Cajsa Carlson
Serpentine Galleries explores the political and ecological impact of materials in live talk for VDF
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
VDF and MPavilion present video talks with Rem Koolhaas, Carme Pinós, Glenn Murcutt and more
For the second part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Melbourne's MPavilion, we present interviews with architects Bijoy Jain, Rem Koolhaas, David Gianotten, Carmé Pinos, Sean Godsell and Glenn Murcutt. More
"We want to tackle the uncomfortable subjects," says Afterparti in London Festival of Architecture film at VDF
Siufan Adey and Thomas Aquilina of Afterparti present the architecture collective's manifesto in the second part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with the London Festival of Architecture. More
Robert Johnson discusses how to use waste fat as a sustainable material in talk for VDF and Design Museum
Designer Robert Johnson presents a panel discussion around his Fatconomy system, which explores using London's wastes a sustainable material, as part of VDF's collaboration with the Design Museum. More
Mále Uribe explores the materiality of extreme landscapes for VDF and Design Museum
Chilean architect Mále Uribe presents three short films and a conversation about her research on art and design's relationship with extreme landscapes in this Virtual Design Festival collaboration. More
Design Museum, Kvadrat, Piet Hein Eek and Rem Koolhaas feature at VDF this week
Week 11 of Virtual Design Festival features a collaboration with Danish textile company Kvadrat and London's Serpentine Galleries, as well as a series of conversations with the architects behind Melbourne's annual MPavilion designs. More
Live talk on social justice in design with What Design Can Do and Virtual Design Festival
What Design Can Do is live-streaming three talks focusing on social justice in design in collaboration with VDF today. The first is with journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who will discuss challenging bias and misrepresentation in the news. Watch the talk from 11:00am UK time. More
Ibiye Camp discusses how post-lockdown architecture could be designed digitally in film for VDF
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
The Mindcraft Project 2020 showcases the work of 10 Danish designers at Virtual Design Festival
A chair grown from fungi and hemp and ceramics inspired by occult rituals are among the design pieces presented by The Mindcraft Project for VDF. More
Stellar Works, Mariam Kamara, Lee Broom, Winy Maas and What Design Can Do feature at VDF this week
Week ten of Virtual Design Festival features talks with architects and designers including Mariam Kamara, Lee Broom and Winy Maas, as well as collaborations with brands such as Stellar Works, Vitra and Rado, and organisations Mindcraft, London Festival of Architecture and What Design Can Do. More
Mork-Ulnes constructs raised Skigard Hytte cabin using detached log cladding
Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed Skigard Hytte, a modern mountain cabin raised on pillars and made entirely from wood. More
Yuri Suzuki presents Sound of the Earth: Pandemic Chapter on VDF
Sound artist and designer Yuri Suzuki is sharing his Sound of the Earth: Pandemic Chapter project, which contains crowdsourced sounds of the pandemic from all over the world, as part of Virtual Design Festival. More
Val bathroom collection by Konstantin Grcic for Laufen
Dezeen Showroom: The Val collection by Konstantin Grcic for Swiss manufacturer Laufen consists of flexible and dynamic designs that rethink the proportions of bathrooms. More
H&P Architects tops Vietnam house with plantable roof to create "cube of earth"
H&P Architects has designed the AgriNesture house in Vietnam to have a large space for agriculture so that its owners can grow their own food. More
Arthur Mamou-Mani shares unseen drone footage of Burning Man project Galaxia at VDF
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
Ini Archibong, Fornasetti, Teresa van Dongen and a virtual tour feature at VDF this week
Week nine of Virtual Design Festival opens with a virtual-reality tour with architect Arthur Mamou-Mani, who will show us around VR versions of his Catharsis and Galaxia buildings created for the Burning Man festival. More
Atelier Vens Vanbelle tops cinematic guesthouse with watchtower
Architecture studio Atelier Vens Vanbelle has built a Corten steel guesthouse with a watchtower in Uitbergen, Belgium, for a client in the film business. 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
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
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