Mexican design brand Pirwi has launched the first collection in its new Prima line: a furniture range intended to help sustain craft traditions through contemporary forms. More about Andrés Mier y Terán harnesses Mexican craft traditions for debut Prima by Pirwi collection
Cape Town-based artist Atang Tshikare and designer Eve Collett used feather-like woven grass and charred wood to create this antique-looking chair. More about Atang Tshikare and Eve Collett's Leifo chair combines scorched timber and woven grass
Hoping to ready earthlings for their move to Mars, Thomas Missé has designed a lightweight, stackable chair made from carbon fibre that he believes will lower interplanetary importation costs. More about Thomas Missé designs carbon-fibre chair fit for use on Mars
Dezeen has teamed up with The Conran Shop to give one reader the chance to win a sofa from its updated Build Your Own upholstery collection, which they can customise from a range of designs, fabrics, and colours. More about Competition: win a customisable sofa from The Conran Shop
IKEA's first furniture collection designed specifically for pets includes a treehouse-like cat hideaway, and a bowl that encourages dogs to eat slowly. More about IKEA launches first range of furniture for cats and dogs
Chairs, tables and stools designed by Comme des Garçons founder Rei Kawakubo for the brand's stores are going on show at Galerie A1043 in Paris. More about Rei Kawakubo's Comme des Garçons furniture to be exhibited in Paris
Design fair PAD is in London this week for its 11th edition. We've selected 10 stand-out pieces of limited-edition contemporary design from the show, including furniture covered in silk-worm cocoons and a chair that references ballet dancers. More about 10 of the best collectible design pieces on show at PAD London
Sheets of paper set in resin were used to create the latticed structure of this table designed by Heatherwick Studio, which "transforms to offer two forms". More about Heatherwick Studio's Friction table expands to adapt to different spaces
WOHA co-founders Richard Hassel and Wong Mun Summ explain why they have launched a new homeware brand in this movie, which Dezeen filmed for the Singapore-based architecture studio at Maison&Objet in Paris. More about WOHA launches new homeware brand WOHAbeing at Maison&Objet 2017
London designer Rio Kobayashi has reinterpreted the colourful markings found on Mikado pick-up sticks as a pattern for his new East West furniture collection. More about Rio Kobayashi bases colourful furniture on traditional game Mikado
Finnish furniture company Artek has collaborated with fashion label Bless to dress up a collection of seats, which form a decadent lounge at this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial. More about Artek and Bless present fur-covered and marble furniture at Chicago Architecture Biennial
Designer Philippe Malouin used perfect circles to generate the shapes of his Group sofa and armchair, designed for British furniture brand SCP. More about Philippe Malouin combines patterned fabric and rounded forms to create seating range for SCP
London design studio Raw Edges has created a range of concrete street furniture for Greenwich Peninsula, which is designed to look like "scaled-up" armchairs. More about Raw Edges creates concrete armchairs for Greenwich Peninsula
Frida Kahlo graphics and colourful totems feature on these six redesigned versions of Kartell's bestselling Componibili storage unit, which have been created by British designers and artists. More about British designers reimagine Kartell's iconic Componibili storage unit
Paris-based designer Arik Levy has worked with Spanish surface manufacturer Compac to create a marble-like kitchen that is stain- and scratch-resistant. More about Arik Levy creates sculptural kitchen using "unbreakable and unscratchable" material
This week saw London Design Festival 2017 take over the capital. As well as featuring dozens of unusual installations, the event also saw many designers and brands launch new products. Here's eight of our favourites, which could all be found on show at the designjunction venue. More about Eight of the best new furniture and lighting designs from this year's London Design Festival
This London Design Festival exhibition presents furniture by designers including Ineke Hans and Donna Wilson, alongside labels that show a full breakdown of each item's cost and its impact on world economies. More about Fogo Island Shop uses "nutrition labelling" to reveal true cost of making its furniture
The tradition of passing well-loved furniture down from generation to generation was the starting point for this collection, created by designer David Irwin for British brand Another Country. More about Another Country's latest furniture range is designed to be passed down through the family
Sebastian Cox has become the latest designer to start working with mushroom mycelium – the British furniture maker has teamed up with researcher Ninela Ivanova to investigate the material's potential in commercial furniture design. More about Mushroom mycelium used to create suede-like furniture by Sebastian Cox and Ninela Ivanova
Designers including Michael Marriott, James Shaw and Soft Baroque have favoured recycled materials for this year's Ready Made Go collection, presented at Ace Hotel during London Design Festival. More about Recycled baths, TV screens and plastics all feature in Ready Made Go 3 collection