Seiton storage by OEO Studio for Stellar Works
Dezeen Showroom: Seiton is a modular storage system designed by OEO Studio for Stellar Works that can double as a partition and be built in various configurations. More
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Scavolini's BoxLife is a "fully adaptable concept for micro living"
Rainlight founder Yorgo Lykouria explains how a modular furniture system called BoxLife allows users to organise their living spaces, in a video produced by Dezeen for Scavolini as part of Virtual Design Festival. More
Layout sofa by Numen/For Use for Prostoria
Dezeen Showroom: The Layout sofa, created by Numen/For Use for the Croatian furniture brand Prostoria, creates a soft landscape of interconnected islands. More
Absent sofa by Numen/For Use for Prostoria
Dezeen Showroom: Croatian-Austrian design collective Numen/For Use has created the Absent sofa for furniture brand Prostoria, which is designed to create a sitting position somewhere between upright and lying down. More
Kaoi studio designs modular Ebba chairs based on Ettore Sottsass' Memphis movement
This modular chair collection by Thai design studio Kaoi takes cues from the 1980s Memphis Group, featuring four graphic armrests that can be mixed and matched to offer different aesthetic "personalities". More
Layer and Cat Person design mix-and-match furniture for felines
Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer has collaborated with American startup Cat Person on a collection of modular furniture for cats that can change as the animal grows. More
Barbican flat by Intervention Architecture transforms into a ballet studio
Intervention Architecture has installed shapeshifting furniture in a Barbican apartment in London, allowing it to transform from a home into a dance studio. More
BIG designs pixel-like sofa based on its own architecture
Danish firm BIG looked to its own architecture when designing the modular Voxel sofa system for Common Seating, making seats out of gridded pixel-like blocks. More
ATRA uses hemp fibre and recycled materials for Nerthus-Sofa furniture collection
Furniture design studio ATRA has created a modular sofa system upholstered with a hemp-based fabric. More
Perkins and Will designs Dome sleeping unit for LA homeless shelters
A lockable wardrobe and twin-sized bed figure in this modular sleeping unit, which was conceived by architecture firm Perkins and Will in response to the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles. More
Cow-print tiles and Tetris-style orange furniture feature in Russian cafe
Russian architect Eduard Eremchuk used Tetris-like orange modular furniture on wheels to solve the problem of limited space in a tiled cafe in Rostov-on-Don. More
Luca Nichetto designs modular furniture to work in public spaces and the home
Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created furnishings, including tables, sofas and benches, to be used in workspaces, residences and museum galleries. More
Gensler designs Atelier furniture system to enable "reconfigurability in the workplace"
Using its own London office as a case study, architecture firm Gensler has created a modular furniture range for Fantoni in response to a trend for more flexible and collaborative workplaces. More
Gate furniture system comprises flip-down shelves that are easy to reconfigure
Architect Artem Zakharchenko-Halytskyi has designed a system of modular shelves made from wooden blades that can lie flat against the wall or pivot to provide a usable surface. More
BOB is a modular storage system by Paul Kelley and Bisley that offers "infinite configurations"
Dezeen promotion: British furniture brand Bisley has teamed up with designer Paul Kelley on a hand-finished modular storage system. More
USM and UNStudio explore "third space" between home and office with Haller modular furniture
Haller modular furniture can be used to create a "third space" between the workplace and the home, say Thomas Dienes of USM and Ren Yee of UNStudio in this movie produced by Dezeen during Milan design week. More
Wellbeing and noise concerns fuel "accelerating" trend for healthier office furniture
Soundproof pods, saddle-shaped chairs, adjustable-height desks and wobble boards were in abundance at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week, as privacy and wellbeing become essential aspects of office furniture design. More
David Chipperfield develops "casual" desk system for e15
British architect David Chipperfield has created a modular workstation, made using traditional joinery techniques, for German furniture company e15. More
AI-controlled robotic ceiling furniture creates extra space for tiny homes
Tech startup Bumblebee Spaces is freeing up floorspace in small apartments with robotic furniture that drops from the ceiling and is controlled by an AI "butler". More
Catssup lets you hack your furniture to create a vertical cat playground
Studio RYTE's Catssup collection can be attached to shelves or furniture to provide a world for cats to explore without compromising the human living space. More