Danish designer Thomas Bentzen has created a dining table and bench series for Muuto, with the same design details as the picnic-bench-inspired furniture he created for the brand's outdoor range. More about Thomas Bentzen brings garden furniture indoors with Linear Wood dining table for Muuto
Shanghai-based design studio 8 Hour has released a range of seating, which is inspired by the "changing forms" of a paperclip. More about 8 Hour presents Clips furniture collection at Design Shanghai
Landscape architecture practice Djao-Rakitine has erected a monolithic marble drinking water fountain and bench outside London's Selfridges department store. More about Djao-Rakitine creates monolithic street furniture for London's Selfridges
Works by Australian designer Charles Trevelyan, including skeletal-looking furniture and monolithic marble benches, are currently on show at New York's Carpenters Workshop Gallery. More about Charles Trevelyan exhibits pebble-like benches and spindly tables in New York
Three colourful stools are joined by a steel grid to form this modular bench by Belgian design office Nortstudio. More about Urban Shapes is a geometric bench that celebrates the materials of construction sites
Berlin-based designers Studio 7.5 collaborated with Parisian 3D printing experts XtreeE to create a series of continuously printed concrete benches with a woven pattern. More about Collection of benches woven in 3D-printed concrete
Architects and designers can take an activist approach to instigate social change, according to participants in this year's Beirut Design Week. More about Beirut-based designers advocate new uses for the city's overlooked public spaces
Leeds Beckett University graduate James Hughes has made a bench with metal spikes embedded in its seat to highlight issues surrounding hostile urban design. More about James Hughes creates Hostile Bench to show "ugly side" of urban design
Milan-based studio Metrica has created a collection of Italian-made furniture for Australian design brand, SP01 that it said "captures the spirit of the Australian lifestyle". More about SP01's latest furniture range marries Italian craftsmanship with "Australian spirit"
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 about Nine benches created by young designers enliven London
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 about Joanna Laajisto looks to Scandinavian cabin culture for latest furniture collection
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 about OS & OOS bases gridded furniture collection on architectural structures
Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has created a water-filled seat made of dozens of pipes that store and circulate raindrops. More about Rain collects and circulates around Jólan van der Wiel's Tropic City bench
Chinese studio Bentu Design collected leftover tiles and crushed them to create its Ceramics Made collection of speckled terrazzo-style furniture and lighting. More about Bentu Design makes terrazzo furniture using recycled ceramic waste
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 about Joseph Walsh designs bespoke watch cabinet to mirror the intricacy of clockwork
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 about Max Lamb, Scholten & Baijings and Philippe Malouin create "Superbenches" for suburban Stockholm park
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 about Hyun-Gi Kim's Red Series chair mimics the movement of blood around the body
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 about Hamaika kids' chair by Unai Rollan is assembled from 11 equal pieces
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 about Supreme unveils chequerboard edition of Alvar Aalto's iconic Stool 60
German designer Theresa Arns has created a set of steel-framed furniture that references classic art deco shapes. More about Theresa Arns combines minimalism and art deco in "simple but sensual" furniture collection