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Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Pedrali has launched the Guinea outdoor chair, created by CMP Design Studio, which combines tubular coloured metal with warm teak elements. Read more

A pointed structure crafted from blackened wood forms the Kwaee pavilion, which Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye has installed at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. Read more

Cars will start to look dramatically different as electric vehicles become the norm but battery technology must first improve, designers tell Dezeen. Read more

Design objects are a reflection of the issues humans face over time, says Ai Weiwei in this conversation with curator Justin McGuirk filmed exclusively by Dezeen for London’s Design Museum. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: furniture brand Allermuir has relaunched its Famiglia seating collection, created by London-based design studio Pearson Lloyd. Read more

Researchers have discovered that the mass of buildings in New York City is contributing to it subsiding by one to two millimetres a year, adding to the city’s flood risk. Read more

British fashion brand JW Anderson has opened a flagship store in Milan that was designed by British studio 6a Architects and draws on a Milanese atmosphere as well as Soho sex shops. Read more

Dezeen Events Guide has launched its guide to the 10th edition of 3 Days of Design, the design festival in Copenhagen that runs from 7 to 9 June 2023. Read more

Promotion: prefabricated folding pods for housing displaced people and lightweight « filigree » concrete components for construction are among the projects on display at the European Cultural Centre’s (ECC) biennial architecture exhibition that opened in Venice this month. Read more

The Turkey pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale aims to draw attention to the numerous and varied abandoned buildings in the country and suggest ways in which they can be transformed. Read more