Isabel Ahm's Secretary Desk is designed for working at home
In response to the growing number of people who work at home and a need for increasingly multi-functional spaces, this writing desk was designed to blend into a modern living room. More
Work out at your desk with Darryl Agawin's Balance Stool
The "wobble seat" of this stool by Canadian designer Darryl Agawin helps the user to exercise their core muscles and work off any extra Christmas weight while sat in the office (+ movie). More
Alcarol uses resin to preserve worm holes in wooden bench
Italian design studio Alcarol has expanded its collection of furniture made from resin-encased wood to include a bench patterned with holes created by shipworms (+ slideshow). More
Formstelle designs Lounge Chair 808 for Thonet with "wave effect" upholstery
Cologne 2015: Munich design studio Formstelle has created a subtly patterned lounge chair for iconic furniture brand Thonet. More
Luzinterruptus creates "weird and sinister" lighting installation using floating latex gloves
Over 1000 inflated and illuminated latex gloves appeared to reach out from the surface of a French lake in this installation by Spanish lighting designers Luzinterruptus (+ slideshow). More
Fifti-fifti's Spring simplifies the wardrobe into a wall-mounted clothes rail
German design studio Fifti-fifti has created a simple clothing storage solution using a wooden beam mounted on brackets that look like springs. More
Veronika Gombert's Umleiter lamp hangs offset from its ceiling rose
German industrial designer Veronika Gombert has created a suspension light for illuminating parts of the room that aren't directly below the electricity point. More
Pangenerator creates troop of robotic backing singers and dancers
Speakers that form an "eight-channel robotic choir" bob up and down in response to a singer's voice in a setup by Polish studio Pangenerator (+ movie). More
Ding3000's Coasterlight holds drink mats beneath a candle
German design studio Ding3000 has created a cast-iron candle holder for Danish brand QDO that holds six coasters within its base. More
Madrid installs moon-themed Christmas lights
Architecture studio Brut Deluxe has designed this year's Christmas lights in Madrid to work like a "flip book on an urban scale", taking spectators on a trip to the moon as they walk through the city (+ movie). More
Hello Wood builds Budapest Christmas tree from 5000 pieces of firewood
Hungarian architecture studio Hello Wood has created an 11-metre-high Christmas tree for a square in central Budapest from 15,000 kilograms of wooden logs (+ movie). More
Rianne Koens’ stackable drawers function as cabinets, tables and stools
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Rianne Koens stacked sets of different-sized wooden boxes on top of angled legs to form these furniture pieces. More
Lee West launches collection of Modernist-inspired brass objects
The first collection from British designer Lee West's new brand features cylindrical brass items for the home. More
Karl Mikael Ling's Pincher rack offers "a simple way to showcase your bike"
This simple rack made from just six components, by Swedish designer Karl Mikael Ling, is designed to simultaneously store and show off a bicycle in a small apartment. More
Fabrica designers create nine unique objects for L'ArcoBaleno
Designers at Italian research studio Fabrica have collaborated with artisans to create a collection of nine one-off objects for online design platform L'ArcoBaleno. More
Marina Stanimirovic launches jewellery made from Corian and gold
Royal College of Art graduate Marina Stanimirovic has paired gold with Corian to create this collection of geometric wearable objects. More
Fredrik Wallner's bathroom furniture for Swoon can be customised online
Swedish designer Fredrik Wallner has designed a flexible bathroom system for Stockholm brand Swoon that takes references from furniture in other parts of the home (+ slideshow). More
Marija Puipaitė shapes Embracing Touch seats with the outline of her legs
Lithuanian designer Marija Puipaitė used the curves of her legs in different resting positions to generate the forms of these seats created for her Design Academy Eindhoven graduate project. More
Senz windproof umbrellas receive graphics by Yoske Nishiumi
Berlin designer Yoske Nishiumi has created new canopy patterns for the asymmetric Senz umbrella, which keeps its shape in gale-force winds. More
Bethan Gray and Mitchell Abdul Karim Crites design products influenced by Islamic patterns
British designer Bethan Gray and Islamic art and craft revivalist Mitchell Abdul Karim Crites have launched the first furniture and tableware collections from their new company The Ruby Tree. More