The Design Museum in London have announced the shortlist for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2010. See full the shortlist below. More about Design Museum announce shortlist for Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Barcelona designers UBICA-ID. have created a collection of furniture with contrasting coloured and wooden surfaces. More about Contrast Collection by UBICA-ID.
London designer Mathias Hahn of Okay Studio has designed a wooden table where all surfaces except the top are coated in yellow lacquer. More about E8 table by Mathias Hahn
Korean designer Hyung Suk Cho has designed a sofa consisting of two cushions held in a metal frame. More about Frame Sofa by Hyung Suk Cho
Japanese studio Mile have created a three-legged stool designed to be made of one material and by one process. More about Trio stool by Mile
Bulgarian architect Petar Zaharinov has designed a table consisting of interlocking wooden slats. More about 6x3 Burr Puzzle Table by Petar Zaharinov
Rocker-Lange Architects of Boston and Hong Kong are exhibiting a system for creating endlessly variable, site-specific street furniture as part of the Hong Kong & Shenzhen bi-city biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. More about Urban Adapter by Rocker-Lange Architects
Designer Florence Jaffrain has created a sofa covered in glow-in-the-dark fibres, which moves as if it's breathing. More about Belly Love by Florence Jaffrain
Industrial design student Pili Wu of Taiwan has combined a traditional chair back with an anonymous plastic stool. More about Plastic Classic by Pili Wu
Tetsuo Kondo Architects of Tokyo have designed a mirror that reflects a clear image when viewed straight-on but appears cloudy from the side. More about Mirror by Tetsuo Kondo Architects
Dutch designer Mieke Meijer has created a bed that is merged into a pair of chairs. More about Blend by Mieke Meijer
Thai architects Architectkidd and product designers Osisu have collaborated on a project where spare bits of cladding have been made into furniture. More about Furniture from Buildings by Architectkidd and Osisu
French designers Paul Coudamy and Benoit Coulondres have completed the interior of a printer's office using a clamp-together desk system. More about Clamp Desk by Paul Coudamy & Benoit Coulondres
Chilean digital design and fabrication studio GT2P have designed a table made of intersecting two-dimensional forms that are designed using parametric software. More about The Sectionimal by GT2P
Dutch designer Maarten Baas, this year's Design Miami/ Designer of the Year, presented a specially-commissioned cabinet at the show in Miami last week. More about The Shell by Maarten Baas
Product designer Zihni Yalcin has designed a three-pin electrical plug that folds up for easy transportation. More about ThinPlug by Zihni Yalcin
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has designed a sofa with a chunky wooden frame for French design brand Artelano. More about Log sofa by Patricia Urquiola for Artelano
British designer Charlie Davidson has designed a coffee table as a monument to the "oil age". More about Peak Oil by Charlie Davidson
Dutch designer Jeroen Wesselink has created a stool that can be hung on a wall to resemble a deer's head when not in use. More about My Deer by Jeroen Wesselink
Bulgarian studio Bozhinovskidesign have created a cantilevered desk suspended from the wall by steel cables. More about E.L.A by Bozhinovskidesign
