Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet has been awarded the Designer of the Year title for next year's Maison&Objet design fair in Paris, and will design a bespoke exhibition for the event. More
French designer Inga Sempé has created a cutlery range for Italian design brand Alessi, with utensils that feature slender bases and gently tapered stems (+ slideshow). More
Maison&Objet 2015: Danish design brand Menu has launched a soft furnishings collection produced in Nepal, to offer Nepali craftswomen an alternative to working in the sex trade (+ slideshow). More
Maison&Objet 2015: this cast-iron candle holder by Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland automatically puts out the flame just before the wick burns out (+ movie). More
Maison&Objet 2015: designers at Italian research studio Fabrica have created a set of glass sculptures for presenting fruit. More
Maison&Objet 2015: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a range of outdoor furniture with curving slatted surfaces for Danish brand Hay (+ slideshow). More
Maison&Objet 2015: French technology retailer Orée is launching a ballpoint pen that can digitally record and store notes and sketches made in a companion notebook (+ slideshow). More
Maison&Objet 2015: London studio Poetic Lab has created a collection of desktop accessories with simple shapes and metallic finishes for design brand Beyond Object. More
Maison&Objet 2015: a hand-blown glass vessel with a brass cuff perches on the corner of a black marble cube to form Israeli designer Dan Yeffet's Elements vase (+ slideshow). More
Maison&Objet 2015: Copenhagen designers Aleksej Iskos and Boris Berlin have created an injection-moulded wood-fibre composite chair that is 100 per cent recyclable for Danish design brand Muuto (+ slideshow). More
Maison&Objet 2015: light from this table lamp by Cuban designer René Barba is diffused by a lollipop-shaped envelope made from a non-woven fabric. More
Maison&Objet 2015: Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has created two collections of furniture for Portuguese furniture company De La Espada, including pieces modelled on simple Shaker designs (+ slideshow). More
Maison&Objet 2015: Canadian lighting brand Bocci has launched a light made by forcing molten glass into a loose heat-resistant fabric pillow. More
Maison&Objet 2015: hand-cut patterns cast shadows from within these blown-glass lampshades by London designer Benjamin Hubert (+ slideshow). More
Maison&Objet 2015: Japanese studio Nendo has surrounded a lounge area with a cascade of 2,000 chocolate-coloured pipes for an installation at this year's Maison&Objet trade fair (+ slideshow). More
Maison&Objet 2015: quadrants of this circular cabinet by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola swing open to reveal the contents stored inside. More
Maison&Objet 2015: Spanish studio Mut Design has created a pair of chairs to look like masculine and feminine versions of the same seat. More
Maison&Objet 2015: Copenhagen studio GamFratesi has created a collection of spun-brass trays with leather surfaces for Swedish metal company Skultuna. More
Maison&Objet 2015: Italian designer Luca Nichetto is launching his latest products under his own brand – called Nichetto – at the Maison&Objet trade show in Paris today (+ slideshow). More
Maison&Objet 2015: Finnish brand Artek has delved into its archives to reintroduce wooden furniture and homeware designs by its co-founder, Modernist architect Alvar Aalto. More