Dutch design studio Super Local has worked with craftsmen in Malawi to develop a line of affordable hospital products that can be made locally. More about Super Local creates affordable equipment for hospitals in Malawi
Danish textile designer Stine Mikkelsen has crushed granite, melted tin and torched rope to create this collection of bizarre-looking furniture for Miami's Aybar Gallery. More about Stine Mikkelsen creates lumpy granite and knobbly tin furniture for Miami gallery
Italian designer Fabio Novembre has created a range of beds influenced by fairytales for mattress brand PerDormire. More about Fabio Novembre designs six beds inspired by "the world of dreams"
Dubai-based designer Aljoud Lootah paid homage to the tradition of palm-leaf architecture in the United Arab Emirates with her latest furniture collection. More about Aljoud Lootah's furniture collection takes cues from traditional areesh structures
Dezeen promotion: a bronze bench that mimics a desert landscape and a sculptural traffic cone are among a range of furniture designs on show at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Michigan. More about Cranbrook Academy of Art showcases experimental furniture designs
London-based architecture studio Carmody Groarke has teamed up with designer Joe Pipal to produce a seat inspired by early 20th-century bentwood bistro chairs. More about Carmody Groarke's Chair 182 nods to classic bistro seating
Design graduate Florian Wegenast has created a range of furniture that incorporates plant holders, as a way of maximising green space in tight urban environments. More about Florian Wegenast designs furniture that creates "temporary gardens" in small spaces
Shaker-style furniture informed this three-legged stool by designer Gabriel Tan, which can be pegged onto a wall to create more space in the room. More about Gabriel Tan launches Shaker-inspired stool with Blå Station
Seemingly random bits of e-waste stud this collection of office furniture, designed by Italian duo Formafantasma for Melbourne's inaugural NGV Triennial. More about Formafantasma explores "above-ground mining" with Ore Streams office furniture
Dutch designer Ineke Hans has designed a steam-bent conference chair for one of its Austria's most important art galleries, which is manufactured using both manual and digital production methods. More about Ineke Hans combines new and old production techniques to create chair for the Kunsthalle Wien
Dutch design studio OS & OOS has created a range of furniture based on the structure of a rack used to support wood cutting, with each piece made from aluminium pipes. More about OS & OOS creates sawhorse-inspired furniture using aluminium pipes
The past year has seen a wide variety of new furniture designs released. Editorial intern Alice Finney has picked out 10 of the best, from a shape-shifting table designed by Thomas Heatherwick to the first collaborative collection from IKEA and Hay. More about Dezeen's top 10 furniture launches of 2017
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dorota Gazy has created a range of conceptual furniture and clothing designed for people whose bodies have been deformed by their sedentary lifestyles. More about Dorota Gazy creates clothing and furniture for a lazy lifestyle
EWE Studio has hand-crafted a set of homeware and furniture pieces from black and white marble, volcanic stone and bronze, taking cues from centuries-old techniques. More about EWE Studio crafts Sacred Ritual Objects using ancient Mexican traditions
Minimalism and the De Stijl architectural movement are among the inspirations behind design brand Loehr's new furniture collection, which was launched at a Berlin house designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1957. More about Loehr launches architecture-inspired furniture collection in house designed by Oscar Niemeyer
Seoul-based studio Orijeen has designed a collection of colourful furniture, which appears to change shades depending on the viewing angle. More about Orijeen's rainbow-hued furniture uses lenticular surfaces to change colour
Korean designer Wonmin Park has pieced together sheets of patinated aluminium to create this collection of furniture, featuring textures that resemble paintbrush strokes. More about Wonmin Park patterns patinated aluminium furniture "like painting on a canvas"
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Mark Henning has created an experimental toolkit for testing and training the perfect handshake, which he imagines being used in an immigration office. More about Mark Henning creates handshake training station that could be used to help immigrants integrate
Bowls made from recycled metals and seating inspired by traditional Arabic Majlis featured in an exhibition of emerging talent from the Middle East and North African regions at this year's Dubai Design Week. More about Nomadic design exhibition showcases new talent from the Middle East and North Africa
Tim Rundle stripped-back traditional furniture typologies to create this collection for Australian brand SP01, which pairs plush fabrics with exposed metal frames. More about Tim Rundle reinterprets furniture archetypes for SP01 collection