Gilli Kuchik and Ran Amitai use magnesium to create extremely light Vela chair
Tel Aviv designers Gilli Kuchik and Ran Amitai have used magnesium, one of the lightest metals, to create a stacking chair that weighs just 2.5 kilograms. More
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Miu Miu's M/Matching Colorstool is a "board game without rules"
Italian fashion brand Miu Miu has collaborated with creative agency M/M Paris to design a stool punched with holes that users can endlessly customise with a series of coloured pegs. More
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Aldo Bakker exhibits sculptural urushi lacquer pieces in New York
Dutch artist Aldo Bakker used a 12,000-year-old Japanese technique to create a series of lacquered objects currently on show at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York City. More
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"Feminists have not understood the meaning of my work" says Gaetano Pesce after Up armchair protest
Italian designer Gaetano Pesce has accused feminist protesters of misinterpreting Up, his iconic armchair that depicts a woman as a prisoner, and defended the use of plastic in design products. More
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Maria Scarpulla's tables with flippable tops are designed to suit your mood
Belgian-American designer Maria Scarpulla has created a collection of five tables that feature colourful double-sided tops that can be flipped over. More
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De Castelli unveils new furniture that shows how metal can have colour and texture
A set of cylindrical golden drawers and a set of geometric tables made from etched and oxidised metals are among the new products launched by Italian furniture brand De Castelli for 2019. More
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Fict Studio uses marble offcuts to create Fragments furniture collection
Shards of discarded marble are combined with resin to form this angular furniture collection by South Korean office Fict Studio. More
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"It's your duty" as a designer to promote sustainability says Ross Lovegrove
Designers are responsible for improving sustainable practices across the industry, according to British designer Ross Lovegrove. More
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Bethan Gray creates pearlescent furniture from discarded seashells and waste feathers
British designer Bethan Gray has teamed up with natural surface specialist Nature Squared to create a collection of iridescent furniture clad in leftover materials from the seafood and farming industries. More
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B&B Italia's Dock modular sofa system is "a platform for life" says Piero Lissoni
Italian architect Piero Lissoni introduces his Dock modular sofa system for B&B Italia in this movie Dezeen filmed for the Italian furniture brand during Milan design week. More
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BOB is a modular storage system by Paul Kelley and Bisley that offers "infinite configurations"
Dezeen promotion: British furniture brand Bisley has teamed up with designer Paul Kelley on a hand-finished modular storage system. More
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USM and UNStudio explore "third space" between home and office with Haller modular furniture
Haller modular furniture can be used to create a "third space" between the workplace and the home, say Thomas Dienes of USM and Ren Yee of UNStudio in this movie produced by Dezeen during Milan design week. More
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Alvin Tjitrowirjo uses "heavily underrated" rattan to create colourful furniture
Indonesian designer Alvin Tjitrowirjo has created five new pieces of handmade furniture, designed to promote rattan as a high-quality material. More
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Vitra collaborates with Antonio Citterio on Grand Relax lounge chair
Dezeen promotion: Vitra has collaborated with Italian architect Antonio Citterio to create the "luxurious" Grand Relax reclining chair. More
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Panter & Tourron creates ultra-light and tool-free furniture for global nomads
Lausanne design studio Panter & Tourron's Tense collection is a set of flat-packed furniture essentials that together weigh less than 20 kilograms and can be easily assembled anywhere. More
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Superpoly creates whimsical furniture collection "tinged with sunshine"
French design studio Superpoly looked to the Mediterranean summertime to craft the Postcard collection of "sun-tinted" furniture and homeware for Copenhagen gallery Etage Projects. More
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Dimore Gallery presents metallic Gabriella Crespi furniture amongst sand dunes
Produced for Milan's Dimore Gallery, seven pieces of furniture by the late artist Gabriella Crespi are installed them among piles of sand for an exhibition called Visioni. More
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Piero Lissoni uses Barcelona Pavilion marble in tables for Salvatori
Italian architect Piero Lissoni has designed a series of bistro tables for furniture brand Salvatori, with marble left over from famous buildings including Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion. More
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Dion Lee repurposes traditional tailoring techniques for leather furniture collection
Australian furniture producer DesignByThem has teamed up with fashion designer Dion Lee to develop a collection comprising a lounge chair and bench made by slashing and weaving leather. More
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Philippe Starck, Kartell and Autodesk unveil "world's first production chair designed with artificial intelligence"
This captioned video produced by Dezeen for Autodesk reveals Philippe Starck's A.I. chair for Kartell, which the software company claims is the first chair designed using artificial intelligence to be put into production. More
