Milan 2010: at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this week Dutch designer Marcel Wanders presents a chair made by the same blow-moulding technique used to manufacture water bottles. More about Sparkling Chair by Marcel Wanders for Magis
Milan 2010: international designers including James Irvine, Konstantin Grcic and Jasper Morrison have created a collection of marble furniture for Italian stone company Marsotto Edizioni, unveiled this week in Milan. More about Marsotto Edizioni
Milan 2010: American designers Rich Brilliant Willing present a range of furniture made of overlapping wooden slats for design brand Innermost at Superstudio Più in Zona Tortona this week. More about Clinker by Rich Brilliant Willing for Innermost
Milan 2010: here's a selection of new products launched by British brand Established & Sons in Milan this week, including this chair in a knitted cover by Dutch designer Bertjan Pot. More about Established & Sons in Milan 2010
Milan 2010: another chair with a face. Italian designer Fabio Novembre presents giant masks for sitting in. More about Nemo by Fabio Novembre for Driade
Milan 2010: Belgian designer Jens Praet has collaborated with Vibeke Skar of Norway to present a collection of Corian tables with grooves worn into their sides in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan this week. More about Arctic Collection by Jens Praet and Vibeke Skar
Milan 2010: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders exhibits a chair with a snarling face on its backrest at Moooi in Milan this week. More about Monster Chair by Marcel Wanders for Moooi
Milan 2010: a self-assembly chair designed in 1974 by Italian designer Enzo Mari has been put into production by Finnish furniture brand Artek. More about Sedia 1 - Chair by Enzo Mari for Artek
An exhibition of furniture-like sculptures by Dutch artist Krijn de Koning has opened at Demisch Danant in New York. More about In Here, for This by Krijn de Koning
Milan 2010: at Spazio Rosana Orlandi in Milan this week designers Boaz Cohen & Sayaka Yamamoto of BCXSY are exhibiting a series of folding wooden screens made in collaboration with a Japanese joinery craftsman. More about Join by BCXSY
Milan 2010: at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week furniture brand Vitra present a strap designed by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena to be wrapped around the body and used instead of a chair. More about Chairless by Alejandro Aravena for Vitra
Milan 2010: Eindhoven designer Joost van Bleiswijk has designed a series of chests containing giant vessels, presented by the Zuiderzee Museum at the Ventura Lambrate district in Milan this week. More about The Poor Man's Gold by Joost van Bleiswijk
Milan 2010: Spanish designer Nacho Carbonell today unveils a new series of combined table and chair forms finished in materials including gravel, thorns, corn and broken glass. More about Diversity by Nacho Carbonell
Milan 2010: Eindhoven designer Kiki van Eijk presents a collection of wooden furniture with ceramic drawers for the Zuiderzee Museum at the Ventura Lambrate district in Milan this week. More about Zuiderzee Settings by Kiki van Eijk
Milan 2010: these chairs embellished with crystals by London designers Doshi Levien are among work by designers including Nendo, Konstantin Grcic and Neri & Hu, commissioned by Swarovski Elements and presented in Milan this week. More about 9 X 10: Swarovski Elements at Work
Milan 2010: Dezeen are in Milan today where the design shows are underway, including this pavilion covered in wooden windmills by Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc. More about Gone With the Wind by Nika Zupanc
Milan 2010: Dutch designer Roderick Vos will present a shelving unit designed to reference Art Deco skyscrapers in Milan this week. More about Downtown by Roderick Vos
Designers Agnes Ögren and Valerie Otte of Zurich and Berlin have designed a wooden bench with long blankets buttoned onto either side. More about Close to be Open by Agnes Ögren and Valerie Otte
Milan 2010: Design collective Postfossil will launch a new collection of furniture as part of the SaloneSatellite at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week, including these wooden chairs joined together with adhesives naturally present in the timber. More about Postfossil at Milan 2010
Milan 2010: London designer Benjamin Hubert will present a range of brightly-coloured seating covered in patchwork fabric at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week. More about Patch by Benjamin Hubert at Blå Station