The Lily furniture collection created by architecture firm BIG for Danish brand Skagerak has no sharp corners, in an homage to the gently sloping oval shape of lily pads. More about BIG creates indoor-outdoor furniture collection that mimics the shape of lily pads
London-based company Hackney Botanical has created a collection of seven coffee tables that double up as "indoor gardens" and use found, antique sash-windows as table tops. More about Hackney Botanical makes plant-filled coffee tables out of reclaimed windows
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen readers can get a discounted rate to Salon Art + Design fair in New York, which will feature designs by Frank Lloyd Wright and Pierre Yovanovitch. More about Mid-century and contemporary designs to go on show at Salon Art + Design in New York
An exhibition exploring how makers are recycling and repurposing materials has opened at Make, a gallery dedicated to craft run by Hauser & Wirth in the Somerset town of Bruton. More about Re-Use, Re-Think, Re-Imagine showcases craft pieces by seven artisans
Oki Sato explains how Nendo's chair for Fritz Hansen follows circular design principles, in this exclusive video filmed by Dezeen at the Japanese design studio's office in Milan. More about Designers need to focus on the afterlife of their products says Oki Sato
American fashion designer Rick Owens has created a modular sofa landscape for Carpenters Workshop Gallery, comprising large plywood units upholstered using French wool army blankets. More about Rick Owens designs monolithic sofa system inspired by Brutalist architecture
Atelier NL has made a series of wooden benches from trees uprooted in a huge storm that hit Eindhoven earlier this year, to sit alongside objects made from wood at their studio. More about Atelier NL creates benches from storm-felled trees for Dutch Design Week
French designer Dorian Renard has applied traditional glassblowing techniques to a series of plastic furniture and sculptural pieces, in a bid to present the maligned material in a new light. More about Dorian Renard blows plastic like glass for a collection that reconsiders the material's value
Tubular legs and armrests define this colourful collection of metallic outdoor furniture created by Mexican designer Christian Vivanco. More about Christian Vivanco designs patio furniture with simple silhouettes
Brazilian designers made this series of homeware and furniture, which was exhibited during São Paulo design week, with Amazon communities that use more sustainable practices to harvest timber from the forest. More about Brazilian designers create homeware with Amazon communities for São Paulo design week
Designer Gavin Keightley used foods including mashed potato and jelly to create moulds for this furniture collection, which is cast from Jesmonite dyed in fluorescent hues. More about Gavin Keightley's Terraform furniture is cast in moulds made from food
Dezeen promotion: modern design meets function in our latest competition, where Dezeen has partnered with Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen to give away a shelving unit from its Planner collection. More about Competition: win a Planner shelving unit by Paul McCobb for Fritz Hansen
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Micheline Nahra has disassembled a four-person dinner setting and rebuilt it for one person, in a bid to make absence visible. More about Micheline Nahra deconstructs and reconstructs a dining set
Michael Anastassiades worked with Gebrüder Thonet Vienna to develop this doodle-like lounge chair using the Austrian company's traditional material palette of steam-bent wood and woven cane. More about Michael Anastassiades designs N. 200 chair to look like a "doodle"
Millennials will soon be able to furnish their homes with the emblazoned rugs and bedding in IKEA's long-awaited collection by fashion designer Virgil Abloh, which will be available for sale in the US next month. More about Virgil Abloh reveals full IKEA collection ahead of US launch next month
Copenhagen-based designer Thomas Bentzen has developed a chair to highlight the fluid curves that can be generated using moulded wood veneer, which appears to gently fold over its solid wood frame. More about Veneer seat and backrest drape over frame of Thomas Bentzen's Soft Chair
Japanese studio Nendo has created a collection of stackable chairs from recycled household plastics, which take design cues from a folded sheet of paper. More about Nendo designs N02 Recycle chair from household plastic waste for Fritz Hansen
Traditional Indian crafts are celebrated in the inaugural collection from Kam Ce Kam, a furniture brand launched by 27-year-old designer Jehanara Knowles during London Design Festival. More about Young designer Jehanara Knowles launches furniture brand Kam Ce Kam
San Francisco's Carpenters Workshop Gallery is staging an exhibition of works by French-Swedish artist Ingrid Donat that includes furniture detailed with interlacing loops and lines influenced by tribal patterns and 1920s Art Deco. More about Carpenters Workshop Gallery exhibit celebrates 30 years of work by Ingrid Donat
The latest office chair from German furniture brand Wilkhahn features technologies developed to encourage movement and maintain the user's centre of gravity as they shift position throughout the working day. More about AT 187 office chair promotes "dynamic sitting" to prevent backache at work