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VDF products fair: Kollar is a leather choker by Wilfried Mayer, which is designed to look like a high mandarin shirt collar complete with a mother-of-pearl button on the front. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Viennese brand Steinwidder has recycled textile waste and second-hand clothes to create the Divided Trousers collection. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The minimal unisex Jacket 01 is designed by Austrian design brand Skarabeos to defy trends and steer clear of fashion cycles. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Vienna designer Sassa Ann Van Wyk has reinterpreted a classic straw boater hat as a sculptural headpiece, called Summer Hat, for which the material is layered in undulating folds. Read more View the full article

VDF products: Viennese brand SAGAN has collaborated with Nigerian designer Kenneth Ize to create its colourful collection of Amaka and Ilorin bags. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Austrian jewellery artist Petra Zimmermann has captured black silk fabric inside acrylic to create the outsized body of her Vanity Vague ring. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Lace, bows, flowers and pearls feature in the Candelaria collection by Viennese fashion house Narbon, in a celebration of maximalist femininity. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Natalie Zipfl has used pig blood and gelatine to develop a striking and sustainable material called Blood leather. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Antique German leather trousers are reclaimed to form the upper of the Triglav Lederhosen shoes by Berlin designer Matthias Winkler. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Julia Körner marries fashion with 3D printing in the design of the Setae Jacket, which takes its cues from butterfly wings. Read more View the full article

The colourful bedrooms that Note Design Studio has slotted beneath the roof of this Stockholm loft apartment are meant to resemble "life-sized building blocks". Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Christina Seewald has designed a collection of cotton garments named Shewee that feature and reference the female urination devices. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Isabel Helf has created a collection of bags named Portable Compulsion that reference illnesses associated with compulsive orderliness. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The Blaziken trousers by Vienna-based label Brandan Josh are named after a Pokémon and made from reclaimed fabric scraps. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The Hunter bags by German label Agnes Nordenholz are made from free-grazing sheep fur and loden – a traditional, waterproof Austrian fabric made from wool. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Aeternum's range of Mourning jewellery is designed to offer people who are grieving a death "something to hold in times of sorrow". Read more View the full article

Invisible models wore 3D-rendered garments in a virtual show that Congolese brand Hanifa held on Instagram Live to showcase its latest fashion collection. Read more View the full article

UK furniture brand UNIT Fabrications has created a series of mobile screens for a primary school in London to help pupils returning from coronavirus lockdown to social distance. Read more View the full article

In the light of the murder of George Floyd, architects must accept they have not done enough to tackle racial inequality, write Karen Lu and Mary-Margaret Zindren of the Minnesota chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Read more View the full article

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes illustrations by graphic designers in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Read more View the full article

University of Art and Design Linz students look to the future of fashion in this Virtual Design Festival school show, which features projects ranging from upcycled clothing to garments that explore gender boundaries. Read more View the full article

Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and Canadian studio Quadrangle have unveiled plans for a super-skinny skyscraper in Toronto that will rise 324 metres. Read more View the full article

Herman Miller is exhibiting five seating collections for work environments at VDF products fair, including the casual Striad lounge chair by Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub that is modelled on ski boots. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Wireframe Sofa by Sam Hecht and Kim Colin for Herman Miller is characterised by its thin, lightweight structure that supports contrasting large, soft cushions. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub modelled the Striad lounge chair for Herman Miller on the "construction of high-performance ski boots". Read more View the full article