Studio Job sculpts "autobiographical" Train Crash Table
Design Miami/Basel 2015: Belgian artists Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel of Studio Job have symbolised their romantic break-up as a head-on collision between two steam trains (+ slideshow). More
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Jorge Penadés creates furniture from waste leather
Spanish designer Jorge Penadés has moulded together shredded leather and natural bone glue to create pieces of furniture (+ slideshow). More
PearsonLloyd's office furniture for Teknion encourages workers to get more intimate
NeoCon 2015: London studio PearsonLloyd's latest collection of office furniture includes a double seat where you can sit "as close as you can get to a co-worker without HR having to get involved" (+ slideshow). More
Byung Hoon Choi to exhibit sculptural basalt benches at Design Miami/Basel
Design Miami/Basel 2015: South Korean artist Byung Hoon Choi has used Southeast Asian basalt to create a collection of sculptures that double up as oversized outdoor furniture (+ slideshow). More
Barber and Osgerby design glass cabinets to showcase their own "quantities of junk"
British designers Jay Osgerby and Edward Barber have contributed to the growing trend for glass furniture with a series of cabinets created to display "those weird objects you find" at flea markets. More
Note Design Studio's Tonella chair for Sancal is based on wine barrels
Barrel-shaped wire cages form the bases for these compact lounge chairs by Stockholm-based Note Design Studio for Spanish brand Sancal. More
Zaha Hadid extends Liquid Glacial furniture collection
Architect Zaha Hadid has added a range of stools and a bowl designed to resemble ice formations to her collection of furniture for London's David Gill Gallery. More
Pascal Smelik's Pixel Cabinet is joined by clusters of wooden cubes
Dutch designer Pascal Smelik haphazardly assembled this storage cabinet using wooden sections connected by groups of small cubes that represent pixels. More
Bram Vanderbeke creates furniture based on steel reinforcing bars
This collection of furniture was influenced by the steel reinforcing bars that are embedded in concrete to improve its tensile strength. More
Sebastian Brajkovic exhibits warped furniture at Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Furniture that has been extruded and manipulated into distorted forms by Dutch designer Sebastian Brajkovic is on show at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris (+ slideshow). More
Menu's WM String chairs have matching but inverted wire backs
Wire lattices form the backs of this pair of chairs by Rotterdam-based Studio WM for Danish brand Menu, with one positioned the opposite way around to the other. More
Janne Kyttanen builds 3D-printed sofa from a minimal mesh
3D-printing pioneer Janne Kyttanen has used the structures of spiderwebs and silkworm cocoons to inform the design of a sofa that he printed in a single piece. More
Legs protrude through tabletops in Assembly Design's L Series
The L Series by New York studio Assembly Design is a modular collection of shelves and tables supported by poles that poke up through the horizontal surfaces (+ slideshow). More
Alexander Gendell's latest folding chair pops out of a wall mural
New York 2015: New York designer Alexander Gendell has added a chair that pops out of an artwork to his Folditure collection of fold-flat furniture (+ movie). More
Brooklyn's Egg Collective unveils handmade wooden furniture
New York 2015: Brooklyn-based design studio Egg Collective has created three new pieces of furniture, including a wooden armchair upholstered with furry cowhide (+ slideshow). More
Daniele Ragazzo's Liaison Table is supported by giant pin-shaped legs
Milan-based designer Daniele Ragazzo has created a table with a circular glass tabletop supported by thin stainless-steel legs that resemble upturned ball-headed sewing pins. More
Jaime Hayón's collection for Galerie Kreo includes a mirror shaped like a table-tennis bat
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a set of sports-themed furniture for an exhibition at Paris' Galerie Kreo (+ slideshow). More
Nendo turns Alcantara material into timber-patterned furniture
The woodgrain patterns across this furniture by Japanese design studio Nendo are formed by layering, rolling and cutting sheets of artificial suede (+ slideshow). More
Alegre Design updates traditional breastfeeding chair with contemporary materials and shapes
Spanish agency Alegre Design has redesigned a rocking chair traditionally used by new mothers to breastfeed and lull their babies to sleep, changing the basic form and adding breathable fabric supports (+ slideshow). More
Bouroullec's Stampa chair designed to age like a pair of leather boots
French duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have formed aluminium mesh into a chair that is intended to look worn over time. More