« Timber will not save us and concrete will not end us » says commenter
Dezeen’s Timber Revolution series, which ran throughout March, garnered more than 350,000 views and ignited the comments section. We round up the best of the debate. Read more
« Formidable » Italian furniture brand Zanotta acquired by Cassina
Italian furniture brand Zanotta has been sold by Italian company Tecno to furniture brand Cassina, which is part of the US-owned Haworth Lifestyle Design group. Read more
Maarten Baas adds Las Vegas-style signs to Utrecht’s Neude Library
Dutch designer Maarten Baas has updated a historic library building with multi-coloured, illuminated signage. Read more
Pentagram designs cannabis branding to advocate for « communities deeply harmed by the war on drugs »
Design studio Pentagram has created branding that references the injustice of America’s war on drugs for Ben’s Best Blnz cannabis company, which was launched by Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen. Read more
Airbnb calls for « creative people with creative spaces » to list their spare room
Promotion: designers and creatives have the opportunity to showcase their style and earn supplemental income by listing a spare room on rental website Airbnb. Read more
Ai Weiwei’s first design exhibition celebrates « how life goes on » after the pandemic
Hundreds of thousands of cannonballs, donated Lego bricks and a marble toilet roll feature in Making Sense, the first design-focussed exhibition by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at London’s Design Museum. Read more
Sthapotik tops Bangladesh mausoleum with « chandelier » of skylights
A series of cylindrical skylights and brick turrets feature in this Bangladesh mausoleum, which architecture studio Sthapotik designed as a reference to traditional Islamic buildings. Read more
Kooo Architects creates Shanghai Freitag store in 1970s textile factory
Japanese studio Kooo Architects has converted a 1970s textile factory in Shanghai into a store that aims to capture the ethos of messenger bag manufacturer Freitag. Read more
Twelve forest houses in deep woodland from Dezeen’s Pinterest
Over the last two weeks searches for « forest house » have doubled on Pinterest, so we’ve rounded up twelve woodland architecture projects. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest! Read more
Watch a talk exploring the challenges of designing buildings in historic settings
Dezeen teamed up with World Monuments Fund to present a talk exploring the legacy of architect Christopher Wren and the challenges of developing cities while retaining their historic characteristics. Read more
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