Our good friends at Meatpacking District Design Week have announced their programme of events that will run during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York next week. More about Meatpacking District Design Week
FredriksonStallard present their new furniture collection at David Gill Galleries in London tomorrow. More about FredriksonStallard at David Gill Galleries
Milan update: TuttoBene was our favourite of the independent group shows this year, setting up shop in a warehouse just across the train tracks from Via Tortona and presenting work by young designers from Belgium and the Netherlands. More about Frederik Roijé at TuttoBene
Milan update: here is another young designer who showed at Salone Satellite in Milan last month - Danish textile designer Lene Toni Kjeld of Wall Decoration, who presented a new collection of wallpaper designs called Meta One. More about Lene Toni Kjeld at Salone Satellite
Milan update: more from Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, this time in the form of their Pol sofa for Kartell. More about Bouroullecs for Kartell
Milan update: is this the best new chair from Milan this year? The Steelwood cafe chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Magis features modish mixed materials - in this case steel and wood, as the name suggests. More about Bouroullecs and Heatherwick for Magis
Milan update: Italian designer/artist Andrea Salvetti continues to plough his distinctive furrow, this year showing chairs resembling nests, cupboards resembling giant logs, some super-sized eggs and a giant filigree mushroom - all made of shiny metal. More about Andrea Salvetti at Dilmos
Milan update: people have been asking, so here is a technical explanation of the "liquid" digital floor display at the launch of Ross Lovegrove's new speakers for KEF. More about How they did the floor at the KEF launch
Milan update: here is a selection of pieces shown by young Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk as part of her joint Quality Time show with Joost van Bleiswijk. More about Quality Time by Kiki van Eijk
Milan update: the presentation of new work by Gaetano Pesce at the Meritalia showroom on Via Durini was one of the most interesting in Milan - if only for the utter strangeness of both the furniture and the way it was shown, with weird sound effects, projections and very little light. More about Gaetano Pesce for Meritalia
Milan update: cell structures and honeycombs were everywhere in Milan this year, like the Obo modular storage system by American designer Jeff Miller for Baleri Italia. More about Jeff Miller for Baleri Italia
Milan update: Matthew Hilton has designed new products for Case, the British furniture manufacturer launched last year by Sheridan Coakley of SCP and Paul Newman. More about Matthew Hilton for Case
Milan update: here are images of several new versions of Heatwave, the concrete radiator designed by young Dutch designer Joris Laarman and now in production with Belgian radiator brand Jaga. More about Joris Laarman for Jaga
Here is a sequence of images showing the construction and destruction of the giant wood sculpture designed by Arne Quinze of Quinze & Milan at the Burning Man festival in Death Valley, USA in September last year. More about Arne Quinze at Burning Man
Milan update: this giant seating sculpture, called Sit-Sat, is designed by architects Massimiliano Fuksas and Doriana Mandrelli for Sawaya & Moroni. More about Massimiliano Fuksas for Sawaya & Moroni
Milan update: here are some more pictures of Jaga Experience Truck by Arne Quinze. More about Arne Quinze for Jaga 2
Milan update: designed by Arne Quinze of Quinze & Milan, the Jaga Experience Truck was parked on Via Tortona during the Milan fair last week. More about Arne Quinze for Jaga
Milan update: Hella Jongerius presented a new two-seater version of her Worker chair for Vitra, plus a leather version of her Polder sofa. More about Hella Jongerius for Vitra
Milan update: Freedom of Creation presented what they described as the Smallest Show in Milan, featuring tiny laser-sintered models of their own products. More about The Smallest Show in Milan by FOC
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Milan update: Front have posted a bunch of YouTube videos of their Milan presentation, including this film of their Changing Cupboard. More about Changing Cupboard by Front