Dezeen Showroom: a seating collection characterised by textural white inner cushions and slender metal legs are among five new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Owwi seating by Actiu among five new products on Dezeen Showroom
Australian design student Alexander Burton has developed a prototype kit for cheaply converting petrol or diesel cars to hybrid electric, winning the country's national James Dyson Award in the process. More about Australian student invents affordable electric car conversion kit
Dezeen Showroom: Turkish furniture brand Parla has listed pieces from its Comfort and Palm seating collections on Dezeen Showroom, designed in collaboration with French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte. More about Architect-designed seating by Parla features on Dezeen Showroom
The diversity of nature informed the latest exhibition at London's Kew Gardens, which features a garden designed to "break the binary" and a "deeply queer" textile pattern by designer Adam Nathaniel Furman. More about Kew Gardens exhibition showcases Queer Nature in Victorian glasshouse
Samsung's flagship experience store in New York City, which has been captured in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen, has been designed to enable visitors to envision living in a smart home. More about Samsung's flagship New York store offers an immersive smart home experience
A group of students from the University of Applied Arts has won Vienna Design Week's Social Design Award with a project aimed at involving citizens in the design of their urban spaces using the city's own waste materials. More about Membran recruits pedestrians to turn waste tarps into public seating for Vienna
Woven spinning chairs by Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena, and a hidden stage with entrances made from portable toilets were some of the highlights of FORMAT Festival in Arkansas. More about Esrawe + Cadena installs spinning chairs at FORMAT Festival in Arkansas
Dezeen Showroom: French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte has designed a sleek dining chair for Parla with a tubular metal frame that casts graphic shadows onto its surroundings. More about Palm X chair by Jean-Michel Wilmotte for Parla
British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng says there is "definitely an opportunity" to disrupt the furniture industry in the same way he shook up the tailoring traditions of London's Savile Row in this interview. More about "Tradition has to evolve or it dies" says Ozwald Boateng
Promotion: a stool designed for toddlers that can transform to fit adults by designer Jenna Gillinger is the winner of Danish brand OYOY Living Design's Togetherness Award. More about A modular pine stool with multiple uses wins OYOY Living Design's Togetherness Award
Melbourne studio Reef Design Lab has created a series of organically shaped modules from concrete blended with oyster shells to help reduce coastal erosion in Port Phillip Bay, Australia. More about Reef Design Lab crafts Erosion Mitigation Units from recycled oyster shells
Seattle-based designer Jay Sae Jung Oh has created a chair made of discarded instruments hand-wrapped in cords of cowhide leather. More about Jay Sae Jung Oh creates chair with discarded instruments wrapped in leather
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features MyPowerbank, a portable phone charger designed for London's homeless community that runs on kinetic energy from rental bikes. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features powerbank that is charged using rental bikes
Dezeen Showroom: delicate welding and curves define the black metal frame of this chaise longue, designed for both indoor and outdoor use by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte for Parla. More about Palm daybed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte for Parla
Promotion: gravity-defying wooden furniture and a monumental light sculpture are among the highlights of this year's PAD London art and design fair, which opens this month in London. More about Sixty-two galleries from 16 countries to exhibit at the 15th edition of PAD London
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish ceramics manufacturer Grespania has released a range of porcelain flooring tiles that are designed to imitate the muted hues and minimal white veining of Augustus Grey marble from Central Asia. More about Palermo floor tiles by Grespania
The MSG Sphere Las Vegas opened its doors for the first time this weekend with a concert by U2 featuring visuals by designer Es Devlin, artist John Gerrard and more on a 15,000-square-metre wrap-around screen. More about MSG Sphere in Las Vegas opens with bespoke artworks by Es Devlin and John Gerrard
Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser reflects on this year's LDF, touted by organisers as a full revival of the UK's biggest design festival post-Covid. More about "This year's LDF generally felt energetic and optimistic"
Artist Yoshihisa Tanaka made "hundreds of metres" of pleated and folded washi paper to create an interactive installation for Japanese brand Issey Miyake's Spring Summer 2024 show at Paris Fashion Week. More about Yoshihisa Tanaka creates reactive "membranes" from washi paper for Issey Miyake show
British startup The Tyre Collective has begun to make products from the microplastic particles that come off car tyres as they drive on roads, producing results including jewellery, a lamp and a battery. More about The Tyre Collective turns microplastic tyre-wear particles into objects