Dutch designers Iris van Daalen and Ruben Thier's The Plastic Mine is a series of home accessories made from plastic clumps gathered from a factory floor. More about Thier & van Daalen's The Plastic Mine homeware reveals hidden patterns in factory waste
French duo Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have made a chair for Finnish furniture brand Artek from a metal frame interlaced with a single length of marine rope that forms its back and armrests. More about Bouroullec brothers design chair using one continuous piece of rope
Malessa Studio's wooden NEST crate unpacks to create a bed, desk, bench and shelf designed in response to the increasingly nomadic lifestyle of young urbanites. More about NEST moving crate opens up into a minimal home kit for generation rent
Unusual, innovative and avant-garde approaches to seating were among the highlights of Dutch design fair Object Rotterdam, which took place earlier this month. Anna Winston picks six of the most intriguing chairs from the annual event's crop of up-and-coming talent. More about Six alternative approaches to seating from Object Rotterdam 2020
Seoul design studio Useful Workshop has created a furniture series made from sheets of aluminium that are bent to form curves using industrial machinery. More about Useful Workshop's Curvature furniture is made from pressed sheet metal
Swedish designer Kajsa Melchior has created a collection of furniture and lighting with organic silhouettes, shaped like geologic formations using pressure, water and air. More about Fictive Erosion furniture uses sand casting to mimic natural rock formation process
Danish furniture brand Møbel has collaborated with Studio David Thulstrup to create a duo of odd-couple tables – one made entirely from ceramic and the other from contrasting, powder-coated steel. More about Studio David Thulstrup designs "co-dependent" Pair side tables for Møbel
Parisian furniture brand La Chance has unveiled a series of new additions to its collection, including a chunky bookcase and a side table that plays with perspective. More about La Chance presents new furniture designs during Maison&Objet
Designer Daniel Svahn's chairs for a town hall in Stockholm are made from recycled unwanted tabletops that were destined for the dump. More about New Goodies but Oldies furniture collection made from old tables
Italian brand Cassina has presented its first complete collection of furniture for outdoor spaces, including a reissue of a classic Charlotte Perriand chair and a "love bed" by Patricia Urquiola. More about Cassina unveils outdoor furniture designed as "an extension of the home"
Furniture and interior designer Carol Egan was influenced by the form of dragonflies when creating this sculptural collection, which was launched at an exhibition staged in New York gallery Maison Gerard. More about Carol Egan launches contemporary works in beaux-arts New York house Maison Gerard
Mumbai design studio MuseLAB has prioritised sensual appeal over a singular design language for its debut 13-piece furniture collection. More about MuseLAB's Hedonist collection is "non-conformist and non-contextual"
Swedish furniture brand Massproductions is set to release an outdoor sofa at Stockholm Design Week that mimics the welded steel barriers that are often erected at concerts to manage the crowd. More about Massproductions' modular outdoor sofa is an homage to crowd-control barriers
The latest collection from Chinese furniture brand Maisondada includes a seating series that references a David Bowie track and an armchair inspired by sumo wrestling. More about Maisondada unveils new additions to its "gently crazy" product portfolio
Valencia studio Masquespacio has created an upholstered chair with a back shaped like an eye and adorned with a tasseled fringe. More about Masquespacio's Wink chair is designed to resemble an eye
British designer Samuel Wilkinson has updated the classic director's chair, introducing a hidden mechanism that allows the fabric seat to be held in tension without any noticeable support. More about Samuel Wilkinson designs contemporary take on the director's chair
Los Angeles studio Lawson-Fenning has outfitted an apartment in RM Schindler's 1930s residential building Manola Court with furniture influenced by California modernism. More about California modernists RM Schindler and Richard Neutra influence Maker's Collection furniture
Dezeen promotion: Italian brand Flexform has launched its first outdoor furniture collection designed with the help of architect Antonio Citterio. More about Flexform releases its first collection of outdoor furniture
A lifestyle brand with "a real soul" has launched in Paris, in a boutique that brings fashion together with furniture and homeware. More about La Manufacture is out to prove that design can still survive on the high street
The sofa is one of the most well-used pieces of furniture in the home, so it's a good way to make a statement. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out seven new designs that do exactly that. More about Seven sofas that deserve to be centre of attention