A gravestone dedicated to a deceased dachsund and an undulating strip of bright yellow rubber are two of nine imaginative public benches unveiled as part of this year's London Festival of Architecture. More
Helsinki-based designer Joanna Laajisto drew upon traditional Scandinavian holiday cabins when designing this collection of wooden furniture for Finnish brand Made by Choice. More
Eindhoven design studio OS & OOS has created a range of furniture based on architectural constructions, which are built from individual steel ribs fixed in a gridded structure. More
Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has created a water-filled seat made of dozens of pipes that store and circulate raindrops. More
Chinese studio Bentu Design collected leftover tiles and crushed them to create its Ceramics Made collection of speckled terrazzo-style furniture and lighting. More
Irish furniture workshop Joseph Walsh Studio has showcased new commissions at an exhibition in New York, including a towering watch cabinet and intertwined bench for the private collection of a father and son. More
A bench with springs for legs and a brutalist concrete structure are among the 10 experimental pieces of public furniture created by international designers to help regenerate a park area just outside of Stockholm, Sweden. More
This chair by Korean designer Hyun-Gi Kim is made from hundreds of tubes that circulate blood around the furniture in response to pressure. More
Spanish designer Unai Rollan has created a chair that is delivered in 11 same-sized self-assembly pieces to teach children the basics of furniture construction. More
New York streetwear brand Supreme has released a special-edition version of a three-legged stool originally designed by Alvar Aalto in the 1930s. More
German designer Theresa Arns has created a set of steel-framed furniture that references classic art deco shapes. More
London design studio JamesPlumb has revisited an antique textile that is created using medieval techniques, and has this time used it to create a limited-edition bench. More
Design Miami 2015: American designer Ian Stell has created an expandable bench that forms two conjoined chairs when contracted. More
Design Miami/Basel 2015: South Korean artist Byung Hoon Choi has used Southeast Asian basalt to create a collection of sculptures that double up as oversized outdoor furniture (+ slideshow). More
South Korean designer Jeonghwa Seo has created a collection of benches that explore the structure and shapes of seating, with the aim of finding an uncommon form. More
Northmodern 2015: a wooden bench that hides a compartment for a plant pot below its seat is among the latest furniture and homeware items launched by Danish designer Kristina Dam (+ slideshow). More
Italian design studio Alcarol has expanded its collection of furniture made from resin-encased wood to include a bench patterned with holes created by shipworms (+ slideshow). More
John Pawson has applied his pared-back architectural style to a range of furniture with trestle-style supports. More
Dutch Design Week 2014: The interlocking modules of this street furniture by Polish designer Izabela Bołoz form flexible seating for members of the public to sit, recline or climb on (+ slideshow). More
The geometric patterns of bridge structures informed the shapes used to create this wooden furniture by Variant Studio (+ slideshow). More