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Studio Rain erects translucent flat-pack sauna on banks of Yarra River

August 12, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0
Studio Rain erects translucent flat-pack sauna on banks of Yarra River

Australian art and architecture collective Studio Rain has installed a temporary sauna next to a Melbourne’s Yarra River, which is prefabricated and off-grid so that it can be built, disassembled and reused without the use of heavy machinery. The installation, called Atmosphere: A Revival, features a lightweight structure made of reclaimed timber, which arrives flat-packed

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This week’s VDF highlights include Lucy McRae, Fabio Novembre, Istanbul Design Biennial and a live show from Imogen Heap

July 11, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0
This week's VDF highlights include Lucy McRae and Imogen Heap

The final week of VDF featured live performances from Imogen Heap and Lucy McRae, collaborations with Dutch Design Week and Istanbul Design Biennial, plus a virtual tour of DesignAware’s Hilltop School in Hyderabad, India. Virtual Design Festival, the world’s first online design festival, ran from 15 April until 10 July. Visit dezeen.com/vdf/schedule to look back at

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Bring wilderness into cities to help solve climate change says Chris Precht

July 9, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0
Chris Precht

The “qualities of the countryside” should be introduced to urban areas to help tackle climate change, says architect Chris Precht. Cities with buildings made from natural materials, greater space for wildlife and food production and places where people can connect with nature can help city-dwellers retain a connection with the natural world, the Austrian architect

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This week’s VDF highlights include Vitra, Neri&Hu, Lee Broom, Gaetano Pesce and Es Devlin

June 20, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0
This week's VDF highlights include Vitra, Neri&Hu and Gaetano Pesce

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. Virtual Design Festival, the world’s first online design festival, runs until 10 July. For the full schedule of

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This week’s VDF highlights include Partisans, Ini Archibong, Parley for the Oceans and a VR Burning Man temple tour

June 13, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0
This week's VDF highlights feature Ini Archibong and Parley for the Oceans

Week nine of Virtual Design Festival featured live interviews with Barnaba Fornasetti and Ini Archibong, as well as a celebration of World Oceans Day and the 2020 AHEAD Americas awards. Virtual Design Festival, the world’s first online design festival, runs until 10 July. For the full schedule of upcoming events, visit dezeen.com/vdf/schedule. Monday 8 June

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York St John interior design students reimagine spaces for the elderly

June 11, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0
York St John interior design students reimagine spaces for the elderly

As part of their VDF school show, graduates from York St John University are presenting interior designs for the elderly, which tackle loneliness and make life easier for those dealing with dementia or visual impairments. The 10 projects featured here were created as part of the students’ undergraduate interior design course, and also include spaces

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Carleton University architecture graduates present 14 provocative and political projects

June 8, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0
Carleton University grads showcase provocative and political architecture

Vacation pods in a climate change-stricken New York and a money-laundering bank for the Japanese government are among the concepts presented here by Carleton University’s MArch students in this VDF school show. The projects were created either as part of their thesis work or during the course’s Option Studios, which cover a range of current

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This week’s VDF highlights include Ilse Crawford, Farshid Moussavi and virtual exhibitions by ArkDes and Alcova

June 6, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0
This week's VDF highlights include Ilse Crawford and two virtual exhibitions

Week eight of Virtual Design Festival featured a programme curated by Milan design platform Alcova and interviews with Ilse Crawford and Farshid Moussavi, plus a full-day takeover by Stockholm’s ArkDes museum. Virtual Design Festival, the world’s first online design festival, runs until 30 June. For the full schedule of upcoming events, visit dezeen.com/vdf/schedule. Monday 1

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10 projects from IE University’s design and architecture graduates

June 2, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0
10 projects from IE University's design and architecture grads

In this Virtual Design Festival school show, architecture and design graduates from Spain’s IE University share projects ranging from a delivery robot to the branding for a fictitious dictatorship. Fourteen students from the university’s BArch and BDes courses worked independently or collaboratively to create the 10 projects shared below. IE University University: IE University Courses: Bachelor

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This week’s VDF highlights include Tom Dixon, Stefano Boeri, Counterspace and a Zaha Hadid film premiere

May 30, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0
This week VDF featured Tom Dixon, Stefano Boeri and Counterspace

Week seven of Virtual Design Festival featured a video interview with Stephen Burks, an exclusive product launch by Tom Dixon and an all-star roundtable discussion with architects Junya Ishigami, Frida Escobedo, Counterspace and more. Virtual Design Festival, the world’s first online design festival, runs until 30 June. For the full schedule of upcoming events, visit

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