London designers, including Attua Aparicio, James Shaw and Studio Furthermore, have worked with local teenagers to develop a public bench for Camden council as part of a project by social enterprise Store that was unveiled at the London Design Festival. More about School pupils design modular public seating for King's Cross
British artist Alex Chinneck has designed knotted lampposts, a twisted telephone booth and a constricted postbox as playful public sculptures in Bristol, England. More about Alex Chinneck creates distorted street furniture to bring "surrealism into the public realm"
South Korean design studio SWNA has created a set of rubbish bins for use in Seoul's public spaces, featuring friendly rounded forms and animal ears on the lids. More about SWNA designs "cute" rubbish bins for Seoul Metropolitan Government
Dezeen Showroom: Foster + Partners Industrial Design aimed to create relaxed outdoor areas with Gather, its ultra-thin concrete seating solution for Spanish street furniture brand Escofet. More about Gather outdoor seating by Foster + Partners Industrial Design for Escofet
Promotion: Czech brand Mmcité has been creating urban furniture for 30 years but continues to adapt to the "constantly evolving" needs of public space, says founder and creative director David Karásek. More about Mmcité on a "cultural mission" to make cities more beautiful through public furniture
A group of students from the University of Applied Arts has won Vienna Design Week's Social Design Award with a project aimed at involving citizens in the design of their urban spaces using the city's own waste materials. More about Membran recruits pedestrians to turn waste tarps into public seating for Vienna
Street furniture brand Vestre and designer Emma Olbers have produced a piece of furniture using fossil-free steel that was made without creating carbon emissions. More about Vestre launches "world's first" furniture made from fossil-free steel
Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has created a range of street furniture made from bamboo including seating, tables and accessories that are stabilised by the fabric of the surrounding city. More about BLUE creates "symbiotic" street furniture that relies on urban structures
On the Street aims to draw attention to a layer of public architecture that often goes unnoticed. Here, the book's author Edwin Heathcote highlights nine types of street furniture that "slot in amid the big things". More about Nine types of street furniture that "exert an outsized impact on place and mood"
Dezeen promotion: Marshalls Landscape Protection's RhinoGuard decorative and protective street furniture, including planters and seating, has been crash-tested to the latest standards in Hostile Vehicle Mitigation to help create safe outdoor spaces without sacrificing design. More about Marshalls Landscape Protection creates protective design-led street furniture
A stone courting bench and a giant teacup are among nine imaginative seating designs that architects and designers have created for the London Festival of Architecture. More about Emerging designers brighten London's streets with playful City Benches
CoronaCrisisKruk is a bench with a handle designed for social distancing by Dutch design firm Object Studio to let users sit together while staying apart. More about Object Studio creates portable social-distancing bench for Amsterdam
A concrete pineapple and a pair of colourful cartoon eyes are among the playful benches that young architects and designers have installed for the London Festival of Architecture. More about Five whimsical City Benches animate London's streets
Norwegian street furniture brand Vestre is showcasing the Code planter and the bench system Stones as part of the Dezeen x Planted collaboration during this year's London Design Festival. More about Vestre presents urban furniture designs that act as "sustainable and inclusive meeting places"
Dutch company GreenPee has installed eight hemp-filled sustainable urinals in Amsterdam to combat an increase in people urinating in the streets after the coronavirus lockdown ended. More about GreenPee installs hemp urinals in Amsterdam to stop "wild peeing"
Superverde is Italian architect Stefano Boeri's design for modular street furniture for cities that comes with trees, plants and benches. More about Stefano Boeri designs hybrid tree planters and street furniture
Engineering firm Arup has designed parklets, hybrid street furniture and planters to help Liverpool's restaurants reopen as the UK's coronavirus lockdown lifts. More about Arup designs parklets to help Liverpool's restaurants reopen during social distancing measures
Precht and Mamou-Mani Architects have completed a sustainable sand-printed installation called Sandwaves in Diryah, Saudi Arabia. More about Chris Precht and Arthur Mamou-Mani use sand to 3D print pavilion in Saudi Arabia
French designer Camille Walala has installed benches, planters and flags adorned with her signature colourful patterns along South Molton Street to turn the road into the Walala Lounge. More about Camille Walala transforms London street into colourful "urban living room"
Please Be Seated is a giant outdoor seating installation made of three concentric rings of wave-like forms made from scaffolding planks. More about Paul Cocksedge creates undulating communal bench in London