Stockholm 2010: Stockholm designer Johan Lindstén will present a collection of chairs with backrests featuring embroidered country scenes in Stockholm next week. More about Embroidery Chairs by Johan Lindstén
Stockholm 2010: at the Greenhouse exhibition at Stockholm Furniture Fair next week Irish design studio Superfolk will launch a collection inspired by Irish vernacular furniture. More about Superfolk at Stockholm Furniture Fair
Hong Kong artist and designer Kacey Wong has designed shelters that look like robots for rich people who have lost their homes in the economic crisis. More about Famiglia Grande by Kacey Wong
Cologne 2010: at imm Cologne earlier this month French designer Julien Renault presented a collection of aluminium furniture made with forging techniques normally applied to steel. More about Hand Forged by Julien Renault
Dutch designers Atelier NL have been awarded the Re:Vision Design Award by magazine Modern Painters for their ceramics collection made of clay collected from different farms. More about Drawn from Clay by Atelier NL
Hong Kong designer Leo Yiu has created a clock that protrudes at an angle from the wall it's mounted on. More about Insert by Leo Yiu
Dezeen have teamed up with publishers AVA Academia to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of Thinking: Objects - Contemporary Approaches to Product Design by designer and lecturer Tim Parsons. More about Competition: five copies of Thinking: Objects to be won
Australian designer Marc Newson has designed a carrying case to hold a single bottle for champagne brand Dom Pérignon. More about Black Box by Marc Newson for Dom Pérignon
Tokyo practice Torafu Architects have designed a stage set for a theatre adaptation of Don Quixote. More about Pappa TARAHUMARA Punk Don Quixote by Torafu Architects
American designers Von Tundra have created an oak dining chair with a raw maple seat and backrest. More about Prairie Chair by Von Tundra
Italian designer Odoardo Fioravanti has designed a telescope with a wooden body to mark the 4ooth anniversary of the first telescope observations made by Galileo Galilei. More about Galileo's Telescope by Odoardo Fioravanti
Cologne 2010: German designer Patrick Frey has created a collection of stools and benches each made of a single piece of folded plastic, presented at imm Cologne last week. More about Nook by Patrick Frey
Mexican designer Liliana Ovalle has designed a sofa informed by makeshift furniture that can be seen on the streets of Mexico City. More about Mugrosita by Liliana Ovalle
French designer Arik Levy is exhibiting a collection of three cabinets called Dick, Pussy & Ass at Galerie SLOTT in Paris. More about Dick, Pussy & Ass by Arik Levy
At Object Rotterdam in the Netherlands this week Dutch designer Aldo Bakker will present a collection of stools made of reclaimed wood coated in a clear glossy lacquer. More about Stool by Aldo Bakker
Fashion designer Lamija Suljevic of Sweden has unveiled her latest collection of one-off, hand-made clothes. More about Clothes by Lamija Suljevic
Cologne 2010: Polish designer Oskar Zieta of Zieta Prozessdesign created an installation of inflated stainless steel for online design products showcase Architonic at imm cologne earlier this month. More about Architonic Concept Space III by Oskar Zieta
Japanese landscape design studio EARTHSCAPE have created a giant travelling human-shaped herb garden. More about Medical Herbman Café Project by EARTHSCAPE
Serbian architect Ivo Otasevic of Otako Architects has designed a chair that looks like the letter 'a'. More about aCHAIR by Ivo Otasevic
Dutch design collective Droog have launched a collection of clothes that are glued together rather than stitched, designed by denim brand Gluejeans. More about Juxtapose by Gluejeans for Droog