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With less than two weeks to enter Dezeen Awards, Swedish-Chinese architect Alex Mok says that she'll be looking for spaces that surprise and for the use of new materials. Read more View the full article

Veronica Toppino looked to historic examples of social distancing in fashion design when creating her Structure hats, which aim to help people feel shielded while still maintaining "extravagance". Read more View the full article

Colombian practice A5 Arquitectura ran steel balconies and staircases up the front of The Somos hotel so visitors can enjoy the year-round good weather in Medellín. Read more View the full article

Architecture firms Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen have been shortlisted to design a presidential library for Theodore Roosevelt in Medora, North Dakota. Read more View the full article

The grass of New York's Domino Park has been painted with white circles to encourage the public to stay safely apart during the pandemic. Read more View the full article

Swedish DJ duo Dirtytwo will perform a live set to round off Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Stockholm Design Week. Watch the broadcast live at 6:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

As part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Stockholm Design Week, the founder of the Material Library in Stockholm reveals what Scandinavian designers look for when they visit, and discusses environmentally friendly materials. Read more View the full article

A community project in Venezuela and an adult playground are among the experiential concepts envisioned by seven students from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in this Virtual Design Festival schools exhibition of graduate work. Read more View the full article

Czech architecture studio Formafatal has used blackened wood, perforated aluminium panels and a green roof to form this low-lying holiday home in Costa Rica. Read more View the full article

Finnish chef Sami Tallberg will take Virtual Design Festival viewers on a live foraging tour of the forest surrounding his home as part of our collaboration with Stockholm Design Week. Watch the broadcast from 3:30pm UK time. Read more View the full article

As part of today's collaboration with Stockholm Design Week, Virtual Design Festival showcases work by the five nominees for the 2020 Formex Nova award. Read more View the full article

Designer Marjan van Aubel will speak to Dezeen in a Screentime conversation sponsored by Philips TV & Sound as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch it here live from 2:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

As cities grow and bee populations continue to dwindle, designers are increasingly looking for ways to bring nature to urban areas. In celebration of World Bee Day, we've rounded up seven urban shelters for the vital insects. Read more View the full article

Danish architecture studio Cobe has revealed its Uni3 design centre for Chinese car manufacturer Geely in Gothenburg, which will include a hidden laboratory for electric car brand Lynk & Co. Read more View the full article

Enrico Astori, an Italian art director and co-founder of design brand Driade, has passed away at the age of 83. Read more View the full article

As part of VDF's partnership with Stockholm Design Week, designer Monica Förster takes us on a tour of the exhibition Hyper Human at the Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm. Read more View the full article

Oversized lollipop-like lamps and a "dollhouse-effect" entryway feature inside this restaurant in Dublin, Ireland, which Kingston Lafferty Design has completed with whimsical interiors. Read more View the full article

With less than two weeks left to enter Dezeen Awards 2020, we asked our judges what they hope to see from this year's entrants. Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde says he is looking for something radical. Read more View the full article

IKEA's research lab Space10 has developed a series of open-source bee homes that anyone can design themselves for free before having it made using a CNC machine. Read more View the full article

The first part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Stockholm Design Week sees a selection of well-known Scandinavia-based designers come together in a relay talk. Read more View the full article

VDF studio profiles: Unknown, Untitled is a creative studio based in Paris, France, which specialises in industrial design and counts Facebook and Rimowa as two of its clients. Read more View the full article

Architect Rizvi Hassan used bamboo to build a community centre for Rohingya women and girls living in a refugee camp, where they can bathe and access counselling. Read more View the full article

Designer David Rockwell has created a kit of parts to turn New York City's streets into outdoor restaurants that allow for socially distanced dining. Read more View the full article

Readers are debating Weston Williamson + Partners' plans for a social-distancing workplace and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

Daily data visualisations created by John Burn-Murdoch for the Financial Times have provided one of the most reliable pictures of the global coronavirus pandemic. He spoke to Dezeen about how his charts allow people to stay informed independent of politicians and other influences. Read more View the full article