Smoke by Maarten Baas
Twenty-First Century icons: here is another of our irregular serialisations of chapters from Marcus Fairs' book, Twenty-First Century Design, which was published by Carlton Books last October. More about Smoke by Maarten Baas
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If Only Gio Knew... by Martino Gamper
A series of design classics by Gio Ponti were destroyed and reassembled into new pieces by designer Martino Gamper in front of a live audience at the Design Miami/Basel collectors' fair in June. More about If Only Gio Knew... by Martino Gamper
Hall Stand by Nick Fraser
Hall Stand is a wall-mounted storage system made of plumbing hardware such as pipes and taps. More about Hall Stand by Nick Fraser
Matthew Hilton for Ercol at Tent London
Matthew Hilton is one of three designers presenting new ranges for British manufacturer Ercol at the new Tent London showcase from 20-23 September. More about Matthew Hilton for Ercol at Tent London
Split series by Peter Marigold
Split series is a design system by Peter Marigold that involves splitting timber logs lengthways into four parts and using the resulting odd angles to generate idiosyncratic shelves, tables and storage towers. More about Split series by Peter Marigold
UK launch of Tacchini collection
Italian design brand Tacchini will hold the UK launch of its new furniture collection in London this September. More about UK launch of Tacchini collection
Wallfa by Jordi Canudas
RCA summer show 07: Design Products graduate Jordi Canudas has sent some new images of Wallfa, a screen-cum-sofa he exhibited at the Royal College of Art summer show last month. More about Wallfa by Jordi Canudas
Campana Brothers at the V&A
Tonight (Friday) saw the opening of an installation by Brazilian designers the Campana Brothers in the John Majedski Garden at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. More about Campana Brothers at the V&A
Matthew Hilton by Matthew Hilton
Furniture designer Matthew Hilton (below) will launch a new range of furniture under his own brand for the first at the 100% Design show in London this September. More about Matthew Hilton by Matthew Hilton
Nobody Chair by Komplot
Nobody Chair by Danish design company Komplot is made out of recycled plastic water bottles using a manufacturing technique borrowed from the car industry. More about Nobody Chair by Komplot
Ty-Bihan by Gaël Horsfall
New Designers 07: Ty-bihan is a combined dining table and storage system designed by Gaël Horsfall, a graduate from the contemporary design course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in England. More about Ty-Bihan by Gaël Horsfall
Stools at Galerie Kreo
Starting this September, Parisian design gallery Galerie Kreo presents an exhibition of specially commissioned stools by designers including Julia Lohmann (above), François Azambourg (below), Andrée Putman and Alessandro Mendidi. More about Stools at Galerie Kreo
New work by Tom Dixon
Here is a selection of photos of Tom Dixon's new collection of furniture and lighting. The designer presented the collection in Milan in April but photographs have only just been released (the images we used first time around are computer renderings). More about New work by Tom Dixon
Papier-mache Armchair by Majid Asif
New Designers 07: here is our first post from the New Designers Part 2 graduate showcase, which opened last night at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Paper Mache Arm Chair (sic) is designed by Majid Asif of University College for the Creative Arts. The chair is made of 120 layers of newspaper built up over an inflatable mould. More about Papier-mache Armchair by Majid Asif
The Magic Collection by Front
Swedish design team Front have presented images of their latest body of work, called the Magic Collection. More about The Magic Collection by Front
Bookinist by Nils Holger Moormann
We've been sitting on these images since Milan, trying to decide whether the product is brilliant or bonkers... but what the hell. Here is Bookinist, a chair-cum-bookshelf. On wheels. With a reading light. And a cup holder. And a secret compartment. More about Bookinist by Nils Holger Moormann
Synapsis by Jean-Marie Massaud for Porro
Here are some photos of Synapsis, a table designed by Jean-Marie Massaud for Italian furniture brand Porro. More about Synapsis by Jean-Marie Massaud for Porro
Ross Lovegrove for KnollStudio
Ross Lovegrove's office has sent us some snaps of the designer's new collection for KnollStudio, which was launched at NeoCon in Chicago last month. More about Ross Lovegrove for KnollStudio
Myto chair by Konstantin Grcic
Here are the first images of Myto - a new cantilever chair designed by industrial designer Konstantin Grcic for Italian furniture brand Plank. More about Myto chair by Konstantin Grcic
Zen by Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders' website presents Zen - a new range of furniture for Dutch brand Moooi. More about Zen by Marcel Wanders