Form Us With Love designs plastic seating range for IKEA
Stockholm studio Form Us With Love has created "the most affordable objects" in its repertoire: a pair of moulded plastic chairs for Swedish furniture brand IKEA. More
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Daniel Becker Design Studio creates furniture from transportation pallets
Berlin-based Daniel Becker has designed this wooden cabinet for new German startup Kimidori, which makes products exclusively from used industrial pallets (+ slideshow). More
Meike Harde's metal-mesh Hybrid Cabinet displays and protects its contents
Dutch Design Week 2014: these cabinets by German designer Meike Harde are made from wire cages to create a "protective environment" for delicate items stored within (+ slideshow). More
Nendo works with Japanese artisans to create bent-wire baskets
Japanese design studio Nendo has collaborated with Kyoto wire netting firm Kanaami-Tsuji to create a set of minimal basket containers (+ slideshow). More
Using traditional crafts in design is not "sentimental" says Sebastian Cox
Interview: neglected techniques represent a new set of opportunities says Sebastian Cox, one of a number of young designers that are championing the revival of traditional crafts in the UK. More
Libeskind's table for Marina Abramovic produced as limited-edition by Moroso
News: Italian design brand Moroso has produced a limited-edition set of the table designed by architect Daniel Libeskind for an installation by artist Marina Abramovic (+ slideshow). More
Beach towels double as seats for Júlia Esqué's Marina deck chair
Towels printed with designs from traditional maritime signalling flags are locked into place using ropes to form the seats of these wooden-framed deck chairs by ECAL graduate Júlia Esqué. More
Joost van Bleiswijk assembles industrial components into furniture pieces
Dutch Design Week 2014: Eindhoven designer Joost van Bleiswijk has collaged together found objects and old machine parts to make this range of furniture and lighting. More
Ron Arad is one of few contemporary designers with art collector appeal, says French auctioneer
An auction taking place during Parisian art fair FIAC next week will cement Ron Arad's reputation as one of the only collectible contemporary designers on the art market, according to French auction house Artcurial (+ slideshow). More
Salone del Mobile president Claudio Luti resigns after boardroom shakeup
News: Claudio Luti has resigned as president of Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile after less than two years in the role, following a shakeup of the furniture fair's ownership structure. More
Pool exhibits geometric furniture in former school for Biennale Interieur 2014
Interieur 2014: Paris design studio Pool has brought together its furniture and lighting for an exhibition inside a dilapidated school building during this year's Biennale Interieur event (+ slideshow). More
Blakeley furniture by Studio Roderick Vos is built from architectural joists
Dutch Design Week 2014: Dutch designer Roderick Vos has created a collection of tables and benches using structural supports with H-shaped profiles, more commonly found in architecture (+ slideshow). More
Nendo's modular office tables create "casual spaces for standing conversation"
Japanese design studio Nendo has created a series of modular desk units for office furniture and supplies brand Kokuyo to complement its existing Brackets sofa (+ slideshow). More
Drawers slide along the surface of Marco Guazzini's Flamingo desk
Italian designer Marco Guazzini has created a console with drawers that slide along its length to create different configurations (+ slideshow). More
Designjunction is a place where "people can get really excited about design"
London Design Festival 2014: director Deborah Spencer and creative director Michael Sodeau introduce their highlights from designjunction 2014 in this movie produced by Dezeen for the show. More
Izabela Bołoz's Intersections modules interlock to form street furniture
Dutch Design Week 2014: The interlocking modules of this street furniture by Polish designer Izabela Bołoz form flexible seating for members of the public to sit, recline or climb on (+ slideshow). More
Piet Hein Eek prints Rijksmuseum artworks onto flatpack stools
Dutch Design Week 2014: The most recognisable paintings from the art collection of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum are printed onto the seats of these plywood stools by Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek. More
Nendo reconfigures office furniture elements into hybrid designs for Kokuyo
Japanese studio Nendo has spliced together traditional office furniture pieces to create simple combined desks and storage units (+ slideshow). More
Tjep creates Bronze Age furniture in opposition to 3D printing
This skeletal furniture by Dutch design studio Tjep. is made from bronze in an effort to create a collection of objects "totally opposite to the technology-driven trends" in design (+ movie). More
Plants grow inside Maxim Scherbakov's marble Sputnik-5 table
This table that houses plants in its centre by St Petersburg designer Maxim Scherbakov is named after the Soviet satellite that first took living objects into space and returned them safely to Earth (+ slideshow). More