Colony armchair by Skrivo mixes steam-bent wood and rattan
Milan design studio Skrivo has combined a steam-bent wooden frame with woven rattan material to create this angular chair. More
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Cajal sofas and armchair by Gunilla Allard balance seats on thin metal frames
Stockholm 2014: Swedish designer Gunilla Allard's Cajal sofas and armchairs feature slender tubular steel frames that support chunky upholstered seats (+ slideshow). More
Drapée chair by Constance Guisset designed to look like draped fabric
The curving lines of this steel wire chair by French designer Constance Guisset are intended to represent fabric draped over the seat and back (+ slideshow). More
De La Espada launches new collection with a chair by Luca Nichetto
Stockholm 2014: Italian designer Luca Nichetto and Portuguese furniture brand De La Espada have launched a lounge chair as the first product from a new collection. More
Stefan Borselius designs minimal chairs for Fogia
Stockholm 2014: Swedish designer Stefan Borselius has created a series of minimal chairs for Swedish furniture brand Fogia. More
Färg & Blanche designs quilted Emily chair for Gärsnäs
Stockholm 2014: Swedish-French design duo Färg & Blanche has created a small padded chair for Swedish furniture brand Gärsnäs. More
Osko+Deichmann extends kinked steel furniture range for Blå Station
Stockholm 2014: Berlin design studio Osko+Deichmann has extended its range of kinked tubular steel chairs for Swedish brand Blå Station. More
Marcel Wanders wraps balloons in carbon fibre to create lightweight chair
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has created an ultra-lightweight carbon fibre chair formed around party balloons. More
Flesh Chair wrapped in squishy rolls of fat by Nanna Kiil
Stockholm 2014: student designer Nanna Kiil is showing a chair that looks like it's dressed in a fat suit at the Greenhouse showcase of young talent as part of the Stockholm Furniture Fair. More
Viggo chair made from two curving plywood pieces by ShapingYourDay
The bent plywood back of this chair by Danish design brand ShapingYourDay slots into a hole in the seat and is attached with two screws (+ slideshow). More
Famous modernist chair shapes merged into a bar stool by Eugeni Quitllet
Maison&Objet 2014: Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet has taken the silhouettes of famous modernist chairs and amalgamated them into the back of this bar stool. More
Clothing designed for chairs by Bernotat & Co
Dutch designers Bernotat & Co have created a range of coverings for chairs that are modelled on a grandma's dressing gown, baggy overalls and an oven mitt. More
Russian gallerist sparks race row over "overtly degrading" chair
News: Russian socialite and gallerist Dasha Zukhova has sparked a racism row after a photograph of her sitting on a chair in the form of an inverted semi-naked black woman appeared alongside an interview on a Russian website. More
Gerrit Rietveld's Steltman chair reissued
The Steltman chair by twentieth century Dutch architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld has been reissued by furniture brand Rietveld Originals to mark the iconic design's fiftieth anniversary. More
Traditional Windsor chair updated by Mikko Hannula
Finnish graduate Mikko Hannula based the design of this faceted metal chair on a 3D scan of a traditional wooden seat called a Windsor chair (+ slideshow). More
Philippe Nigro designs rounded sofa for Ligne Roset
Cologne 2014: French designer Philippe Nigro has created a sofa for French furniture brand Ligne Roset with rounded edges like a bar of soap (+ slideshow). More
Airbnb removes "knockoff" Navy Chairs from new headquarters
News: online home rental brand Airbnb is to replace a set of aluminium chairs at its new San Francisco headquarters after Emeco, the company that makes the original Navy Chair, pointed out that they were fakes. More
Chair shaped like the tail of a peacock by UUfie
Design Miami 2013: this chair shaped like the fanned tail of a peacock by Toronto design studio UUfie was one of the most talked-about pieces at the Design Miami collectors' fair last month. More
Arper to relaunch Lina Bo Bardi's Bowl Chair
Italian design brand Arper is to relaunch a limited edition version of a bowl-shaped chair designed by late Modernist architect Lina Bo Bardi in 1951 (+ slideshow). More
Inga Sempé unveils quilt-covered Ruché armchair for Ligne Roset
Maison&Objet 2014: Paris designer Inga Sempé has added an armchair to her Ruché collection of furniture with quilted covers for French design brand Ligne Roset (+ slideshow). More