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Production designer Lee Ha Jun created the house at the centre of the film Parasite based on a basic sketch drawn by director Bong Joon–Ho. In this interview, Jun explains how he designed the set that many people thought was a real house. Read more View the full article

Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture speak to Dezeen live from Tokyo today as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch the interview here at 2:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Austria-based studio Precht has designed a park divided by high hedges that would allow people to be outdoors while maintaining social distance during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Today Virtual Design Festival teams up with Dutch architect Martin Vermeulen of YouTube channel One Minute Architecture to present a selection of his best short architecture movies. Read more View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes architecture films chosen by Dezeen readers and hospital gowns made from airbags. Read more View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created a quick and easy face shield for healthcare workers fighting Covid-19, which attaches to the wearer's glasses. Read more View the full article

Two new graphic novels, which a Le Corbusier figure makes an appearance in, depict the uncomfortable side of modern architecture, writes Owen Hatherley. Read more View the full article

Architect Timothee Mercier of Studio XM has converted a ruined farm building in France into an "intimate refuge" for his parents. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Awards has introduced two new design categories for 2020, including one that will honour the best architectural lighting design project of the year. Read more View the full article

Sports brand Nike has created the Air Max 2090 to demonstrate what it sees as being the future of trainer design. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Berlin-based studio Läufer & Keichel has created a solid wood table for furniture manufacturer Zeitraum that features undulating legs designed to look like curtain drapes. Read more View the full article

In collaboration with PechaKucha, Virtual Design Festival is broadcasting a live programme of talks from 3:00am UK time featuring speakers in Wuhan, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Orlando and Tokyo. Read more View the full article

Architecture firm Bryanoji Design Studio has wrapped aluminium shingles around this angular house in a Massachusetts woodland. Read more View the full article

In response to our story highlighting films with interesting architecture to stream during coronavirus self-isolation, Dezeen commenters have recommended 10 more architectural films. Read more View the full article

The Wing drone delivery system developed by Google is being used to deliver toilet paper and medicine to residents in lockdown in Virginia, USA. Read more View the full article

Virtual Design Festival has launched with a video featuring self-recorded messages from 35 architects, designers and artists around the world including Stefano Giovannoni, Es Devlin, Ini Archibong, Ben van Berkel and Bec Brittain. Read more View the full article

Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort will speak to Dezeen live from Cape Town at 2:00pm UK time in our first Screentime conversation of Virtual Design Festival. Watch the interview here or on our YouTube channel. Read more View the full article

People "don’t want to go back" to how things were before coronavirus, claims trend forecaster Li Edelkoort in a new manifesto of hope for a post-pandemic world, which is published exclusively on Dezeen today as part of Virtual Design Festival. Edelkoort will take part in a live interview with Dezeen at 2:00pm UK time as part of the launch of VDF. Check the VDF home page from 1:30pm onwards! Read more View the full article

A set of roaming artificial islands designed by Marshall Blecher and Studio Fokstrot are set to be built in Copenhagen's harbour. Read more View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes a message of hope from Marcel Wanders and news of Australia withdrawing from the Venice Architecture Biennale. Read more View the full article

A subway car-style corridor, worn concrete walls and metal railings feature inside this Shanghai clothing shop, which Sò Studio has designed to emulate New York. Read more View the full article

Interior designers have four new categories to enter for Dezeen Awards 2020. This year, there are awards for restaurant interiors, bar interiors, large retail interiors and small retail interiors. Read more View the full article

Paris-based agency JCPCDR Architecture has invented an oak table that raises and lowers from the ceiling using a mechanism that looks like seat belts to save on space. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across Europe are invited to submit their hospitality projects to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD Europe awards. Read more View the full article

Peter Barber Architects has built a tenement-style housing block at 95 Peckham Road in London that steps back from the street to create numerous, south-facing roof terraces. Read more View the full article