Byung Hoon Choi to exhibit sculptural basalt benches at Design Miami/Basel
Design Miami/Basel 2015: South Korean artist Byung Hoon Choi has used Southeast Asian basalt to create a collection of sculptures that double up as oversized outdoor furniture (+ slideshow). More about Byung Hoon Choi to exhibit sculptural basalt benches at Design Miami/Basel
Barber and Osgerby design glass cabinets to showcase their own "quantities of junk"
British designers Jay Osgerby and Edward Barber have contributed to the growing trend for glass furniture with a series of cabinets created to display "those weird objects you find" at flea markets. More about Barber and Osgerby design glass cabinets to showcase their own "quantities of junk"
Pascal Smelik's Pixel Cabinet is joined by clusters of wooden cubes
Dutch designer Pascal Smelik haphazardly assembled this storage cabinet using wooden sections connected by groups of small cubes that represent pixels. More about Pascal Smelik's Pixel Cabinet is joined by clusters of wooden cubes
Bram Vanderbeke creates furniture based on steel reinforcing bars
This collection of furniture was influenced by the steel reinforcing bars that are embedded in concrete to improve its tensile strength. More about Bram Vanderbeke creates furniture based on steel reinforcing bars
THINKK Studio's Lanna Factory machine produces customisable lampshades
Bangkok-based THINKK Studio has constructed a low-tech machine that lets users customise the shape and colour of their own thread lamps. More about THINKK Studio's Lanna Factory machine produces customisable lampshades
Menu's WM String chairs have matching but inverted wire backs
Wire lattices form the backs of this pair of chairs by Rotterdam-based Studio WM for Danish brand Menu, with one positioned the opposite way around to the other. More about Menu's WM String chairs have matching but inverted wire backs
Play exhibition presents Modernist toys at a London furniture showroom
London Festival of Architecture 2015: London studio Systems has organised an exhibition that brings together forgotten 1960s toys including Interslot, Bird and Fish, and Marble Run (+ slideshow). More about Play exhibition presents Modernist toys at a London furniture showroom
Manipulated light projections become 3D-printed jewellery with Tactum
This augmented modelling tool enables users to touch, poke, rub or pinch geometric forms projected onto their skin to design wearable 3D-printed pieces (+ movie). More about Manipulated light projections become 3D-printed jewellery with Tactum
Legs protrude through tabletops in Assembly Design's L Series
The L Series by New York studio Assembly Design is a modular collection of shelves and tables supported by poles that poke up through the horizontal surfaces (+ slideshow). More about Legs protrude through tabletops in Assembly Design's L Series
Alexander Gendell's latest folding chair pops out of a wall mural
New York 2015: New York designer Alexander Gendell has added a chair that pops out of an artwork to his Folditure collection of fold-flat furniture (+ movie). More about Alexander Gendell's latest folding chair pops out of a wall mural
Maxime Loiseau's streamlined headphones feature printed electronics
New York 2015: design student Maxime Loiseau has created a set of prototype headphones that transmit sound through printed electronics. More about Maxime Loiseau's streamlined headphones feature printed electronics
Mobile suicide prevention station is based on street-food stands
Geneva-based architect Aurélie Monet Kasisi has designed a mobile stand based on street-food carts to travel around Switzerland as a promotional vehicle for a suicide prevention organisation. More about Mobile suicide prevention station is based on street-food stands
Daniele Ragazzo's Liaison Table is supported by giant pin-shaped legs
Milan-based designer Daniele Ragazzo has created a table with a circular glass tabletop supported by thin stainless-steel legs that resemble upturned ball-headed sewing pins. More about Daniele Ragazzo's Liaison Table is supported by giant pin-shaped legs
Alegre Design updates traditional breastfeeding chair with contemporary materials and shapes
Spanish agency Alegre Design has redesigned a rocking chair traditionally used by new mothers to breastfeed and lull their babies to sleep, changing the basic form and adding breathable fabric supports (+ slideshow). More about Alegre Design updates traditional breastfeeding chair with contemporary materials and shapes
FiDU Alphabet is a 3D typeface made from inflated sheet-metal
Polish design studio Zieta has launched a new typeface that can be produced in 3D with the same metal inflation technology used to create its 2008 Plopp stool. More about FiDU Alphabet is a 3D typeface made from inflated sheet-metal
Italian designers continue marble tile recycling project with Little Gerla vases
A pair of Italian designers has extended their line of products made from rejected marble with a collection of four vases, all made from a single tile without producing any waste (+ slideshow). More about Italian designers continue marble tile recycling project with Little Gerla vases
Architect's modelling system hailed as "posh Lego"
Architect Damien Murtagh has created a three-dimensional modelling system made of ABS plastic for architects and designers that is now on sale as a children's toy, prompting comparisons with iconic Danish building blocks Lego. More about Architect's modelling system hailed as "posh Lego"
Schemata Architects builds Vitra's Salone stand from wooden pallets
Milan 2015: Tokyo-based Schemata Architects created an exhibition stand for Swiss furniture brand Vitra made from Japanese wooden pallets for Milan's 2015 Salone del Mobile design fair (+ slideshow). More about Schemata Architects builds Vitra's Salone stand from wooden pallets
Shelves slide up and down the stem of Yu Ito's Impila lamp
Japanese designer Yu Ito has designed a floor lamp for Italian furniture brand Formabilio with lipped tray-like shelves that move up and down its neck and stack inside the base. More about Shelves slide up and down the stem of Yu Ito's Impila lamp
Bouroullec's Stampa chair designed to age like a pair of leather boots
French duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have formed aluminium mesh into a chair that is intended to look worn over time. More about Bouroullec's Stampa chair designed to age like a pair of leather boots