Dezeen Showroom: Swedish brand Blå Station has updated its Bobby and Bobban seating, designs by Thomas Bernstrand and Stefan Borselius that snap together magnetically. More about Bobby X and Bobban X by Thomas Bernstrand and Stefan Borselius for Blå Station
Promotion: 2024 marks the 11th edition of Downtown Design, the Middle East's leading design fair, with this year's edition focusing on new and emerging talent making its mark in the region. More about Downtown Design's 11th edition to spotlight rising talent in Dubai
Dezeen Showroom: German brand Wilkhahn has unveiled a system of mobile and reconfigurable office furniture that adapts to ever-changing open-plan workplaces. More about Confair Next system by Wilkhahn
Dezeen Showroom: Milan studio Skrivo took visual cues from skateboarding infrastructure when designing the curved-edged Ramp seating for furniture brand MDD. More about Ramp seating by Skrivo for MDD
Dezeen Showroom: Dutch design brand Palet has developed a system for manufacturing ceramic tiles with a distinctive six-striped composition that can be personalised in both its colour and pattern. More about Tiles by Palet
The latest story in our mid-century modern series explores how designer Charlotte Perriand stepped out of the shadow of her mentor Le Corbusier in the 1950s and created a pioneering modular storage system. More about Charlotte Perriand's Bibliothèques countered the "quite elitist" furniture she created for Le Corbusier
Dezeen Showroom: Italian furniture brand True Design worked with Danish studio Norm Architects on a small wooden item that can be used as a coffee table or stool. More about Essence coffee table and stool by Norm Architects for True Design
Omani design collective Nawa has created a plastic-free filament for 3D printing using waste date seeds, which is on display at Dutch Design Week. More about RePit is a 3D printing filament made from leftover date pits
Norway-based Studio Sløyd has developed a process for dyeing entire blocks of wood and used it to produce 24 playful multi-coloured stools. More about Studio Sløyd showcases "through-coloured" wood with 24 Roggbif stools
Dezeen Showroom: a modular sofa with rouched fabric detailing and chunky French seams is among 12 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Ripple sofa by Askia Furniture among 12 new products on Dezeen Showroom
Promotion: Italian architecture firm Studio Fuksas has made its operatic debut with open-air productions of Tosca and Turandot, for which the company designed an all-white set in front of Rome's ancient Baths of Caracalla. More about Studio Fuksas creates dramatic all-white stage design for Tosca and Turandot
Product company Gob has launched a pair of compostable, mycelium earplugs that were designed as an alternative to the 40 billion plastic earplugs produced each year. More about Gob creates single-use mycelium earplugs designed to "feed the soil" after use
Dezeen Showroom: from lighting and seating with acoustic properties to sound-absorbing panels, the following products are among noise-controlling items recently featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Eight acoustic items that help to quieten down lively interiors
Dezeen Showroom: workplace furniture brand Narbutas worked with Italian design studio Baldanzi & Novelli on a range of seating that sets out to enhance the wellbeing of people working in office environments. More about Sandie chairs by Baldanzi & Novelli for Narbutas
Dezeen Showroom: product design brand Acoufelt has developed an acoustic, grid-like ceiling frame system that presents an unobstructive way to control the noise levels of interior spaces. More about Framework Ceiling Frames by Acoufelt
On the eve of Dutch Design Week, 10 former recipients of the Dutch Design Awards have nominated 10 rising stars making waves across the Netherlands. More about Ten emerging Dutch designers to look out for at Dutch Design Week
Continuing our mid-century modernism series, we take a look at the iconic Egg chair, which was designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for the former SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. More about Arne Jacobsen "dared to work with modern materials" for Egg chair
Dezeen Showroom: Belgian lighting design brand Modular Lighting Instruments and designer Maarten De Ceulaer have released a wall lamp that casts a gradient of geometric-shaped light across walls. More about Impulse by Maarten De Ceulaer for Modular Lighting Instruments
Dezeen Showroom: furniture brand Kabin has created a compact, sound-proof pod designed for open-plan offices that are modelled on first-class aircraft cabins. More about Kabin 1 pod by Kabin
Designers Robin and Lucienne Day looked internationally to learn about modernism as contemporary design was unknown in the UK at the time, explains their daughter Paula Day in this interview for our mid-century modern series. More about "Design was a new profession" in the UK says Paula Day