The inaugural Design Week South Africa included an exhibition bringing together chairs from across the continent of Africa. Here the curators share 10 highlights, ranging from a red garden chair mended with electric wire to a throne made of guns. More
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has collaborated with Swedish furniture brand Gärsnäs on HidaHida, a fabric-clad easy chair that "communicates both Scandinavian and Japanese influences". More
A collection of stiffened felt chairs designed by Italian designer Gaetano Pesce prior to his death earlier this year was presented by New York gallery Salon 94 Design at Design Miami's Paris edition. More
Dezeen Showroom: designer Jaime Hayon worked with Spanish furniture brand Viccarbe to extend the Aleta seating family with the launch of an executive chair. More
Next up in our series about mid-century modern design is the Panton chair by Danish designer Verner Panton. Still produced today by Swiss furniture brand Vitra, the cantilevered plastic chair made design history. More
Dezeen Showroom: the result of a collaboration between designers Ludovica Serafini and Roberto Palomba and Spanish furniture brand Viccarbe, the Noha chair has a soft seat that looks like a pillow. More
Collector Rajan Bijlani has opened up his London residence for an exhibition featuring highlights from his 500-piece collection of furniture made for Le Corbusier's master plan of Chandigarh in the 1950s and 60s. More
The popularity of the Chandigarh chair, created by a team led by Swiss architect Pierre Jeanneret, has shone a light on the erasure of local designers in the mid-century modern design narrative. More
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish furniture brand Viccarbe has created a chair in collaboration with architect Piero Lissoni that celebrates Valencian craftsmanship. More
Dezeen Showroom: designer Karim Rashid aimed to create a seating design that would bring people together with Bound, his collection for German brand Kusch + Co. More
Dezeen Showroom: German brand Wilkahn has released the ON Casual office chair, a new version of a classic design that is celebrating its 15th anniversary. More
Dezeen Showroom: Swedish brand Blå Station has updated its Bobby and Bobban seating, designs by Thomas Bernstrand and Stefan Borselius that snap together magnetically. More
Dezeen Showroom: Milan studio Skrivo took visual cues from skateboarding infrastructure when designing the curved-edged Ramp seating for furniture brand MDD. More
Dezeen Showroom: workplace furniture brand Narbutas worked with Italian design studio Baldanzi & Novelli on a range of seating that sets out to enhance the wellbeing of people working in office environments. More
Continuing our mid-century modernism series, we take a look at the iconic Egg chair, which was designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for the former SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. More
Continuing our mid-century modern series, we spotlight the CH24 Wishbone Chair, which was created by Danish designer Hans J Wegner for furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & Son in 1949. More
Continuing our series on mid-century modern design, we spotlight the Eames Shell chair, which features a seat that was moulded to the contours of the human body. More
Dezeen Showroom: designer Maja Ganszyniec and Swedish brand Abstracta have created a soft seating range called Akunok, intended to provide acoustic seclusion in open environments. More
Dezeen Showroom: as the colder, darker months arrive in the northern hemisphere, we've rounded up cosy lounge chairs and comfy couches listed on Dezeen Showroom. More
Dezeen Showroom: children's furniture brand Wigiwama has introduced the Moon chair, a modular seat that can also be played with. More