Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Knotted Chair by Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders' 1996 Knotted Chair, which marked the Dutch designer's international breakthrough, is the next iconic seat design in our A-Zdvent calendar for this year. More
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Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Jam Chair by Archirivolto
Moving on to J, the next design in our festive alphabetical countdown is the Jam Chair created by Italian studio Archirivolto for Calligaris. More
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Icon Chair by Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck's aluminium Icon Chair for American furniture brand Emeco is today's offering in our A-Zdvent calendar for 2014. More
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Handkerchief chair by Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Next up in our alphabetical look at the history of chair design – the lightweight Handkerchief office chair designed by husband and wife team Massimo and Lella Vignelli in 1983. More
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Garden Egg chair by Peter Ghyczy
The seventh entry in our A-Zdvent calendar is the Garden Egg chair by Hungarian designer Peter Ghyczy, which demonstrated new techniques for plastic production in the late 1960s. More
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Fauteuil Direction by Jean Prouvé
The letter F in our festive overview of iconic chairs is represented by French designer Jean Prouvé's Fauteuil Direction armchair. More
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Eames Lounge chair by Charles and Ray Eames
The moulded plywood and leather lounge chair by American Modernist designers Charles and Ray Eames is the letter E in our A-Zdvent calendar. More
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Domus Chair by Ilmari Tapiovaara
Number four in our festive A-Z of iconic chairs is the birch plywood Domus Chair by Finnish Modernist designer Ilmari Tapiovaara. More
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Cabbage Chair by Nendo
C in our A-Zdvent calendar is for the Cabbage Chair by Japanese design studio Nendo, made using layers of waste paper from the fabric-pleating industry. More
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Barcelona Chair by Mies van der Rohe
Second in our A-Zdvent calendar this year is the Barcelona Chair by Modernist architect Mies van der Rohe. More
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Air-Chair by Jasper Morrison
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar is back for another year! For 2014, we're bringing you an iconic chair design every day in the run up to Christmas – starting with A: the Air-Chair by Jasper Morrison. More
Marija Puipaitė shapes Embracing Touch seats with the outline of her legs
Lithuanian designer Marija Puipaitė used the curves of her legs in different resting positions to generate the forms of these seats created for her Design Academy Eindhoven graduate project. More
Competition: three Loom Collection chairs by H to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with London furniture brand H to give readers the chance to win one of three elastic woven Loom Chairs in celebration of the brand's online shop launch. More
Design studio Raw Edges "feels like part of the Moroso family"
Movie: in the last of our series of exclusive video interviews for Moroso, London design duo Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay of Raw Edges explain what's special about working with the Italian furniture brand. More
Arne Jacobsen's Munkegaard chair reintroduced by Howe
Danish brand Howe is relaunching a chair designed by Modernist architect Arne Jacobsen for his 1950s Munkegaard School. More
Form Us With Love designs plastic seating range for IKEA
Stockholm studio Form Us With Love has created "the most affordable objects" in its repertoire: a pair of moulded plastic chairs for Swedish furniture brand IKEA. More
Beach towels double as seats for Júlia Esqué's Marina deck chair
Towels printed with designs from traditional maritime signalling flags are locked into place using ropes to form the seats of these wooden-framed deck chairs by ECAL graduate Júlia Esqué. More
Govert Flint's Dynamic Chair turns the body into a computer mouse
Dutch Design Week 2014: This chair by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Govert Flint allows the user to control their computer cursor with a range of body movements (+ movie). More
Ross Lovegrove designs first wooden chair to mark Bernhardt Design's 125th anniversary
American company Bernhardt Design has celebrated its 125th anniversary by commissioning designers Ross Lovegrove, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance and Jephson Robb to create new furniture pieces for the brand (+ slideshow). More
Chair 3/4 by Sandro Lominashvili looks like an optical illusion
London Design Festival 2014: this angular steel chair by Georgian designer Sandro Lominashvili has a seat with four corners, but only three are attached to the frame. More
