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Joseph Grima, Kiki van Eijk and Martijn Paulen join VDF for Dutch Design Week live talk

July 10, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Dutch Design Week for VDF

The final day of Virtual Design Festival kicks off with a live conversation between Martijn Paulen, director of Dutch Design Foundation, Kiki van Eijk of Kiki & Joost and Joseph Grima from Design Academy Eindhoven. Tune in from 9.45am UK time. The panel will discuss Dutch Design Week (DDW) 2020, set to take place on 17-25 October in Eindhoven,

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Ten of the most interesting projects from Virtual Design Festival’s school shows

July 8, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
10 best school shows VDF

For Virtual Design Festival’s final week we take a look at 10 of the most innovative projects from the VDF school shows, our initiative that offers a platform for graduates to showcase their work during the coronavirus pandemic. The VDF school shows have enabled students who missed out on physical graduation shows to present their

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The Artling and VDF present live talk on art and architecture featuring OMA

July 3, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
VDF x The Artling Potato Head Studios resort

The Artling has teamed up with Virtual Design Festival to host a panel discussion about integrating art into architectural projects, featuring OMA architect David Gianotten, artist Liina Klauss and Potato Head creative director Daniel Mitchell. Tune in at 12:30pm UK time. Talenia Phua Gajardo, founder of Singapore-based art consultancy and online gallery The Artling and

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Deferrari+Modesti designs rock climbing-themed staircase for villa in Tuscany

July 1, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Interior design studio Deferrari+Modesti renovated a house in Prato, Italy, adding a blue staircase that doubles as a climbing wall for its sporty owners. The two-storey house in the Tuscany region, which was built in the 1980s, was in a state of disuse and required a complete refurbishment. Deferrari + Modesti designed an integrated furnishing

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Hooba Design Group wraps Tehran office in glass-punctuated bricks

June 28, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Hooba Design Group used bricks with glass inserts to create a “semi-transparent character” for the headquarters of brick manufacturer Kohan Ceram in Tehran, Iran. Tehran-based Hooba Design Group designed a special type of brick, which was manufactured in Kohan Ceram factory, for the six-storey block’s facades. “The spectacled brick was exclusively designed by our office and produced by Kohan Ceram

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VDF and MPavilion present video talks with Rem Koolhaas, Carme Pinós, Glenn Murcutt and more

June 25, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

For the second part of Virtual Design Festival’s collaboration with Melbourne’s MPavilion, we present interviews with architects Bijoy Jain, Rem Koolhaas, David Gianotten, Carmé Pinos, Sean Godsell and Glenn Murcutt. Tune in from 12:00pm UK time. MPavilion has teamed up with Virtual Design Festival today to celebrate the launch of its book MPavilion: Encounters with Design

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1zu33 creates bespoke spaces that “connect brands with people”

June 24, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Hansgrohe trade fair design by 1zu33

Munich-based architecture studio 1zu33 has created numerous spaces for brands including a snowy forest within a pop-up restaurant and a tranquil interior for a Aesop. The studio was founded in 2009 by Hendrik Müller and Georg Thiersch, who both studied architecture at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart, partly under David Chipperfield. Working exclusively in the field of

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“We want to tackle the uncomfortable subjects,” says Afterparti in London Festival of Architecture film at VDF

June 24, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Members of architecture collective Afterparti

Siufan Adey and Thomas Aquilina of Afterparti present the architecture collective’s manifesto in the second part of Virtual Design Festival’s collaboration with the London Festival of Architecture. Afterparti, which was born out of the New Architecture Writers (NAW) programme for emerging BAME writers, creates zines –non-commercial magazines – and events that promote underrepresented voices in

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Design Museum, Kvadrat, Piet Hein Eek and Rem Koolhaas feature at VDF this week

June 22, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Virtual Design Festival schedule week eleven

Week 11 of Virtual Design Festival features a collaboration with Danish textile company Kvadrat and a series of conversations with the architects behind Melbourne’s annual MPavilion designs. Tuesday sees a takeover from the Design Museum, which will unveil work by its designers in residence. Among them are architect Stiliyana Minkovska, who designed a series of undulating

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Ibiye Camp discusses how post-lockdown architecture could be designed digitally in film for VDF

June 18, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Ibiye Camp for LFA and VDF

The London Festival of Architecture has teamed up with Virtual Design Festival to show a selection of movies from its series Manifestos: Architecture for a New Generation, starting with a short film from artist and architect Ibiye Camp. Camp’s work encompasses everything from clothing to upcycled material, technological installations and film. “The material and medium

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