Joris Laarman Lab explores 3D-printed metal and open-source chair designs in New York exhibition
An exhibition by Dutch designer Joris Laarman includes a blueprint for a chair that can be altered and produced by anyone with a 3D printer, as well as some of the first 3D-printed metal furniture (+ slideshow). More
Maison Martin Margiela launches first wallpaper collections for Omexco
Fashion house Maison Martin Margiela has created its first wallcovering collection: a range of five wallpapers for Belgian brand Omexco. More
London design shop Folklore launches Core Collection
North London design store Folklore has launched a collection of products and accessories, which will available all year round in-store and online. More
Philippe Malouin's Hanger Chair goes into production with Umbra Shift
New York 2014: Canadian design brand Umbra has launched its Umbra Shift platform at ICFF in New York, with a range of products that includes the Hanger Chair by London designer Philippe Malouin. More
Inception dish rack shaped like Manhattan by Luca Nichetto launches in New York
New York 2014: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has designed a silicone dish rack and desk organiser shaped like a 3D model of Midtown Manhattan for design brand Seletti. More
Custhom launches digitally embroidered wallpaper
Traditional embroidery patterns combine with digital stitching technology in this embroidered wallpaper by London-based studio Custhom. More
Fritz Hansen reintroduces Arne Jacobsen chair with new wooden legs
Danish furniture design brand Republic of Fritz Hansen has reintroduced Modernist architect Arne Jacobsen’s Grand Prix chair with new wooden legs. More
Lucie Koldova designs cork sofa for Per/Use
Czech designer Lucie Koldova has designed a sofa for Belgian design brand Per/Use using cork as the primary material (+ slideshow). More
Front revisits Gebrüder Thonet Vienna's roots to design bent-wood furniture
Milan 2014: Swedish design group Front has created a combined coat rack and bench, and two tables from bent wood for design brand Gebrüder Thonet Vienna. More
MoMA Design Store presents Kickstarter-funded products at New York Design Week
New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Design Store is showcasing a selection of products originally funded via crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, including a tiny slide projector and pen that draws in 3D, as part of the city's design week. More
Studio WM aims to stimulate the senses with accessories collection
Milan 2014: Rotterdam-based Studio WM has designed a collection of accessories including a mirror that changes opacity and a set of scent diffusers (+ slideshow). More
De La Espada launches new Luca Nichetto work at New York Design Week
Episode II of Italian designer Luca Nichetto's 50/50 collection for De La Espada will be presented during New York Design Week this week as part of a specially designed exhibition. More
Torsten Sherwood launches Shaker-influenced furniture collection
Milan 2014: London designer Torsten Sherwood has created a range of wooden furniture influenced by the simple design principles and "common sense approach" of the 19th-century Shaker movement. More
Laura Lynn Jansen and Thomas Vailly "grow" stone tableware
Milan 2014: Dutch designers Laura Lynn Jansen and Thomas Vailly have created a collection of tableware by "growing" stone over a structural skeleton using the same natural process that forms stalagmites and stalactites in caves (+ slideshow). More
Claesson Koivisto Rune launches wallpaper collection influenced by Modernism
Milan 2014: Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has designed a wallpaper collection influenced by the shapes and patterns found in Modern architecture (+ slideshow). More
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt announces National Design Awards winners 2014
News: the winners of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's 15th annual National Design Awards have been announced, with Brooks + Scarpa taking the prize for Architecture Design. More
Dutch designers collaborate for Low Motion exhibition
Milan 2014: collaborative exhibition Low Motion showcased products amongst ambient lighting and sounds to provide a "safe haven" amid the chaos of Milan design week (+ slideshow). More
Zanotta launches "shelves on legs" by Frank Rettenbacher
Milan 2014: Italian manufacturer Zanotta has launched two lightweight and versatile tables by Amsterdam designer Frank Rettenbacher (+ slideshow). More
Sagmeister & Walsh uses "sacred geometry" to rebrand New York's Jewish Museum
American design firm Sagmeister & Walsh has created a new brand identity for New York's Jewish Museum based on traditional shapes used in Judaic symbolism (+ movies). More
Laura Jungmann and Cornelius Réer "upcycle" glassware into new objects
Milan 2014: German designer Laura Jungmann has collaborated with glassmaker Cornelius Réer to reform mass-produced glass items into sculptural vessels. More