Furniture
The Trestle by Bénédicte de Lescure for La Corbeille
Designer Bénédicte de Lescure has created this concertina trestle table for French brand La Corbeille. More about The Trestle by Bénédicte de Lescure for La Corbeille
Designer Bénédicte de Lescure has created this concertina trestle table for French brand La Corbeille. More about The Trestle by Bénédicte de Lescure for La Corbeille
At Interieur 2010 in Kortrijk this week Amsterdam architects UNStudio present a set of two tables that incorporate upholstered seats. More about SitTable by UNStudio for Prooff
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic is to be presented the Designer of the Year Award at Design Miami/ in December, where he will also create a seating installation from nets. More about Konstantin Grcic to receive Designer of the Year Award at Design Miami/
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created a transparent mobile phone. More about X-RAY by Tokujin Yoshioka for KDDI
The shape of theses vases by designers Judith van den Boom and Sharon Geschiere was derived from knotted rubber tubing. More about Knotted by Judith van den Boom and Sharon Geschiere
Vienna Design Week 2010: here's another machine by Mischer'Traxler (see their Nespresso Battery in our earlier story), this time a device for automatically decorating cakes. More about Till You Stop by Mischer’Traxler
Hungarian designer Flóra Vági presented a collection for jewellery made from wood, paper and old books at last week's Budapest Design Week. More about Jewellerysense by Flóra Vági
Vienna Design Week 2010: Stockholm designers Claesson Koivisto Rune present a series of engraved carafes that can be converted into vases by adding various precious metal collars at the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna. More about Vindobona by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Vienna Design Week 2010: Vienna designers Mischer’Traxler made batteries from 700 used coffee capsules to power clocks installed in the window of Nespresso Austria during Vienna Design Week. More about Nespresso Battery by Mischer’Traxler
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has created a range of conservatory furniture for Kettal featuring aluminium frames wrapped in cord. More about Bob by Hella Jongerius for Kettal
Designer Marco Dessí of Vienna will present a light made from glass tubes woven with silk rope with Vessel Gallery at SuperDesign in London, which opens tomorrow. More about Basket by Marco Dessí for Lobmeyr
Vienna Design Week: Vienna designers Dottings presented a series of coffee cups made of recycled aluminium coffee capsules for coffee brand Nespresso in Vienna last week. More about Grand Crus Cup Parade by Dottings
Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded at Vienna Design Week, graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister talks about his Austrian background, the benefits of keeping a diary and trying to prevent his studio growing. More about Dezeen podcast: Stefan Sagmeister at Vienna Design Week
London designer Samuel Wilkinson created these mouth-blown glass lamps specifically to house the Plumen 001 low-energy light bulbs released by Hulger last month (see our earlier story). More about Vessel Series 01-03 by Samuel Wilkinson for Decode
This sofa by Copenhagen designers KiBiSi consists of stacked pillows with fiber concrete buttons. More about Brick by KiBiSi
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has covered the floor of the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in London with more than 100 million individually handmade replica sunflower seeds. More about Sunflower Seeds 2010 by Ai Weiwei
British car brand Aston Martin are to launch a luxury compact city car, called Cygnet, next year. More about Cygnet by Aston Martin
English furniture company Another Country launched their inaugural collection at The Tramshed as part of the London Design Festival last month. More about Series One by Another Country
Vienna Design Week: for Vienna Design Week Swiss designer Nicolas Le Moigne presents a series of rings that incorporate mirrors, manipulating the diamond's image. More about Rings by Nicolas Le Moigne and A.E.Köchert
Yves Béhar of San Francisco design firm fuseproject has designed an affordable family of office chair inspired by suspension bridges for Herman Miller.