"This year's LDF generally felt energetic and optimistic"
Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser reflects on this year's LDF, touted by organisers as a full revival of the UK's biggest design festival post-Covid. More
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"International brands now have to work much harder in China" says Design Shanghai director
European and US furniture brands face much stiffer competition in China from local rivals that have grown rapidly during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Design Shanghai director Zhuo Tan. More
Ten sidewalk dining shelters in New York City
Freelance creative director John Tymkiw has spent the last three years photographing the dining shelters that sprang up on the streets of New York during the coronavirus pandemic. Here, he selects 10 of his favourites. More
Chinese architects and designers confident of bounceback as Covid restrictions ease
Architects and designers in China have told Dezeen they expect domestic and international work to ramp up now that tight Covid restrictions are finally easing. More
Nelly Ben Hayoun's nightlife festival Tour de Moon opens in the UK
Designer Nelly Ben Hayoun has unveiled Tour de Moon, a UK touring festival of live events that was created to champion nightlife and youth counterculture in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. More
Stellar Works founder leaves Shanghai for New York due to lockdown restrictions in China
Yuichiro Hori, founder and CEO of Shanghai furniture brand Stellar Works, has relocated to New York, from where he will run the China-based business. More
Morrama envisions recyclable and biodegradable Covid-19 test
Design agency Morrama has devised a concept for a Covid-19 test that is biodegradable and fully recyclable, right down to its packaging – potentially eliminating a common source of plastic waste. More
Design Shanghai postponed due to Covid-19 outbreak in China
Trade fair Design Shanghai has rescheduled this year's event as the city is in lockdown following a coronavirus outbreak. The show will now take place from 13 to 15 October. More
"Projects on hold" as China's Covid lockdown hits architects and designers
Coronavirus lockdowns in major cities in China are impacting architecture projects, causing design fairs to be cancelled and triggering concerns over global supply chains. More
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair postponed until February 2023
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair has been postponed for the third time since the coronavirus pandemic began and will "focus on a strong comeback" in February 2023. More
ASU students design and build Orange 1 breezy outdoor classroom
A group of students from Arizona State University has completed an outdoor classroom pavilion as part of a design-build studio programme. More
Kyoto University creates mask from ostrich cells that glows when coronavirus is detected
Scientists from Kyoto University have developed a face mask made with ostrich antibodies that glows under ultraviolet light when coronavirus is present. More
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair postponed to September 2022
Organisers of the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair have announced the event will be pushed back from its scheduled date in February due to coronavirus for a second consecutive year. More
IMM Cologne furniture fair cancelled for second year in a row
The organisers of furniture and interiors fair IMM Cologne have postponed the next event until 2023 after concerns about coronavirus made planning "almost impossible". More
Intricate InstaSwab by OPT Industries was designed to enable better medical testing
Advanced manufacturing company OPT Industries has used computational design techniques to create a medical swab that aims to improve clinical testing during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond. More
Flint Collective illuminates New York storefronts to form outdoor street installation
Art and design collective Flint Collective used neon lights to transform eight empty storefronts in New York for the Open installation, which is shortlisted in the architectural lighting design category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More
Students to sue The Glasgow School of Art for "underprovided education" during pandemic
A group of architecture and design students plans to sue The Glasgow School of Art over its alleged failure to provide adequate education during the coronavirus pandemic and for cancelling their degree shows. More
Urbanism "is one of the best tools we have" in the fight against climate change
The shift to remote working from suburbs and the countryside due to the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to a huge rise in carbon emissions, according to Taylor Francis of decarbonisation platform Watershed. More
Heatherwick "isn't involved" in designing national Covid-19 memorial
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has rejected claims that he is working on creating a coronavirus memorial following a meeting with representatives of the UK government. More
Thomas Heatherwick in discussions with UK government over Covid-19 memorial
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has met with the UK government to discuss commemorating those who have died during the coronavirus pandemic. More