Normann Copenhagen responds to small sofa trend with Era by Simon Legald
Danish designer Simon Legald has added a two-seater sofa to his Era lounge collection for Normann Copenhagen, responding to market demand for smaller sofas (+ slideshow). More
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Fontaine/Fortin/Labelle creates Pomo-inspired entrance to Quebec passageway
Pomo summer: design collective Fontaine/Fortin/Labelle has blocked both ends of a lane in Quebec's Quartier Création with a Postmodern-influenced installation of colourful walls and geometric doorways (+ slideshow). More
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Henry&Co's Chayr features a seat made from hay and grass
Italian studio Henry&Co has used a material created by binding hay and grass to form the seat of this untreated beech wood stool. More
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Magis creates Alessandro Mendini's Proust armchair in plastic
Pomo summer: Italian designer Alessandro Mendini's 1978 Proust armchair, one of the most iconic chairs of the last century and a precursor to Postmodern design, was put into production for the first time by furniture brand Magis. More
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Adam Blencowe brings digital technology to traditional felting techniques with Fuzzy Logic
Graduate shows 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Adam Blencowe has created a series of samples to demonstrate a new technique that brings "unprecedented precision" to the felting of woven textiles (+ slideshow). More
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Walden Raft is a cabin offering seclusion in the middle of a French lake
This see-through floating hut designed by Elise Morin and Florent Albinet is modelled on the remote cabin built by American author Henry David Thoreau in the mid-19th century (+ slideshow). More
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Ezri Tarazi's Jerusalem Tables highlight the city's demographics
Israeli designer Ezri Tarazi has created a series of nine tables based on the cultural, religious and geographical diversity of Jerusalem (+ slideshow). More
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Zaha Hadid, BIG and others reinterpret Arne Jacobsen's Series 7 chair for Fritz Hansen
London Design Festival 2015: Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen has commissioned seven architects including Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel and Snøhetta to reimagine the Series 7 chair by Danish Modernist Arne Jacobsen, to celebrate the iconic product's 60th anniversary. More
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AMOO designs tessellating tables using marble and granite slabs
Interlinking stone slabs form this collection of side tables by multi-disciplinary studio AMOO, which set out to create furniture that clients would chose over Ikea products (+ slideshow). More
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Johanna Jacobson Backman hides lights within Block hanging acoustic panels
This hanging acoustic panel system by Swedish design student Johanna Jacobson Backman has LEDs set into the underside to provide lighting for desks positioned below. More
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Glazing pigments and vases kept separate for A Matter of Colour exhibition
Instead of applying coloured pigments to these vases, Scottish designer Dean Brown has placed the powder in glass tubes and suspended it away from the undecorated surfaces (+ slideshow). More
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Aandersson deconstructs archetypal vessels to create unusual ceramic shapes
Ian Anderson's Philadelphia-based ceramics studio has developed a collection of porcelain tableware by deforming traditional shapes, with the aim to increase, or at least maintain, the functionality of each piece (+ slideshow). More
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Homemade Schizophrenia cutlery designed to increase empathy for "abnormal" behaviour
Graduate shows 2015: Central Saint Martins graduate Firdaws Fourcroy has created a cutlery set that is deliberately difficult to eat with, aiming to help users relate to behaviour caused by schizophrenia (+ slideshow). More
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Young designers explore materials, products and processes in Aram Gallery exhibition
London's Aram Gallery is hosting an exhibition of products by young designers who are working with ordinary materials and processes in "extraordinary" ways (+ slideshow). More
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Aldo Bakker takes over Amsterdam exhibition space with just five jugs
Amsterdam exhibition space Looiersgracht 60 is hosting a solo exhibition of work by Dutch designer Aldo Bakker that consists of just five jugs. More
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Shih-Yen Lo's desktop tools offer simple ways to cut-out complex shapes
Graduate shows 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Shih-Yen Lo has created a set of tools that allow inexperienced users to make precise and complex cuts in sheet materials like cardboard, foam, leather and cloth (+ slideshow). More
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100% Norway exhibition to showcase the country's designers and manufacturers in London
London Design Festival 2015: an exhibition of Norwegian design will return to the London Design Festival in September, with a new focus on the country's manufacturing industry (+ slideshow). More
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Walker Zanger's Robert A M Stern ceramic tiles are based on Postmodern architecture
American stoneware and ceramics company Walker Zanger has collaborated with New York-based Robert A M Stern Architects to create a collection of tiles inspired by the firm's Postmodern buildings. More
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Dmitry Morozov's police truncheon texts the officer's mother when it is used
Russian artist Dmitry Morozov has designed a prototype truncheon that sends a text message to the police officer's mother every time it is used, in an attempt to prevent police brutality (+ movie). More
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Ted Wiles creates huggable toaster for Involuntary Pleasures product range
Graduate shows 2015: a toaster that needs hugging and an alarm clock that buzzes until raised above the head are among Royal College of Art graduate Ted Wiles' collection of interactive household objects (+ movie). More
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