Milan 2012: New York and Amsterdam designer Karim Rashid presented this sofa with modular arms and headrests slotted into a high back at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this month. More about Float by Karim Rashid for Sancal
Milan 2012: visitors were invited to sit in a chair hooked up to advanced stress-analysis equipment normally used in the car industry at an installation by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram for car brand Audi in Milan last month. More about R18 Ultra Chair Public Beta by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram for Audi
Milan 2012: Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc presented a set of outdoor furniture and lamps like huge pink bubbles at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan. More about Summertime by Nika Zupanc
Milan 2012: a single piece of fabric folds around the moulded polyurethane foam seat of this club chair by London designer Benjamin Hubert. More about Garment by Benjamin Hubert for Cappellini
Milan 2012: Hackney designers were busy in Milan last week and we're bringing you some of the best new product launches, including this shelf by Stoke Newington duo Raw Edges where the front slides down to create a work surface. More about Deskbox by Raw Edges for Arco
Milan 2012: this armchair with a pleated leather seat by London designer Benjamin Hubert was inspired by sleeves with puffed shoulders on Italian Renaissance clothing. More about Juliet by Benjamin Hubert for Poltrona Frau
This stacking chair by French designer Philippe Starck is made of discarded material found in lumber factories and industrial plastic plants. More about Broom Chair by Philippe Starck for Emeco
Milan 2012: Australian designer Marc Newson presented this child's rocking horse for Italian brand Magis at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about Rocky by Marc Newson for Magis
Milan 2012: the flexible back of this chair by Swedish designers Front comprises a thick spring wrapped in black leather. More about Gentle by Front for Porro
Milan 2012: in response to the growing number of freelancers looking for workspaces outside of their homes, London studio Aberrant Architecture have created pub tables that can be adapted into desks by day and games tables by night. More about Devil Amongst the Tailors by Aberrant Architecture
Milan 2012: 14 young designers come together to create an ideal living space for an exhibition called The Front Room: Geometry and Colour inside a listed Milanese house this week. More about The Front Room: Geometry and Colour
Milan 2012: the 400 wooden slats of this table top by Mauricio Affonso allow it to expand, contract and fan out into a full circle. More about Fan Table by Mauricio Affonso at Ventura Lambrate
Milan 2012: new Italian brand Discipline launch their inaugural collection in Milan this week. More about Discipline launches in Milan
Milan 2012: this cabinet that looks like scaled-up dolls' house furniture by London designer Donna Wilson is on show with design brand SCP at MOST this week. More about Bertha by Donna Wilson for SCP at MOST
Milan 2012: these knobbly seats by Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer are on show at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week. More about Mutation by Maarten De Ceulaer
Milan 2012: new French brand La Chance launches at MOST in Milan this week. More about La Chance launches at MOST
Designed in Hackney: Dalston designers Kay + Stemmer present this collection of benches, side tables and stools for Shoreditch design brand SCP at MOST in Milan this week. More about Designed in Hackney: Cricket by Kay + Stemmer
Milan 2012: Auckland company Resident show their new collection of furniture at MOST in Milan this week, including their Bing pendant lamp that's made of white clay from Matauri Bay in New Zealand. More about Furniture by Residentat MOST
Milan 2012: designer Werner Aisslinger of Berlin and Singapore will present a chair growing inside a greenhouse at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week. More about Chair Farm by Werner Aisslinger at Ventura Lambrate
Milan 2012: Konstfack University College student Nick Ross will present this bar with a hood for sharing secrets in crowded places at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week. More about Confession by Nick Ross