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Dezeen Showroom: US company PoliLam utilised nanotechnology to create its ACE Surfaces range of laminate panels, which have high performance qualities and are soft to the touch. Read more

A gridded timber roof shelters the interiors and external terraces of Casa Colmeia, a low-lying home outside São Paolo designed by local studio Sabella Arquitetura. Read more

Micromobility company Lime is rolling out a new design of its rental electric bikes in the UK that it hopes will be more appealing to women and older riders. Read more

Architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has won the competition to design a new wing for the National Gallery in London, which will be the museum’s largest transformation in its 200-year history. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: British brand Tala took inspiration from the natural growth of trees to design the Root chandelier, which puts on organic twist on the traditional hanging light. Read more

Local studio Mata Architects has extended a family home in Hampstead, London, with a timber-clad building featuring a glazed corner and an overhanging roof. Read more

Niger-based Mariam Issoufou Architects has designed the darkly toned Gourmega restaurant in New York around a series of connecting circular tables. Read more

Beirut designer Davina Atallah has adapted the familiar typology of stacking blocks to create a wooden toy that allows children to explore complex ideas around body image. Read more

Promotion: creative platform Budapest Select returns to Milan design week with Patterns of Being, an exhibition that unpacks contemporary creative responses to global technological, social and ecological questions. Read more

Hospital navigation is not like finding your way through an airport or a shopping mall. The stakes are higher. The users are often anxious, sleep-deprived, and navigating unfamiliar territory while someone they love is in distress. A confusing sign isn’t an inconvenience. It’s a failure that can compound fear at moments when clarity is most …