Resin Tables by Roel Huisman
London Design Festival 2013: Amsterdam designer Roel Huisman has created a desk with an ash lamp and glass vase embedded in a thick slab of resin. More about Resin Tables by Roel Huisman
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Joined + Jointed collection
London Design Festival 2013: concave bookcases and furniture with hotdog-shaped legs feature in the first collection by Joined + Jointed, currently on show at designjunction (+ slideshow). More about Joined + Jointed collection
Sleep Series by Another Country for Heal's
London Design Festival 2013: British design brand Another Country has created a collection of bedroom furniture for London retailer Heal's, based on the simplicity of Shaker-style interiors. More about Sleep Series by Another Country for Heal's
SCP Autumn/Winter collection 2013
London Design Festival 2013: design brand SCP is launching its latest collection of products and furniture at its two London stores this week. More about SCP Autumn/Winter collection 2013
Wrong for Hay collection
London Design Festival 2013: British designer Sebastian Wrong has collaborated with Danish design brand Hay to create a furniture collection, presented at a Georgian townhouse in London this week. More about Wrong for Hay collection
Ripple table by Benjamin Hubert
London Design Festival 2013: London designer Benjamin Hubert claims to have created the world's lightest timber table and is showing it off at the Aram Gallery in London this week (+ movie). More about Ripple table by Benjamin Hubert
World Basics pop-up store by Schemata Architects
Tokyo firm Schemata Architects has created an expandable changing room inside furniture made from shipping crates in this Paris boutique (+ slideshow). More about World Basics pop-up store by Schemata Architects
Y Chair by Tom Dixon
Designer Tom Dixon launches a flexible new chair for the contract market during the London Design Festival next week. It's made of glass-reinforced nylon and has a faceted back resembling bunny ears. More about Y Chair by Tom Dixon
"Why create another piece of furniture?" - Hella Jongerius
Movie: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius explains why she enjoys working with colours and textiles rather than designing full pieces of furniture in the third video interview we filmed at her studio in Berlin. More about "Why create another piece of furniture?" - Hella Jongerius
Eileen Gray was "disappointed that she was forgotten" - Zeev Aram
Interview: forty years after he first met her, London design retailer Zeev Aram has launched a website dedicated to the work of his late friend, the modernist designer Eileen Gray. In this interview, Aram describes his working relationship with the elderly designer who, despite being frail and almost forgotten, could " see with one eye what many architects couldn't see with two eyes" (+ slideshow). More about Eileen Gray was "disappointed that she was forgotten" - Zeev Aram
Candy Chair by Jeong Yong
South Korean design student Jeong Yong has created a prototype armchair with round balls on each arm and leg. More about Candy Chair by Jeong Yong
Vitra acquires Artek
News: Swiss design brand Vitra has acquired Artek, the Finnish furniture company co-founded by Modernist architect Alvar Aalto in 1935. More about Vitra acquires Artek
The Washington Collection by David Adjaye for Knoll
Product news: architect David Adjaye has unveiled his first furniture collection, designed for American retailer Knoll, which includes two cantilevered side chairs and a limited edition coffee table. More about The Washington Collection by David Adjaye for Knoll
King and Queen Chair by Jeong Yong
Industrial design student Jeong Yong has created a pair of chairs with grid-like frames based on traditional Korean furniture. More about King and Queen Chair by Jeong Yong
Kirk chair by Patrick Frey for Vial
Product news: Hannover designer Patrick Frey curved and folded a sheet of thin aluminium to create the seat of these chairs for outdoor accessories brand Vial. More about Kirk chair by Patrick Frey for Vial
"I felt we should change the way Emeco makes chairs" - Konstantin Grcic
Movie: Designer Konstantin Grcic tells Dezeen that American furniture company Emeco had to industrialise its production methods to produce his new Parrish chair in this video interview filmed in Milan. More about "I felt we should change the way Emeco makes chairs" - Konstantin Grcic
Partridge Tables by DesignByThem
London Design Festival 2013: Australian designers Nicholas Karlovasitis and Sarah Gibson have added dining and coffee tables to their range of timber stools with metal collars at the tops of their legs. More about Partridge Tables by DesignByThem
Docks for Ophelis by Grosch + Meier
Product news: German designers Till Grosch and Björn Meier have created a modular office furniture system that can be arranged in a variety of groups and islands (+ slideshow). More about Docks for Ophelis by Grosch + Meier
Parasite Production by Samuel Treindl
London Design Festival 2013: German designer Samuel Treindl has made a clock, lamp and other products from shapes cut out of existing furniture (+ slideshow). More about Parasite Production by Samuel Treindl
Haptic Chair by Trine Kjaer Design Studio
Danish designer Trine Kjaer has created a chair with a backrest and seat wrapped in thick lengths of cord intertwined with thin strands of copper. More about Haptic Chair by Trine Kjaer Design Studio