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  • Lorem Ipsum's experience design shows the “power of dramatic narratives”

    VDF studio profiles: Lorem Ipsum is a creative studio that crafts exhibitions and experiential installations, such as an audiovisual recreation of an airstrike, that fully immerse visitors in a story. Since being founded in New York in 2000, the company has expanded to include London and Moskow offices where designers and architects, writers and filmmakers […] More

  • “Let's talk about diversity”

    We need to provoke discussion, not anger, when it comes to talking about diversity, says Michelle Ogundehin, who shares her personal experiences with racism, views on positive discrimination and ways in which individuals can make a difference. So, let’s talk about diversity in design. I am a woman of mixed-heritage (my father was black Nigerian, my […] More

  • Woods Bagot devises office layouts for workplaces post-coronavirus

    Woods Bagot has created four proposals for workplace design following coronavirus that merge working from home and office life to “strengthen culture and performance”. The Working from Home, Working from Work project was created by the architecture firm to move beyond health and safety measures, which are a given, and focus on encouraging collaboration and […] More

  • MASS Design Group outlines redesign strategies for restaurants following coronavirus

    US architecture firm MASS Design Group has suggested that restaurants add barriers, remove bar seating and seek local produce sources to curtail the spread of infection and allow patrons to safely eat out following the coronavirus lockdown. The studio’s research, called Spatial Strategies for Restaurants in Response to Covid-19, comprises diagrams and case studies that detail […] More

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    Preview The Met's postponed About Time: Fashion and Duration exhibition

    New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has created a virtual version of its About Time: Fashion and Duration exhibition, which has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Met’s Costume Institute has made a short Youtube video of the museum’s annual major spring exhibition to coincide with its original opening date this week. The […] More

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    Live conversation with Dezeen Awards judges and winners including Nelly Ben Hayoun and Sevil Peach as part of VDF

    [embedded content] Dezeen Awards winners and judges including Studio Drift, Arthur Mamou-Mani, Adam Nathaniel Furman and Sevil Peach will take part in a live drop-in conversation from 1:00pm UK time as part of today’s VDF x Dezeen Awards collaboration. The special edition of our Screentime interview series also features Nelly Ben Hayoun, Sarah Izod and Talenia […] More

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    Watch talks by Paola Antonelli, Liam Young and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg from Dezeen Day at VDF

    Today we are streaming the entire Dezeen Day conference as part of Virtual Design Festival, including talks by Paola Antonelli, Liam Young, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and more. Dezeen Day was Dezeen’s inaugural international architecture and design conference. Six months after the event took place, we are broadcasting all the talks, panel discussions and conversations from […] More

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    Watch all eight episodes of Netflix's Abstract: The Art of Design series

    Netflix has made all eight episodes of its documentary series Abstract: The Art of Design, which features set designer Es Devlin, architect Bjarke Ingels and interior designer Ilse Crawford, available to watch for free during coronavirus lockdown. Streaming company Netflix has made season one of its design series available on Youtube as part of an […] More