Zanotta launches "shelves on legs" by Frank Rettenbacher
Milan 2014: Italian manufacturer Zanotta has launched two lightweight and versatile tables by Amsterdam designer Frank Rettenbacher (+ slideshow). More
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Alain Gilles' extendable Tracks Table reveals its inner workings
Milan 2014: Brussels-based designer Alain Gilles' extendable table for Italian furniture brand Bonaldo turns its functional mechanism into an aesthetic feature (+ slideshow). More
Cloud Table by Studio Maks recharges phones
Milan 2014: this table by Dutch designer Studio Maks, featuring integrated wireless phone charging pads and WiFi signal enhancers, meandered around a warehouse in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan last month (+ slideshow). More
Icelandic landscapes influence pair of tables by Thorunn Hannesdottir
Icelandic designer Thorunn Hannesdottir used materials and colours influenced by the dramatic landscape of her home country to create this pair of tables topped with concrete and aluminium. More
Cecilie Manz's Knot Trestle for Menu swaps screws for leather strips
Danish designer Cecilie Manz has added a trestle table held together by strips of leather to Menu's 2014 collection of furniture and homeware. More
CATable by Hao Ruan offers a shared work surface for cats and their owners
Milan 2014: holes and tunnels in the top of this wooden desk by Hong Kong-based designer Hao Ruan of LYCS Architecture have been designed to provide a playground for cats (+ slideshow). More
Plastic table by Tokujin Yoshioka for Kartell sparkles like crystal glass
Milan 2014: this plastic table by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka for Italian brand Kartell resembles cut glass. More
Swirling patterns top tables by Elisa Strozyk
Milan 2014: fluid compositions of coloured glaze cover the ceramic tops of these metal-framed tables by German designer Elisa Strozyk (+ slideshow). More
Table top by MIT designers ripples when people are nearby
Milan 2014: designers from MIT Media Lab's Tangible Media Group have created a shape-shifting table that reacts to human presence with a series of 1,000 tiny motors built into the frame (+ movie). More
Scholten & Baijings carves geometric patterns into marble table collection
Milan 2014: Dutch studio Scholten & Baijings has designed a series of marble tables decorated with engraved geometric patterns that contrast with the natural veined surface of the stone. More
Marc Thorpe reimagines garden vine to create steel table
Milan 2014: Brooklyn-based designer Marc Thorpe is showing a range of tables inspired by leaves and stems for Moroso in Milan this year (+ slideshow). More
Nendo reimagines the Navy Chair to create new stool for Emeco
Milan 2014: American furniture company Emeco has revealed a collection of stools and tables made from recycled and reclaimed materials in collaboration with Nendo (+ slideshow). More
Jaime Hayón designs Analog table for use in home, office or restaurant
Milan 2014: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a table for furniture company Republic of Fritz Hansen that can be used at home or at work (+ slideshow). More
Discarded materials from Milanese homes used to make furniture by Atelier Biagetti
Milan 2014: Milan designer Alberto Biagetti has created a furniture collection inspired by his home city that incorporates materials salvaged from its aristocratic palazzos. More
Benjamin Hubert's lightweight Ripple table is now strong enough to stand on
British designer Benjamin Hubert has developed a more stable version of his lightweight Ripple table, which features on the shortlist for Designs of the Year 2014 (+ slideshow). More
Uma by Kazunaga Sakashita updates archetypal trestle table
The base of this table by Japanese designer Kazunaga Sakashita was inspired by trestles found in factories and on construction sites. More
Martin Azua's Trees and Rocks table contrasts wood with marble
Barcelona designer Martin Azua has created a table that plays on the contrast in properties between wood and stone (+ slideshow). More
Vitsœ relaunches 621 Side Table by Dieter Rams
British furniture brand Vitsœ has relaunched an injection-moulded plastic table originally designed by German industrial designer Dieter Rams in 1962. More
Tokujin Yoshioka to unveil mirrored glass table for Glas Italia in Milan
Milan 2014: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will present a reflective glass table for Italian design brand Glas Italia in Milan next month. More
Nendo patterns glass furniture for Glas Italia with brush strokes
Milan 2014: Visible brush strokes pattern the surfaces of this furniture collection by Japanese studio Nendo for Italian brand Glasitalia (+ slideshow). More