Balloons replace nails and screws for Inflate collection of children's furniture
Sausage-shaped party balloons are used to secure the self-assembly furniture and toys designed by Kingston University graduate Fern Toynton. More
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HÛT creates mobile plywood gin trolley to serve its architecture office
London-based architectural practice HÛT designed and built this movable gin trolley as office furniture for its new workspace. More
PETA awards IKEA, Habitat and Heal's for vegan design
IKEA, Habitat and Heal's are among the brands named in PETA's first Vegan Homeware Awards, which recognise the best cruelty-free designs for the home. More
Another Country launches furniture designed to make offices feel more like home
Another Country's adjustable Work Series furniture is designed to combat perceptions of the office as "cold and clinical". More
IKEA and Hay reveal full collaborative Ypperlig collection
IKEA and Hay have released a set of images that show the full range of furniture and homeware products from their collaboration. More
Opendesk launches shelf and desk that can both be assembled tool-free
Open-source furniture brand Opendesk has collaborated with designers in London and Chicago to create new two pieces of furniture that can be assembled without glue, screws or hinges. More
Bondage details feature on Boudoir Fétiche furniture by ECAL graduate Savvas Laz
The tassels and straps of spanking tools and fetish wear inspired this mirror and valet stand, designed by ECAL graduate Savvas Laz. More
Graduate Xiang Guan designs furniture that only works when a human is present
The objects in this furniture collection by Central Saint Martins graduate Xiang Guan can only function when they come into contact with a person. More
ÉCAL students design dedicated farming, napping and gym office cubicles
Office workers can sleep, grow plants, pour themselves a cocktail and work out in each of these specialised hubs created by students at ÉCAL university. More
"Chairless chair" is designed to provide support for active factory workers
This flexible exoskeleton, designed by Swiss studio Sapetti, allows its wearer to sit down whenever and wherever they need to. More
Andrea Mestre questions how office chairs should look and feel with rattan frame
Influenced by the blurring of home and work environments, RCA graduate Andrea Mestre has designed an office chair made from rattan. More
RCA graduates propose new Strata system as a way to extend the lifecycle of furniture
Royal College of Art graduates Katrine Hesseldahl and Victor Strimfors have designed a modular sofa made from three distinct layers in an attempt to combat furniture waste. More
Rain collects and circulates around Jólan van der Wiel's Tropic City bench
Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has created a water-filled seat made of dozens of pipes that store and circulate raindrops. More
Sou Fujimoto designs hybrid bookshelf and chair for Alias
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto's Bookchair slots in and out of its surrounding shelving to double as both storage and seating. More
Zaha Hadid Design creates table based on Princess Leia's trademark buns
Zaha Hadid Design's Le-a table takes its corkscrew shape from the classic double-bun hairstyle worn by Princess Leia in Star Wars. More
Smarin designs sunloungers that are "Hockney-universe friendly"
This collection of brightly coloured poolside furniture by French furniture brand Smarin will make its debut at the Centre Pompidou's David Hockney retrospective. More
Space10 and Opendesk are among the first to "hack" Tom Dixon's modular bed for IKEA
The Space10 innovation lab has teamed with open-source manufacturing platform Opendesk to create workspace attachments for IKEA's Delaktig system by Tom Dixon. More
Note Design and Afteroom hack IKEA kitchens to make living room furnishings for Reform
Note Design and Afteroom are the latest studios to hack IKEA products for Danish brand Reform, with both taking cues from their Scandinavian origins to create minimal sideboards. More
MAD creates furniture fit for a life on Mars
MAD founder Ma Yansong has designed a range of sci-fi-inspired furniture, designed to be used when humans colonise Mars. More
Sou Fujimoto creates ornate bookshelves for Basel installation
Architect Sou Fujimoto has designed a series of abstract bookshelves made from thin steel rods, which he based on 19th-century ironwork. More