Arctic sauna | Nendo household items | Michael Sorkin lecture

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View online     Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects creates angular Arctic Sauna Pavilion Finnish studio Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects has created a timber pavilion that functions both as a sauna and a hub for social activities. Read more ›   This week's VDF highlights include Ron Arad, SO-IL, Kunlé Adeyemi, Nelly Ben Hayoun, Beatie Wolfe and Studio Drift Week two of Virtual Design Festival came and went in a flash! Here's a day-by-day roundup of all the week's collaborations, interviews and video messages. Read more ›   10 household items redesigned by Japanese studio Nendo Prolific design studio Nendo is known for working on up to 400 projects at once. From bonsai trees to piggy banks and umbrella stands, here are 10 products that have been given a Nendo makeover. Read more ›   This week, BIG created a spiral-shaped museum and Dezeen released its latest podcast This week, BIG completed a spiral-shaped museum in the Swiss mountains and John Pawson discussed the reasoning behind his characteristic minimalism in Dezeen's latest podcast. Read more ›   Serpentine Pavilion 2020 postponed until next year due to coronavirus The opening of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, designed by South African architecture studio Counterspace, has been postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more ›   Green and yellow Eames chairs fill Tacofino Ocho restaurant in Vancouver This taco restaurant in Vancouver, designed by local studio September, is filled with fibreglass Eames chairs and curvy black tables. Read more ›   Live interview followed by exclusive performance by singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe As the final part of today's VDF x Beatie Wolfe collaboration, the musician speaks live to Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs before performing three of her tracks. Read more ›   "We have a tendency to look at representations of new cities as a kind of pornography" said Michael Sorkin Ahead of Monday's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and reSITE , the Prague urbanism conference has shared a video of a lecture by Michael Sorkin, in which the late architect and critic quashes the lure of glamorised future city proposals. Read more ›   "Music is core to our humanity" writes Beatie Wolfe in an essay exploring tangible formats for music in the digital age For her collaboration with VDF, singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe has written an essay about the power of music to transform lives, particularly during difficult times. Read more ›   From Green to Red is "part music video, part protest song and entirely a statement of our time" says Beatie Wolfe As part of the VDF collaboration with Beatie Wolfe, the singer-songwriter has shared this exclusive preview of From Green to Red, a forthcoming interactive environmental protest installation. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise