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Coronavirus lockdowns have caused a lack of public toilet facilities for people who are social distancing outside, but designers of outdoor urinals have the answer – and France is leading the way. Read more View the full article

Today Virtual Design Festival partners with Braun to present a series of talks and a competition to win a Braun speaker and watch. The collaboration kicks off at 12:00pm UK time with a live talk with designer Benjamin Wilson and writer Dr Peter Kapos about the past, present and future of the influential design brand. Read more View the full article

Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort studied fashion design but found she was better at predicting the future than drawing. She spoke to Dezeen about her career and why, at a time of crisis, she is hopeful for the future. Read more View the full article

Design graduates from Boston's Northeastern University present thesis projects including visualisations of traditional Indian dance moves and augmented-reality representations of taste in this Virtual Design Festival school show. Read more View the full article

Italian architect Fabio Fantolino has created his own apartment inside a palatial 19th-century building in Turin, using pops of green and petrol-blue throughout its interior. Read more View the full article

Graphic designers are supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and current protests, sharing illustrations and links to resources that people can use to help others and educate themselves. We've rounded up just a few of the many artworks created to spread the message. Read more View the full article

Verdant greenery contrasts with the concrete benches and grey metal walls of a hotel in Medellín, Colombia, designed by Plan:b Arquitectos. Read more View the full article

The National Organization of Minority Architects has called on the architecture profession to "condemn racism and take an active role in eliminating racial biases" following the death of George Floyd in police custody. Read more View the full article

Readers are debating Kate Wagner's coining of the term "coronagrifting" to describe outlandish coronavirus-related proposals and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

Architecture firm Dialog has revealed plans for a cross-laminated timber university building in Canada, which it says will be the first of its kind. Read more View the full article

Caesar Ceramics has introduced four new porcelain surfacing collections at VDF products fair, including a range of tiles called Enchant that evoke aged and painted wood. Read more View the full article

Grohe's Patrick Speck discusses the potential of touchless bathroom and kitchen products in light of the coronavirus pandemic in this video produced by Dezeen as part of our VDF x Grohe collaboration. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Enchant is a porcelain surfacing collection by Caesar Ceramics that is designed to evoke wood and recreate "the feeling of a real walk through nature". Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Meet is a porcelain surface collection with a wood-like finish, developed by Caesar Ceramics to suit both contemporary and classical interiors. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Stoneways is a series of pared-back porcelain surface tiles by Caesar Ceramics that take cues from rocks and their mineral veins. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The use of stone in Italian art and architecture informed the Shapes of Italy porcelain surface tile collection by Caesar Ceramics. Read more View the full article

Architects and designers have joined over a million people around the world in posting a black square to Instagram in solidarity with those protesting for racial equality following the death of George Floyd in police custody. Read more View the full article

Perforated metal screens decorate this residential extension built by architecture studio Welsh + Major in a three-metre-wide gap next to a converted grain mill. Read more View the full article

Feminist collective Rebel Architette has created an interactive map of women-led architecture practices as a tool to "detox" architecture from its dependence on "boys' clubs". Read more View the full article

Paul Flowers, chief design officer of water technology brand Lixil, discusses the latest trends in bathroom design in this talk produced by Dezeen for today's Grohe x VDF collaboration. Read more View the full article

Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti and Albanian construction company SON-Group have revealed Tirana Riverside, a sustainable district in the capital of Albania designed to respond to post-coronavirus needs. Read more View the full article

Entering Dezeen Awards 2020? Begin your entry before midnight tonight and you can complete it by 9 June and avoid paying the late entry fee. Read more View the full article

Bathroom and kitchen brand Grohe takes over Virtual Design Festival today, with a talk about the latest trends in bathroom design at 11:00am and video about the brand's hands-free and 3D-printed products at 3:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

London-based designer Freyja Sewell has created eight decorative face masks, made from commonplace objects including felt, yoghurt pots and pool table triangles, in honour of coronavirus key workers. Read more View the full article

In this Virtual Design Festival school show, architecture and design graduates from Spain's IE University share projects ranging from a delivery robot to the branding for a fictitious dictatorship. Read more View the full article