London Design Festival 2013: London designer Benjamin Hubert claims to have created the world's lightest timber table and is showing it off at the Aram Gallery in London this week (+ movie). More about Ripple table by Benjamin Hubert
Tokyo firm Schemata Architects has created an expandable changing room inside furniture made from shipping crates in this Paris boutique (+ slideshow). More about World Basics pop-up store by Schemata Architects
Designer Tom Dixon launches a flexible new chair for the contract market during the London Design Festival next week. It's made of glass-reinforced nylon and has a faceted back resembling bunny ears. More about Y Chair by Tom Dixon
Movie: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius explains why she enjoys working with colours and textiles rather than designing full pieces of furniture in the third video interview we filmed at her studio in Berlin. More about "Why create another piece of furniture?" - Hella Jongerius
Interview: forty years after he first met her, London design retailer Zeev Aram has launched a website dedicated to the work of his late friend, the modernist designer Eileen Gray. In this interview, Aram describes his working relationship with the elderly designer who, despite being frail and almost forgotten, could " see with one eye what many architects couldn't see with two eyes" (+ slideshow). More about Eileen Gray was "disappointed that she was forgotten" - Zeev Aram
South Korean design student Jeong Yong has created a prototype armchair with round balls on each arm and leg. More about Candy Chair by Jeong Yong
News: Swiss design brand Vitra has acquired Artek, the Finnish furniture company co-founded by Modernist architect Alvar Aalto in 1935. More about Vitra acquires Artek
Product news: architect David Adjaye has unveiled his first furniture collection, designed for American retailer Knoll, which includes two cantilevered side chairs and a limited edition coffee table. More about The Washington Collection by David Adjaye for Knoll
Industrial design student Jeong Yong has created a pair of chairs with grid-like frames based on traditional Korean furniture. More about King and Queen Chair by Jeong Yong
Product news: Hannover designer Patrick Frey curved and folded a sheet of thin aluminium to create the seat of these chairs for outdoor accessories brand Vial. More about Kirk chair by Patrick Frey for Vial
Movie: Designer Konstantin Grcic tells Dezeen that American furniture company Emeco had to industrialise its production methods to produce his new Parrish chair in this video interview filmed in Milan. More about "I felt we should change the way Emeco makes chairs" - Konstantin Grcic
London Design Festival 2013: Australian designers Nicholas Karlovasitis and Sarah Gibson have added dining and coffee tables to their range of timber stools with metal collars at the tops of their legs. More about Partridge Tables by DesignByThem
Product news: German designers Till Grosch and Björn Meier have created a modular office furniture system that can be arranged in a variety of groups and islands (+ slideshow). More about Docks for Ophelis by Grosch + Meier
London Design Festival 2013: German designer Samuel Treindl has made a clock, lamp and other products from shapes cut out of existing furniture (+ slideshow). More about Parasite Production by Samuel Treindl
Danish designer Trine Kjaer has created a chair with a backrest and seat wrapped in thick lengths of cord intertwined with thin strands of copper. More about Haptic Chair by Trine Kjaer Design Studio
News: furniture designer Charles Pollock has died in a house fire in New York, aged 83. More about Charles Pollock 1930-2013
Graduate designer Paula O'Connor surrounded this table with net curtains to create a more intimate dining experience. More about Banquet by Paula O'Connor
Berlin-based Danish architect Sigurd Larsen has designed a collection of tables and benches with surfaces made from materials chosen to age well (+ slideshow). More about Melbourne Project by Sigurd Larsen
German design graduate Tobias Nitsche has developed a chair with a seat and back moulded from lightweight 3D plywood. More about Boss Chair byTobias Nitsche
Product news: this wooden sideboard by Mexican designer Hector Esrawe is intended to reference the way raw materials are stored in piles. More about Stack Buffet by Hector Esrawe