Dutch designer Richard Hutten has created a conference table that can easily be converted for a game of ping pong. More about Richard Hutten designs combined conference and ping pong table
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has created a collection of furniture made by meticulously gluing together tiny squares of wood, which are cut from the waste material of his famous scrap wood furniture. More about Piet Hein Eek uses offcuts from his scrap wood furniture to make Waste Waste 40x40
South Korean designer Jinil Park has created a range of furniture from intersecting wires that has the appearance of a two-dimensional sketch. More about Furniture that looks like line drawings by Jinil Park
Design Miami 2013: this chair shaped like the fanned tail of a peacock by Toronto design studio UUfie was one of the most talked-about pieces at the Design Miami collectors' fair last month. More about Chair shaped like the tail of a peacock by UUfie
Russian designer Anna Lotova slotted two layers of foam beneath the surface of this wooden desk to create squishy spaces for storing stationery and other objects. More about Oxymoron Desk by Anna Lotova stores stationery between cushioned layers
Italian design brand Arper is to relaunch a limited edition version of a bowl-shaped chair designed by late Modernist architect Lina Bo Bardi in 1951 (+ slideshow). More about Arper to relaunch Lina Bo Bardi's Bowl Chair
This range of flat-packed furniture by Benjamin Vermeulen does away with little bags of screws, fastenings or Allen keys and simply snaps together with super-strong magnets (+ movie). More about Flat-pack furniture assembled with magnets by Benjamin Vermeulen
Montreal designer Loïc Bard has created a wooden stool to add to his collection of furniture with gaping mouths that store magazines inside the top. More about Wooden stool with a gaping mouth stores a magazine within its seat
Maison&Objet 2014: Paris designer Inga Sempé has added an armchair to her Ruché collection of furniture with quilted covers for French design brand Ligne Roset (+ slideshow). More about Inga Sempé unveils quilt-covered Ruché armchair for Ligne Roset
Israeli designer Ron Gilad has added a modular shelving system and an oval table to his TT furniture collection, which features surfaces that appear to hover unsupported within a metal frame. More about Ron Gilad designs shelves that seem to float in metal frames
Dublin designers Notion have established their own design brand called NTN with an inaugural collection featuring wooden sunglasses, an aluminium watch and a table with a hammock underneath (+ slideshow). More about First collection from new Dublin design brand includes a table with a hammock underneath
Eindhoven designer Erez Nevi Pana has developed a dough made from soil and fungus that can be baked in an oven to create stools and chairs strong enough to sit on. More about Furniture made from soil then baked like bread by Erez Nevi Pana
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Matthias Borowski has created a range of furniture that resembles oversized confectionary (+ slideshow). More about Furniture that looks like giant sweets by Matthias Borowski
Young German designer Hanna Emelie Ernsting is producing her latest furniture collection herself following a "really tough" experience with a major brand, and has warned fellow designers to "watch out" for unfair contracts (+ interview). More about Change to the furniture industry "will have to come from designers"
This chair by Copenhagen designer Thomas Bentzen for Danish design brand Muuto has armrests made of folded plywood. More about Cover chair with folded plywood armrests by Thomas Bentzen for Muuto
These wooden storage boxes by Japanese designers Torafu Architects stack up to make little trolleys (+ slideshow). More about Koloro-wagon stacking wooden storage boxes by Torafu Architects
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Intier Automotive Eybl to give readers the chance to win one of three chairs moulded from flax. More about Competition: three FLAXX chairs to be won
A single piece of felt wraps around the back and armrests of this solid wooden rocking chair by Rome designer Giancarlo Cutello (+ slideshow). More about Felt-upholstered rocking chair by Giancarlo Cutello
Spanish designer Jorge Penadés has devised a chair made from simple wooden boards that collapses into a backpack (+ slideshow). More about Nomadic Furniture by Jorge Penadés
Swiss designer Florian Hauswirth has designed a collection of bedroom furniture including an ash shelving unit with components made by a bookbinder. More about Bookbinder Shelf and bedroom furniture by Florian Hauswirth