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    Watch Open House Worldwide's Housing and the People festival explore extraordinary housing

    Dezeen is teaming up with Open House Worldwide to livestream its festival exploring the future of housing and neighbourhood planning. Tune in to the broadcast from 7am-7pm UK time on 9 April 2022.

    Called Housing and the People, the virtual festival is a 12-hour livestream featuring live tours of pioneering housing and critical debates about the future of housing.
    It will also showcase films and podcasts exploring historic and contemporary residential schemes and local approaches to housing issues.
    The festival features over 50 contributions from the global Open House network, from locations including London, Lagos, Melbourne, New York, Taiwan, Seoul and more. It is organised by London-based architecture charity Open City.
    Featured speakers and tour guides include architects Antonio Cortés Ferrando, Johannes Eggen and Farshid Moussavi among other renowned designers.

    The festival includes a live tour of Karakusevic Carson Architects’ redevelopment of the Colville EstateThis year’s instalment of the festival will explore the various ways that architects and city planners are trying to advance housing models and residential areas in line with the acceleration of technology, climate change and the evolving nature of how we live and socialise with one another since the coronavirus pandemic.
    Other topics include how to build low-carbon housing to accommodate growing populations, what can be learnt from indigenous and vernacular architecture and how to retain the character of local townscapes when building on a larger scale.
    Highlights of the festival include a live tour of Karakusevic Carson’s ongoing redevelopment of the Colville Estate in east London, which comprises over 900 new residences as well as improved community facilities and public spaces.
    Also featured is a presentation and panel discussion led by Studio Bright director Mel Bright exploring the complex economic, political and cultural implications that affect access to affordable and safe housing for women in Victoria, Australia.
    Studio Bright director Mel Bright will present the studio’s affordable housing project for women in MelbourneEstablished in 2010, Open House Worldwide is a network of over fifty organisations in cities across the globe that present festivals, events and open a dialogue focusing on architecture, design and cities.
    The first edition of the Open House Worldwide festival took place in November 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The 48-hour virtual festival was broadcast to a global audience of over 40,000 viewers and was named one of Dezeen’s top events of 2020.
    The full lineup of talks and more information about the festival can be found here.
    Housing and the People will take place from 7am-7pm UK time on 9 April 2022. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.
    Partnership content
    This article was written as part of a partnership with Open House Worldwide. Find out more about our partnership content here.

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  • Live talk with Henrybuilt founder Scott Hudson as part of Virtual Design Festival

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    Henrybuilt founder Scott Hudson speaks to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation as part of Virtual Design Festival’s collaboration with the interior fittings brand.

    Hudson spoke to Dezeen’s founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the flexible interior design systems that Henrybuilt offers, and more broadly about the importance of designing entire systems that can create solutions adapted to the needs of different users.
    Henrybuilt was founded in 2001 when Hudson, wanting to redesign his kitchen, found himself dismayed at the incompatibility between the various components available on the market.

    Henrybuilt develops flexible interior design systems for the entire home
    The brand offers interior design solutions for the entire home, but is best known for designing bespoke kitchens for clients using its integrated systems of fittings.

    These solutions include Henrybuilt’s reconfigurable Opencase storage system, which comprises wall panelling onto which customers can mount drawers, shelves or racks to suit their needs.

    Color Box Bar by Henrybuilt

    The talk follows a product listing in VDF’s products fair for Henrybuilt’s Colour Box Bar, a flexible shelving unit compatible with the Opencase system that allows users to display homeware and personal trinkets in a variety of compositions.
    Henrybuilt recently branched out from designing custom projects and living spaces for clients with the launch of a collection of customisable furniture named Primary Objects.

    Scott Hudson founded Henrybuilt in 2001
    The collection incorporates the systems the company developed in its bespoke projects, and features over 50 pieces including rearrangeable shelving, bathroom cabinets and kitchen islands.
    Henrybuilt’s products are designed and made at its headquarters in Seattle and the company has design showrooms in New York, the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, as well as in its home city.

    Henrybuilt’s Opencase system comprises wall panelling onto which drawers, shelves or racks can be mounted
    About Virtual Design Festival
    Virtual Design Festival runs from 15 April to 10 July 2020. It brings the architecture and design world together to celebrate the culture and commerce of our industry, and explore how it can adapt and respond to extraordinary circumstances.
    For more information or to join the mailing list, email vdf@dezeen.com

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