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The Davidson Prize longlist highlights concepts for co-living and the challenges of single-person households, loneliness and the housing shortage.

Dezeen teamed up with Universal Design Studio to host a live talk exploring the evolution and role of the contemporary design consultancy.

Other entrants selected for the next round of the competition include artist Verity-Jane Keefe; Workhome Project, a collaboration between Ash Sakula

Amy is editor-at-large for Dezeen. She joined the magazine in 2011 as a reporter and worked her way up to become editor, a role she held from 2016 to 2019. As well as her role with Dezeen, Amy regularly contributes to magazines including Elle Decoration, Grand Designs and Design Anthology, and is the co-author of book, All Together Now: the co-living and co-working revolution, published by RIBA Books. Amy worked in architectural practice for five years before moving into journalism. She holds a ...

This week on Dezeen, the coronavirus-delayed Serpentine Pavilion, a carbon-negative structure made from abstracted fragments of London, opened its doors.

Ini Archibong talks about his Pavilion of the African Diaspora, which he hopes will provide a platform for conversation at the London Design Biennale

"Co-space is here to stay", says Amy Frearson, who has co-authored a guide to shared living spaces called All Together Now.

"The possibilities are infinite" when you bring theatre into virtual space, according to the designers behind pioneering nightclub experience Eschaton. Combining elements of cabaret, immersive theatre and video games, Eschaton is a virtual experience that pushes video chat technology to new levels. Visitors are invited to explore a seemingly endless number of rooms – each contained within a Zoom window – where they can encounter anything from a burlesque performance to a murder mystery. The...

Digital photography is "too much to digest" says Simone Bossi Italian photographer Bossi is fast establishing himself as one of the leading names in architectural photography. He told Dezeen that, unlike many other photographers in this field, he only takes between 20 and 30 photographs of each building he shoots. "All my reportage is one picture per position," he said. "I just take my shot and then I proceed. Maybe its the wrong one, but in that moment it was right." Simone Bossi is becoming ...

ISHKAR uses craft objects to show a different side to countries in conflict Social enterprise ISHKAR provides a retail platform for designers and makers in countries like Afghanistan, Yemen and Pakistan. In this interview, co-founder Flore de Taisne says she hopes to change perceptions of places labelled as war zones. "We need to tell stories of places like Afghanistan that arent just about bombs and what you can read in the headlines," said De Taisne. "We wanted to create a platform for artis...