Australian architect and designer Ameé Allsop has launched a minimalist furniture collection made from bleached American ash and travertine. More about Pure Minimalist furniture collection takes cues from beach landscape of the Hamptons
Dezeen promotion: US furniture brand Coalesse has moved its design studio from San Francisco to Munich, with the aim to boost its international reach. More about Coalesse Design Group relocates studio to Munich
California-based designer Phan Thao Dang has created a series of corrugated furniture objects from ABS plastic pipes conventionally used to carry waste sewage. More about Phan Thao Dang transforms sewage pipes into benches and stools
Black never goes out of style, but a trend for dark furniture and homeware was particularly evident at this year's Design Week Mexico. More about "Curious, dark" black furniture dominates Design Week Mexico 2018
Dezeen promotion: the new collection from Italian home furniture brand Lago contains 400 pieces, including beds, sofas, chairs and mirrors. More about Lago's new collection contains 400 pieces of furniture for day and night
Mexico City's Mónica Calderón Studio has called on architects, designers and artists to use resin for a collection of furniture and homeware, which includes stout plant pots, and tables and stools in colourful gradients. More about Cala resin collection features folded plant pots and stripy tables
One for Hundred is a furniture brand based in Austria that produces more wood than it uses. More about One For Hundred plants 100 trees for every piece of wooden furniture sold
Esrawe Studio is launching a collection of simple, stained black furniture at its showroom during this year's Design Week Mexico in the country's capital. More about Esrawe Studio exhibits black wooden furniture for Design Week Mexico
Chinese product designer Sheng Yin collaborated with artist Kai Yi to create this entirely black series of wood and leather furniture. More about Black Dream is a series of "furniture with soul" by Sheng Yin and Kai Yi
The "desirable" aesthetic of a standard mass-produced tin can has informed the shape of this stool designed by Lennart and Lauren Leerdam. More about Paperthin stool celebrates "the essence of the classic tin can"
Design Academy Eindhoven graduates Christian Hammer Juhl and Jade Chan have created a series of whimsical furniture items that respond to people's changing requirements. More about Responsive Furniture expands and contracts according to users' needs
The bulbous black base of this table, which Bandido Studio is launching at this year's Design Week Mexico, is sculpted using a traditional technique developed by the country's stone artisans. More about Bandido Studio's Mura table features droplet-shaped marble base
Prague-based design studio 52hours has created a breastfeeding bench for use in public spaces, to offer comfort and privacy to mothers when tending to their babies. More about Heer bench aims to tackle the stigma attached to breastfeeding in public
Tsinghua University furniture design graduate Yuming Hu has created a range of chairs designed for the peculiar behaviours of different users. More about Yuming Hu creates range of chairs for the restless body
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Anna Aagaard Jensen has designed a series of chairs to challenge social norms and encourage women to claim more space with their bodies. More about Anna Aagaard Jensen's A Basic Instinct chairs reinvent "manspreading" for women
Design reporter Gunseli Yalcinkaya picks out some of the most eye-catching furniture, lighting and homeware presented at this year's London Design Fair, including a lamp that resembles a long-necked bird and a double-mouthed vase. More about Five playful furniture and homeware designs from London Design Fair
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a table from ceramic lotus leaves and a series of ornamental flowers made from cup handles for Parisian porcelain company Sèvres. More about Nendo makes lilypad table and decorative flowers from Sèvres porcelain
The PAD London art and design fair began this week in London, with 68 galleries showing work. We've chosen eight of the best contemporary pieces inspired by the natural world, including charred wooden chairs and a mirror adorned with feathers. More about Eight collectible design pieces from PAD London that focus on natural forms and materials
Italian architect Vincenzo de Cotiis combines recycled fibreglass with precious materials to create his En Plein Air objects, which are currently on show in London. More about Vincenzo de Cotiis uses painterly approach to create high-detail furniture
Designs in Mexico City studio Vidivixi's debut furniture collection include a bed cradled by cotton-covered rolls, and a bronze glass table with a base of interlocking, blackened wood tubes. More about Japanese furniture and saddle bags influence Vidivixi's furniture collection