Hector Esrawe's design studio has developed furniture for an experimental housing project in Hidalgo, Mexico, but the designs will later be used to furnish social housing all over the country. More
Brighton University graduate Laila Laurel has designed a chair that prevents people from "manspreading", as part of a project that aims to offer solutions to sexist issues experienced by women. More
Central Saint Martins graduate Qiang Huang has created a range of unfinished furniture bases that need to be completed by adding components from discarded shared bikes. More
Three-dimensional doodle-like lines form this series of furniture by Korean designer Jeong Greem, which aims to breathe life into mundane, everyday materials. More
A bench designed by architecture firm Snøhetta for the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo is shaped like a partial circle to encourage people to sit closer together and start conversations. More
A rippled table and a crackled mirror feature in this new series of work by Brooklyn designer Fernando Mastrangelo. More
London designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has teamed up with Scottish surfaces manufacturer Mirrl to develop a furniture collection informed by Japanese lacquerwork and a folkloric one-eyed boy. More
Stools with "wild simplicity" and colourful storage boxes feature in the debut series of a new Montreal furniture brand. More
Greek designer Savvas Laz used pieces of Styrofoam packaging discarded in skips to create this sculptural chair that aims to raise awareness of packaging waste. More
Snøhetta, Rapt Studio and Kelly Wearstler are among eight architecture and design studios that have redesigned Max Lamb's Last Stool for Swedish furniture brand Hem to raise funds for affordable housing in Los Angeles. More
The LA Design Festival 2019 kicked off yesterday with an exhibition spotlighting the city's top talent. US editor Eleanor Gibson selects six local designers and studios from the showcase to watch. More
Filipino designer Kenneth Cobonpue has joined forces with the Star Wars franchise to interpret iconic characters from the cult series as a collection of armchairs, footstools and lamps. More
The Cell Furniture project sees product design students at London's Central Saint Martins create flexible furniture for prisons, which will be made by the inmates. More
London designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has collaborated with laminate brand Abet Laminati to create a three-piece collection of unusually shaped and boldly coloured furniture for Camp Design Gallery. More
Jasper Morrison has enlisted 18 designers including Martino Gamper, Michael Marriott and Cecilie Manz to create benches for Fiskars Village in Finland, for its inaugural art and design biennale. More
A giant sleeping whippet and a bright red sundial are among the playful street furniture enlivening the UK capital during the London Festival of Architecture.
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Italian furniture brand Kartell has released a "fully sustainable" version of its bestselling Componibili storage unit made from bioplastic. More
Virgil Abloh has adapted the designs of Jean Prouvé and the Eames' to create his vision of the home of the future, which is installed in the Zaha Hadid-designed fire station at the Vitra Campus. More
Designer Philippe Malouin has used industrial materials including dyed nylon and polyurethane-coated steel to create an experimental collection of office furniture and accessories. More
Architecture and design studio T Sakhi has transformed security barriers into seating as part of a series of urban interventions aimed at creating social places for locals in Beirut. More
