Falke Svatun designs thin-backed Synnes Chair for Menu
Norwegian designer Falke Svatun has created a dining chair with a thin backrest that curves around its sitter like a shell (+ slideshow). More
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Pedro Venzon bases stackable Pudica chair on Brazil's colonial architecture
The form of this chair by designer Pedro Venzon is based on the curves and shapes found in architecture left over from Portugal's colonisation of Brazil (+ slideshow). More
Nucleo relaunches Terra grass chair with new grow-it-yourself cardboard kit
Italian design collective Nucleo has tweaked its popular design for a grass armchair that grows over time, relaunching it with a crowdfunding campaign (+ slideshow). More
Cappellini reissues Joe Colombo's classic 1960s Tube Chair
Renowned industrial designer Joe Colombo's Tube Chair has been rescued from "the pages of design books" by Italian furniture brand Cappellini, which is rereleasing the piece. More
Ron Arad and Moroso create curvy chairs for Watergate Hotel renovation
Designer Ron Arad has created bespoke seating for his overhaul of the hotel in Washington DC made famous by the Watergate scandal. More
Nienke Hoogvliet's Sea Me furniture is made from woven seaweed
Dutch designer Nienke Hoogvliet used seaweed to create a furniture collection that highlights its possibilities as a material. More
Sylph chair by Atelier Deshaus has a steel back bent to look like a line drawing
Chinese studio Atelier Deshaus' Sylph chair features a back made from a continuous piece of tubular steel, curved by hand to look like a line drawing (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid's folded Kuki chair redesigned using carbon fibre
Design Miami/Basel 2016: the late Zaha Hadid's sculpted plastic Kuki chair has been relaunched in carbon fibre at Design Miami/Basel. More
Muller van Severen designs rocking wire daybeds for Spanish summer house
Belgian design studio Muller van Severen has crafted curving loungers from wire netting as part of a furniture commission for one of the Solo Houses – a series of architect-designed dream homes in Spain (+ slideshow). More
Marleen Kaptein uses aerospace robots to craft carbon-fibre chair
Dutch designer Marleen Kaptein has partnered with design brand Label/Breed to create a chair from ribbons of robotically wrapped carbon fibre. More
Benjamin Hubert's Layer expands Cradle chair collection for Moroso with knitted mesh backs
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: Benjamin Hubert's design studio Layer has expanded and updated its Cradle collection for Italian furniture brand Moroso, featuring a stretch-mesh material made using new digital knitting techniques (+ slideshow). More
Crosby Studios designs furniture collection with architectural arches
New York 2016: Moscow architecture firm Crosby Studios' debut furniture collection includes sculptural chairs with bent metal supports designed to recall city buildings (+ slideshow). More
Loll creates Lollygagger outdoor furniture from recycled milk bottles
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: US company Loll Designs has created a range of bright-coloured garden furniture from discarded milk and detergent packaging. More
Forpeople's Keyn office chairs for Herman Miller are made for fidgeters
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: London company Forpeople has designed a range of office chairs for Herman Miller to accommodate workers who shuffle around in their seats. More
Galanter & Jones creates heated outdoor chairs to replace patio heaters
New York 2016: San Francisco studio Galanter & Jones has claimed to be the first to create cast-stone heated outdoor furniture, which makes a sitter feel "like being in a hot tub without getting wet" (+ slideshow). More
Bjarke Ingels designs VIA57 lounge chair based on his New York "courtscraper"
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has designed a chair for furniture brand Fritz Hansen based on the shape of his firm's Via 57 West "courtscraper" in New York. More
Carl Hansen & Søn reissues Hans J Wegner's CH22 lounge chair
New York 2016: Carl Hansen & Søn has reintroduced Danish designer Hans J Wegner's CH22 lounge chair – one of the first pieces he originally designed for the furniture company in 1950. More
Greg Lynn's microclimate chair for Nike could give athletes "a distinct performance advantage"
Milan 2016: in our next movie from Nike's The Nature of Motion exhibition, architect Greg Lynn explains how his body temperature-regulating chair could help athletes significantly improve their performance. More
Onecollection reissues Finn Juhl's Danish mid-century FJ 136 chair
Milan 2016: furniture manufacturer Onecollection has relaunched a 1956 chair by Finn Juhl, which played an important role in the proliferation of Danish design (+ slideshow). More
GamFratesi designs chair and desk to mark Porro's 90th anniversary
Milan 2016: Danish studio GamFratesi has borrowed shapes from typical mid-century furniture to create the Voyage chair and Collector desk for Italian brand Porro's 90th anniversary collection. More