Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 1 April
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes a low-cost ventilator, a hospital in Central Park, Salone del Mobile mask collection and brands including IKEA promoting staying at home.
Engineers in India developing low-cost ventilator
Engineers at Nocca Robotics in the western Indian city of Pune are developing a ventilator that will cost 50,000 rupees (£530), which is around a third of the cost of other ventilators available in the country (via BBC).
IKEA, Guinness, VW and Nike encourage social distancing and staying home
Many brands are altering their logos to promote social distancing and creating adverts to encourage staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic (via Dezeen).
Salone del Mobile coordinates collection of half a million surgical masks The Salone del Mobile furniture fair has worked with VNU Exhibitions Asia and FederlegnoArredo to collect more that 500,000 surgical masks at the Italian Embassy in Beijing, which will be delivered to the Red Cross to be distributed in Italy (via Salone del Mobile).
Working from home "the new normal" for architects and designers
Coronavirus lockdowns will have a profound impact on how creative businesses work in future, according to architects and designers including Carlo Ratti Associati, BIG, Snøhetta and Pearson Lloyd (via Dezeen).
Some self-employed overlooked by UK government's coronavirus support packagesÂ
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