Articles by Benedict Hobson

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Advances in digital design and mass timber are leading us to “a new Bauhaus”

June 21, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0
3D digital model of Brock Commons Tallwood House by Acton Ostry Architects

The combination of digital technology and mass timber is revolutionising the way we design and build buildings, according to the panellists of our recent talk with Dassault Systèmes. Titled How Virtual Mass Timber Extends and Improves Real Mass Timber, the talk explored how new digital design tools and material innovations are converging to create more

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Dezeen teams up with Design Shanghai to present cafe and bar designed by Michael Young

June 4, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0
Michael Young x Dezeen cafe and bar at Design Shanghai

Dezeen has partnered with Design Shanghai to present a cafe and bar designed by Michael Young at the 2021 edition of the trade show, which opened in Shanghai this week. The cafe and bar is located at booth K207 in Hall 2 at Design Shanghai 2021, which takes place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition

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Dezeen School Shows provides a global platform to showcase student projects

March 17, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0

It’s back! Architecture and design schools can once again ensure their students’ work reaches the widest possible audience with an affordable virtual school show on Dezeen. Dezeen School Shows provides universities with an affordable digital platform to put the work of their students in front of Dezeen’s huge global audience of over three million monthly

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As Virtual Design Festival enters its final week, here are the top 10 most popular videos

July 6, 2020 Benedict Hobson 0

Since VDF launched on 15 April, we have broadcast nearly 200 videos, which have been viewed more than two million times. As we enter the final week of the festival, here are the 10 most-watched movies so far.   1. Orange Juice for the Ears The most popular VDF video so far is this documentary

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Imogen Heap, Lucy McRae, Moooi and Lensvelt feature in the final week of VDF

July 6, 2020 Benedict Hobson 0

The final week of Virtual Design Festival features takeovers by Dutch furniture brands Lensvelt and Moooi, performances by artist Lucy McRae and musician Imogen Heap, plus a live DJ set by Peter Adjaye. Today, Dutch design brand Lensvelt takes over VDF for a series of conversations with designers it has collaborated with, including Maarten Baas,

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Frida Escobedo, Junya Ishigami, Eva Jiřičná and Tom Dixon feature at VDF this week

May 25, 2020 Benedict Hobson 0
VDF week seven schedule

Week seven of Virtual Design Festival features a special collaboration with designer Tom Dixon and talks with architects including Frida Escobedo and Junya Ishigami. We also premiere a new film by Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson, in which architect Eva Jiřičná discusses some of Zaha Hadid’s most iconic buildings. Escobedo and Ishigami will be joined

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“Will we work in a completely digital environment, like characters in a game?” asks Martin van der Linden

May 22, 2020 Benedict Hobson 0

Following the popularity of his series of video blogs for VDF, Tokyo architect Martin van der Linden has created a special movie about the post-coronavirus office, in which he wonders whether physical workspaces will become entirely digital. “Will we soon move into a digital world, in which our avatars work and communicate without having to

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Kengo Kuma, Snøhetta, Marjan van Aubel and Adam Nathaniel Furman feature at VDF this week

May 18, 2020 Benedict Hobson 0
VDF week six schedule

Week six of Virtual Design Festival features a collaboration with Prague’s centre for architecture and urban planning CAMP, including a live interview with Kengo Kuma. We also team up with magazine Sight Unseen and Stockholm Design Week, plus we launch a new series of Screentime interviews featuring leading designers sponsored by Philips. The new Screentime

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“There is a practical side to Archigram, it’s not just funny drawings,” says Dennis Crompton

May 14, 2020 Benedict Hobson 0
Monte Carlo entertainment centre by Archigram

In the final instalment of our exclusive Archigram video series for VDF, architect Dennis Crompton explains that the avant-garde architecture group didn’t just want to create conceptual projects and almost realised a building in Monte Carlo. Archigram was an experimental collective of architects that became famous for its radical architecture concepts in the 1960s and

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