Today is World Book Day. To mark the occasion we've rounded up 10 of the best ways designers have stored books, from bookshelf staircases to a huge concrete case that spans the wall of a Mexico City home. More
An exhibition exploring the journey from maker to market in Norway is set to take place during this year's Milan design week. More
Dezeen has teamed up with Aram Store to offer our UK readers a chance to win a lounge chair designed by Le Corbusier, a side table by Eero Saarinen or a table lamp by Achille Castiglioni. More
The Shakers are on the verge of extinction following the recent death of one of the sect's three surviving members. So why is their austere style having yet another revival? More
Slovakian designer Šimon Kern's Beleaf chair is made from a mixture of recycled leaves and bio-resin. More
Stockholm designer Thomas Bernstrand has created an outdoor stool that locks up like a supermarket trolley to keep parks and public spaces tidy. More
Swedish studio Front designed the customisable Button sofa to be as suitable for aged-care environments as it is for the home of a young person. More
An embracing chair designed to soothe anxiety and a lamp that anyone can be taught to manufacture are among items of furniture designed for prisons by students from Norway's University of Bergen. More
The latest addition to the terrazzo trend is a set of speckled pedestal tables designed by furniture company Another Brand. More
IKEA and Tom Dixon have revealed the results of their collaboration: a modular bed that "explores notions of adaptability and future-proofing". More
Architectural photographer Fernando Guerra has captured Claesson Koivisto Rune's first collection for Swedish furniture brand Dux at a vineyard in northern Portugal. More
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with design brand BD Barcelona Design to look back on some of its most successful products – the first being a table designed by Konstantin Grcic in 2009. More
New York streetwear brand Supreme has released a special-edition version of a three-legged stool originally designed by Alvar Aalto in the 1930s. More
Swedish furniture company Blå Station has worked with designers Thomas Bernstrand and Stefan Borselius to produce a flexible sofa formed from narrow cushioned slices. More
Israeli designer Bar Gantz has created a collection of furniture by steam-bending wood into twisted shapes. More
Korean designer Jungsub Shim spent months building up the structure of this intricate chair using only a 3D-printing pen. More
For this year's Stockholm furniture fair, a group of students from Helsinki's Aalto University presented a range of chairs made using only three thicknesses of galvanised steel rods. More
GamFratesi worked with Gubi to create the custom furniture filling Paris' House of Denmark, which is now being launched as a collection at Stockholm Furniture Fair. More
Carl Hansen & Son has used this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair to relaunch Danish modernist Hans J Wegner's CH23 dining chair, designed at the same time as his famous Wishbone chair. More
Note Design Studio's latest collection for Swedish brand Fogia is intentionally "not eye-catching" and foregoes any additional details and adornments. More