Andreas Engesvik's Bollo chair for Fogia contrasts large cushions with thin frame
Stockholm 2016: Norwegian designer Andreas Engesvik has added a lounge chair with oversized cushions to his collection of furniture for Stockholm brand Fogia. More
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Aalto University students experiment with stained-black wood to create chairs
Stockholm 2016: a group of students from Helsinki's Aalto University have designed and built a collection of chairs using a single material: black-stained solid ash wood. More
Färg & Blanche stitches fabric and wood together to form Julius seating collection
Stockholm 2016: Stockholm studio Färg & Blanche has used its signature "wood tailoring" technique to produce a collection of sofas and chairs for furniture brand Gärsnäs (+ slideshow). More
Michael Young's carbon-fibre chair for Coalesse weighs less than five pounds
British designer Michael Young's LessThanFive carbon fibre chair for US-based furniture company Coalesse is launching after two years of development. More
Jan Hendzel creates wooden furniture for pop-up cafe at Camberwell College of Arts
Jan Hendzel Studio has designed a range of wooden furnishings for a pop-up cafe at Camberwell College of Arts, forming part of the £62 million redevelopment of the southeast London campus (+ slideshow). More
Moroso unveils Gemma seating collection by Daniel Libeskind
Architect Daniel Libeskind has designed a new line of seating for Italian furniture brand Moroso, featuring sharp angles and faceted forms inspired by crystals. More
Pierre Charpin's Slice chair for Cinna is split up into blocks
Maison&Objet 2016: the seat of this upholstered armchair by French designer Pierre Charpin can be extended with a row of coloured stools. More
Bartlett students use robots to build 3D-printed filigree chairs
A team of students at the Bartlett architecture school have developed a technique for 3D printing complex curved structures, and used it to build a set of intricate chairs. More
Jean Paul Gaultier customises Typographia chairs by Tabisso with rust-patterned upholstery
Maison&Objet 2016: French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier has plucked his initials from a collection of alphabet-shaped chairs and used a distressed-looking fabric to upholster them. More
Samuel Accoceberry's Concha armchairs are based on seashell shapes
Maison&Objet 2016: French designer Samuel Accoceberry has created a collection of seating shaped like the curved forms of conch shells for furniture brand Bosc. More
Alpina furniture by Ries is made from thin steel shapes
Argentinian architecture studio Ries has designed a collection of minimal furniture based around simple steel frames. More
Thonet launches colourful outdoor versions of iconic Bauhaus chairs
Movie: Thonet is launching an outdoor range of classic chairs by Mart Stam, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, reveals CEO Thorsten Muck in this exclusive movie Dezeen produced for the German brand. More
Harow's gold-plated skull armchair carries a $500k price tag
French design company Harow has released a 24-carat-gold edition of its skull-shaped armchair (+ slideshow). More
EAJY's Beams Chair is influenced by San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge
Dezeen promotion: Berlin furniture company EAJY has launched its first product on crowdfunding website Indiegogo – a wooden chair with legs inspired by structural steel beams (+ slideshow). More
Sookhyun Kim burns circles onto Peacock Chair with a heat gun
Following an accident with a hairdryer, design student Sookhyun Kim has burnt a pattern of 426 circles onto this wooden chair using a heat gun (+ movie). More
Martino Gamper's St Mark chair for Moroso is designed to be made from different materials
Movie: in our next exclusive movie for Moroso, Italian designer Martino Gamper explains how he designed his St Mark stacking chair to unify the appearance of indoor and outdoor cafe seating. More
Moooi’s bar stool version of iconic Carbon Chair is "super light and super strong"
Extra Moooi: in this movie filmed in Amsterdam, Moooi co-founder Marcel Wanders discusses the woven carbon-fibre chair he designed with Bertjan Pot, which the Dutch brand relaunched this year as a bar stool. More
Marcel Wanders' seminal 1996 Knotted Chair was "a little miracle"
Most Loved: in the first movie of our exclusive new video series, Marcel Wanders looks back at his chair made from knotted rope, which helped propel the Dutch designer to international stardom when it was launched in 1996. More
Disposture chair forces sitters into an uncomfortable slump
Three design students have created a purposefully awkward chair that encourages sitters into a slump to highlight the long-term effects of slouching. More
Ian Stell's Austrian Loop chair expands and contracts like an accordion
Design Miami 2015: American designer Ian Stell has created an expandable bench that forms two conjoined chairs when contracted. More