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In the first part of today's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and Vienna's Forward Festival, MoMA design curator Paola Antonelli talks about the role museums play in documenting the times. Read more View the full article

Fritz Hansen's head of design Christian Andresen discusses the legacy of Vico Magistretti in this talk filmed by Dezeen for the Danish furniture brand as part of Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

As part of VDF x Sight Unseen, our second roundup of projects from this year's Offsite Online: Selects exhibition features furniture, homeware and lighting that places the material front and centre. Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey interviews architect I. M. Pei, who was recently awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture - Guardian. See also: our Dezeenwire story announcing the award. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Finnish government will fund the construction of an architecture and design museum in the country's capital as part of its coronavirus pandemic support package. Read more View the full article

Hong Kong designer Michael Young has created two collections of watches for brand o.d.m. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen and London architects Marks Barfield have teamed up to give away five copies of Gentle Landmarks, a monograph of their recent projects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Amsterdam apartment by Dutch interior architects i29 has two pine wood wall cabinets hiding most of the functional appliances and fitings, allowing for a completely open space. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another house by Osaka studio TOFU Architects (see their N House in our earlier story), this time located in Fukui, Japan, and completely wrapped in a material normally used for roofing. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish designer Anna Kraitz presented these trolleys for design brand Källemo at the Stockholm Furniture Fair last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Dutch architect Winy Maas of MVRDV has been awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, the highest decoration in France. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Filippo Poli has sent us these images of a Milan church with a grey, striped exterior by Italian studio Cino Zucchi Architetti. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese firm Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates have completed a concrete house in Fukuoka that resembles a half-submerged submarine. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Can’t get enough concrete? Here’s a range of concrete stationery by London designer Magnus Pettersen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie, architect Rafael Viñoly talks to Dezeen about firstsite, a visual arts centre wrapped in golden metal that he has completed in Colchester, England. Watch the movie here and see more images of the project in our earlier Dezeen story. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded on our recent architectural tour of Basel and Zurich, leading Swiss architects talk about their work and offer opinions on the current state of Swiss architecture. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish architects BIG and Paris studio OFF have won a competition to design a research centre for Sorbonne Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five years ago this week OMA won a competition to design the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, which topped out in June last year. Klein Dytham Architecture completed their Moku Moku Yu baths in Japan’s Southern Alps, Tate Britain appointed Caruso St John Architects to modernise their Millbank gallery and we continued our coverage from Design Miami including pieces by Zaha Hadid, Bodo Sperlein and Studio Job. The one-month-old Dezeen was getting ready to celebrate it’s first Christmas and received a lovely Christmas card designed by Thomas Heatherwick. See all our stories from December 2006 » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img>…

Concrete walls twist up through the interior of this tea house and library that Shanghai architects Archi-Union have constructed in the backyard of their studio. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: Japanese studio SNARK have completed two apartment blocks in Takasaki City that look like clusters of two-storey houses. (more…) View the full article

The walls of this house in Sydney by Australian studio Chris Elliott Architects feature curved openings that look like gills. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: British architect David Adjaye and American artist Doug Aitken have revealed designs for a bitumen-coated pavilion that will be constructed at the Tate Liverpool gallery this autumn. (more…) View the full article

Mexican industrial designer Jorge Diego Etienne has created a series of small tables that look like cages. (more…) View the full article

News: German industry needs to move away from the minimalist, Bauhaus-inspired aesthetic and develop a new design language is order to stay competitive, according to the organiser of the country’s national design prize. (more…) View the full article

Strips of seaweed have left their mark on the photosensitive surfaces of these vases by Anglo-Dutch design duo Glithero, who will present the collection at Design Miami this week. (more…) View the full article