 has designed the Cosm chair for Herman Miller with an automatic tilting mechanism that gives users "a feeling of weightlessness". More
Daytrip completes eclectic offices for media company in Clerkenwell
Mid-century homes in Palm Springs and vintage advertisements from the 1950s are just some of the things that design studio Daytrip drew upon to create the vibrant interiors of this central London office. More
"In the future home, form will follow infection"
The interiors of future houses will be designed to mitigate coronavirus, says Michelle Ogundehin who has outlined 11 ways the pandemic will impact the home. More
Join a virtual-reality tour of Arthur Mamou-Mani's Catharsis amphitheatre on Monday 8 June
Virtual Design Festival and Arthur Mamou-Mani Architects have teamed up to invite readers to visit a temporary amphitheatre designed for this year's Burning Man festival in virtual reality. More
Alcova shares eight conversations with independent designers as part of VDF
Milan design platform Alcova is taking over VDF today to present a programme of interviews with eight international studios whose work could guide us into a better post-pandemic future. More
Berliner Ensemble gives glimpse of its socially distanced theatre
The Berliner Ensemble theatre group has removed around 500 of its 700 seats to prepare for reopening in alignment with Germany's social-distancing policies. More
Kalon Studios wants "to think of the home as an ecosystem for a better life"
Michaele Simmering and Johannes Pauwen of Kalon Studios discuss how the company's "non-standard" approach has proven resilient to Covid-19 and explain how sustainability plays a part in its Rugosa collection in this interview for VDF's collaboration with Alcova. More
Qwstion maximises the positive environmental impact of its work through collaboration
The creative director and co-founder of Qwstion, Christian Kaegi, sheds light on why the sustainable Swiss brand is infiltrating the production chains of major companies in this interview for VDF x Alcova. More
Helsinki to build Architecture and Design Museum as part of post-pandemic recovery plan
The Finnish government will fund the construction of an architecture and design museum in the country's capital as part of its coronavirus pandemic support package. More
Trame orchestrates "improbable encounters" between Mediterranean craft practices
In this VDF x Alcova interview, Ismail and Adnane Tazi of homeware brand Trame discussed how their cross-cultural collections build "virtual bridges across the Mediterranean". More
Sammlung Walter is not interested in "objectifying" its products
In an interview published here as part of VDF x Alcova, German siblings Merle and Till Richter of Sammlung Walter spoke about how they see their fashion and furniture pieces less like products and more like experiments in the "art of fabrication". More
Ex-Samsung engineers develop "world's smallest LiDAR device" that makes touchscreens touchless
Two ex-Samsung engineers from tech company CoreDAR have designed a tiny LiDAR device called Glamos that can turn any screen into an interactive, but touchless, touchscreen. More
Life Stripe by Spread uses colour to turn everyday experiences into works of art
The founders of Japanese creative studio Spread reveal how they use colour as the primary medium in their work and explain how their Life Stripe project seeks to find pattern in the everyday in this interview as part of our VDF x Alcova collaboration. More
Lukas Wegwerth used lockdown to reassess the material choices in his Three+One project
German designer Lukas Wegwerth discusses his construction framework Three+One and how the coronavirus pandemic prompted its evolution in this interview for our VDF x Alcova collaboration. More
Miniwiz builds modular hospital ward prototype at Taipei hospital
Recycling-focused studio Miniwiz, Taiwan's government and Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital have created a prototype for a modular ward using recycled aluminium panels, which would allow hospitals to quickly be adapted to fight coronavirus. More
From Lighting combines cutting-edge technology with local production
Independent design brand From Lighting's founders Cesare Bizzotto and Tobias Nitsche discuss how the coronavirus pandemic could change lighting design in this interview as part of VDF's collaboration with Alcova. More
Studio Plastique investigates "complex issues as if they were supply chains"
The founders of Belgium's Studio Plastique explain how their research-based projects and material investigations aim to position design as "a tool for a world that is in transition" in this interview as part of our VDF x Alcova collaboration. More
Banners of George Floyd's last words including "Please I can't breathe" are flown over US cities
Dallas artist Jammie Holmes has flown banners showing the last words of George Floyd, who was killed in police custody last week, above American cities. More
Competition: win a Braun LE03 speaker and a BN0265 Chronograph watch
As part of today's VDF x Braun collaboration, we have teamed up with the German design brand to give readers the chance of winning a Braun LE03 speaker and a BN0265 Chronograph watch. More