Colourful translucent solar panels by Marjan van Aubel will top Dutch pavilion at Dubai Expo
Marjan van Aubel has designed a set of stained glass-style solar panels that will form part of the Dutch pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. More
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Hem reveals design process behind Soft Baroque's Puffy Brick counter
Dezeen promotion: Swedish furniture brand Hem has revealed the creative processes that went into Soft Baroque studio's Puffy Brick counter, which is made from jesmonite-injected balloons. More
Goldsmith unveils design for urban floating chicken farm in Rotterdam
Architecture studio Goldsmith has revealed the design for its floating chicken and cress farm, which is set to be built alongside its existing waterborne dairy farm in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. More
Studio Paolo Ferrari creates boutique-like salesroom for Ottawa development
Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari has designed a showroom for a new development in Ottawa that appears more like a home than a sales gallery. More
Proem Studio uses muted shades to design Cheeks & Co facial spa
Hues of soft pink and bold grey are coupled with tiled surfaces in this California facial studio designed by Los Angeles firm Proem Studio. More
Oikumene Church in Indonesia made entirely from wood
Jakarta-based TSDS Interior Architects has built a church for workers on a rubber plantation in Sajau, Indonesia, using locally-sourced timber waste. More
Atelier Dialect places mirrored tub in minty green bathroom of Apartment A
Green walls offset a shiny steel tub in the bathroom of this Antwerp apartment, which has been updated by Belgian design studio Atelier Dialect. More
Yuhsien designs glass "flower hoods" informed by bubbles and mochi cake
Taiwanese studio Yuhsien has created a series of amorphous glass vessels designed to look like bubbles, which are designed to be placed over vases. More
Kengo Kuma builds blackened-wood chicken coop at Casa Wabi artist retreat
Kengo Kuma's firm has designed a coop for chickens living at the Casa Wabi arts foundation in Mexico to be like a collective housing project. More
Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects incorporates egg-shaped tomb into Sakai house
Japanese studio Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects has attached an egg-shaped tomb to an "unconventional" house in the city of Sakai, Osaka prefecture. More
This week's VDF highlights include Vitra, Neri&Hu, Lee Broom, Gaetano Pesce and Es Devlin
Week ten of Virtual Design Festival featured live interviews with Mariam Kamara and Lee Broom, a panel discussion with Stellar Works featuring Space Copenhagen and Neri&Hu, plus the launch of our collaboration with Swiss furniture brand Vitra. More
Flying Gherkin stars in Foster + Partners' children's book
UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has made an illustrated online book starring its Gherkin skyscraper as part of an initiative to entertain children during the coronavirus pandemic. More
15 architecture projects by University of Applied Arts Vienna students
This VDF school show by the University of Applied Arts Vienna's Institute of Architecture features a temporary hospital designed for pandemics and a facility that supports women living in a European slum. More
This week, designers heralded a sustainable future
This week on Dezeen, Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch predicted we'll have pollution-eliminating biofabricated materials with the decade, and Arrival launched an electric bus. More
Clustered prefab cabins form hotel in Chilean Patagonia
Chilean architecture studio Larrou has designed a hotel near a field where sheep graze in Patagonia from wood-clad cabins that were prefabricated. More
Stained plywood box houses kitchen and bedroom in renovated Seattle condo
US architecture firm GoCstudio has inserted a dark plywood box into an apartment in Seattle that doubles as a studio space for an amateur photographer. More
Live talk on gender equality in design as part of VDF's collaboration with What Design Can Do
In the final part of Virtual Design Festival's day of talks with What Design Can Do, curator Jimena Acosta and artist Larissa Ribeiro discussed gender equality in design More
BART and Ronin design virtual exhibition New Horizons to launch Vredestein car tyres
Dezeen promotion: Dutch design agencies BART and Ronin have created a digital exhibition for tyre company Vredestein to launch its winter tyre and bring the new visual identity "refined by design" to life. More
Lucerne School of Art and Design students celebrate textiles as unsung heroes
Nine projects from Lucerne School of Art and Design graduates, presented here in their VDF school show, highlight the craft and heritage inherent in textiles in a bid to raise their public profile. More
Live talk on decolonising design as part of VDF's collaboration with What Design Can Do
In the second part of Virtual Design Festival's day of talks with What Design Can Do, designer Anoushka Khandwala and fashion curator Sunny Dolat discussed how colonialism has shaped design. More