Milan 09: Designer Alice Wang will exhibit a range of furniture called Chairs for the Dysfunctional - including a stool that amplifies the sound of farts (above) - in Milan next month. More about Chairs for the Dysfunctional by Alice Wang
Milan 09: Swedish designers Front will launch a collection of furniture for producers Moroso in Milan next month. More about Front for Moroso
Japanese designer Hironori Tsukue has created a set of rockers for the Seven Chair, designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1955 and produced by Fritz Hansen. More about Rock 7 by Hironori Tsukue
Frankfurt designer Kai Linke has created a collection of furniture by manipulating the archetypal plastic garden chair. More about Mirror Chairs by Kai Linke
Barcelona designers Mediodesign have created a birch plywood chair in homage to the Eames elephant. More about Elephant Lounge Chair by Mediodesign
Designer Edward van Vliet has created a collection of furniture for Italian brand Moroso, called Sushi. More about Sushi by Edward van Vliet
Designer Claudio Colucci has designed a small, upholstered rocking chair for French furniture manufacturers Ligne Roset. More about Mini Dada rocking chair by Claudio Colucci
Mexican designer Christian Vivanco has developed a multi-functional work surface and storage unit inspired by the informal architecture of shanty towns. More about From a Lost City by Christian Vivanco
David Boira and Zoë Coombes of New York architecture and design studio Commonwealth have designed a series of furniture inspired by cooking fat. More about Lard Series by Commonwealth
Better late than never # 1: Coming Out is a collection of prototypes by Swiss designers Zmik, exhibited at V-Gallery in Basel, Switzerland, last year. More about Coming Out by ZMIK
Stockholm Design Week 09: Gothenburg designers Staffan Holm and Dan Sunaga have collaborated to produce Newton, a table made from pressure-moulded wood. More about Newton by Staffan Holm and Dan Sunaga
Designer Tomáš Gabzdil Libertiny of Studio Libertiny has created The Bic Blue Cabinet, which is coated with the ink used in disposable Bic Cristal ballpoint pens.
Celebrating the Cross 1 is a lounger that incorporates a crucifix, created by Swedish design studio Humans since 1982. More about Celebrating the Cross 1 by Humans Since 1982
Keer Chair by Dutch designer Reinier de Jong has gone into production. More about Keer Chair by Reinier de Jong 2
Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop has created a chair from childrens' toy building blocks. More about Brickchair by Pepe Heykoop
Israeli designer Itay Ohaly has proposed a series of chairs called Fracture, made of benches of various materials which are torn or smashed into individual chairs. More about Fracture by Itay Ohaly
Stockholm Design Week 09: designer Daniel Hedner of Imaginary Office presented three prototypes at the Greenhouse young designers' showcase at Stockholm Furniture Fair earlier this month, including this sofa called Pleats Pleats. More about Furniture by Imaginary Office
A new collection of work by American artist and architect Roy McMakin is on show at Established & Sons LIMITED in London. More about Another Kountry by Roy McMakin
Japanese designers Nendo will be presenting new versions of their Cabbage chair at the Friedman Benda Gallery in New York later this month. More about Ghost Stories by Nendo at Friedman Benda Gallery
Cologne 2009: German designer Johannes Hemann exhibited designs from his Storm Furniture collection at IMM Cologne 2009 last month. More about Storm furniture by Johannes Hemann