"Thank you for making lockdown more acceptable"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers are enjoying our pick of 10 architecture films to stave off boredom and the porch of an Italian villa was converted into a micro-home for isolation. We also announced details of our cultural partners for Virtual Design Festival.     "Thank you for making lockdown more acceptable" Readers are enjoying watching our pick of 10 feature films that use architecture in exciting ways to pass the time in lockdown. Read more ›   "Useful as a doghouse for recalcitrant husbands" The porch of an Italian villa has been turned into a micro-apartment suitable for isolation, but commenters have thought of better uses. Read more ›   "Fantastic idea. Would love to be involved!" Our Virtual Design Festival launches on 15 April. See details of our programme and partners and find out how to submit a video clip. Read more about VDF ›   "To hell with the kids, I'm doing this" Dyson has created 44 engineering and science activities for children to try out while at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more ›     "What I love about this house is that it's polemical" Nendo's design for a family home in Tokyo has sparked reader debate thanks to a huge faux staircase running through the middle.  Read more ›   Samsung and Dezeen launch $20,000 Out of the Box Competition Samsung and Dezeen have launched a contest seeking innovative designs for the home that can be made by repurposing cardboard. Read more ›   "Architects have never left their work at the office" Commenters are debating whether coronavirus lockdowns will have a profound impact on how creative businesses work in future. Read more ›   "I think of my clothes as shelter" Fashion designer Roksanda Ilinčic describes how she learned about dressmaking in the latest episode of Dezeen's Face to Face podcast. Read more ›   "This looks fairly simple and well thought out" Foster + Partners has created a laser-cut face shield to protect from coronavirus which can be disassembled, sanitised and reused. Read more ›     "Designers need to seize the moment" The coronavirus crisis offers a "great possibility" for community-led change, says MIT associate professor Sasha Costanza-Chock. Read more ›   "At times like this we need to experience beauty" Readers are delighted to learn that 12 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed properties are opening their doors to virtual tours. Read more ›   "I'm all for new designs to solve these challenges" Shift Architecture Urbanism has developed a model for a street food market where people can buy produce while avoiding contact. Read more ›   "If you've got it, why not flaunt it?" Curved walls and metallic details bring drama to this "expensive looking" family house by architecture studio Eldridge London. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Weekly. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise