Lily Compact chair by Michael Sodeau for Modus
Dezeen Showroom: designer Michael Sodeau's Lily Compact chair for British furniture brand Modus is inspired by the shape of a calla lily. More about Lily Compact chair by Michael Sodeau for Modus
Dezeen Showroom: designer Michael Sodeau's Lily Compact chair for British furniture brand Modus is inspired by the shape of a calla lily. More about Lily Compact chair by Michael Sodeau for Modus
Dezeen Showroom: The Ztista chair that designer Victoriya Yakusha has created for design brand Faina takes cues from the organic materiality of traditional Ukrainian huts. More about Ztista chair by Victoria Yakusha for Faina
Dezeen Showroom: design brand Fritz Hansen has created a walnut version of the classic Lily chair by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen to celebrate the product's 50th anniversary. More about 50th anniversary Lily chair in walnut veneer by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen
London studio Pearson Lloyd has designed a steel flat-pack chair, called Cross Chair Tube, for Danish furniture brand Takt. More about Pearson Lloyd creates tubular steel flat-pack chair for Takt
Furniture brand Brdr Krüger has launched a chair developed by the late Danish architect Nanna Ditzel in 1983. More about Nanna Ditzel's 1980s Arkade Chair goes into production for first time
London-based architect Stiliyana Minkovska has designed a trio of undulating birthing chairs called Ultima Thule, which offer women a "sanctuary-like" environment during childbirth. More about Stiliyana Minkovska reimagines hospital maternity wards as "interstellar" spaces
New York City's Bower Studios has created a chair with a pale concrete top that drapes over a metallic base to form folds on the floor. More about Concrete Melt Chair by Bower Studios folds like a liquid
Ukrainian design brand Faina looked to ancient depictions of the female form when creating this "cloud-like" armchair, which takes cues from archaeological finds. More about Faina's Domna armchair echoes the form of ancient goddess sculptures
This arched wooden chair by Norwegian designer Stine Aas is intended to evoke the details of classical architecture when a number are stacked on top of one another or arranged side by side. More about Stine Aas designs stackable wooden chair Cleo "reminiscent of classical architecture"
Designers Studio Sløyd developed a collection of chunky pine chairs to demonstrate a contemporary take on a wood it feels is unfairly neglected. More about Studio Sløyd's Furuhelvete collection challenges perceptions of "outdated" pine furniture
French duo Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have made a chair for Finnish furniture brand Artek from a metal frame interlaced with a single length of marine rope that forms its back and armrests. More about Bouroullec brothers design chair using one continuous piece of rope
Unusual, innovative and avant-garde approaches to seating were among the highlights of Dutch design fair Object Rotterdam, which took place earlier this month. Anna Winston picks six of the most intriguing chairs from the annual event's crop of up-and-coming talent. More about Six alternative approaches to seating from Object Rotterdam 2020
Designer Daniel Svahn's chairs for a town hall in Stockholm are made from recycled unwanted tabletops that were destined for the dump. More about New Goodies but Oldies furniture collection made from old tables
Valencia studio Masquespacio has created an upholstered chair with a back shaped like an eye and adorned with a tasseled fringe. More about Masquespacio's Wink chair is designed to resemble an eye
British designer Samuel Wilkinson has updated the classic director's chair, introducing a hidden mechanism that allows the fabric seat to be held in tension without any noticeable support. More about Samuel Wilkinson designs contemporary take on the director's chair
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has created a pair of chairs based on intimate parts of the body. More about Adam Nathaniel Furman explores colour, cuteness and queerness with anatomical chairs
Scottish designer Nick Ross has created a range of curvy seats for Danish brand +Halle, to offer respite from an overstimulating world. More about Nick Ross designs Proto chairs to offer refuge in busy environments
Dezeen promotion: in our latest competition, Dezeen has partnered with Fritz Hansen to give away two Series 7 chairs, which are being offered with Italian velvet upholstery for the first time. More about Competition: win a velvet-upholstered Series 7 chair by Fritz Hansen
In our latest competition, we're offering a reader the chance to win a Miami lounge chair designed by British furniture brand Morgan. More about Competition: win a Miami 330 lounge chair by Morgan
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Floor Skrabanja has created a collection of seats made from a single piece of 3D-knitted upholstery that needs no gluing or stitching, so can easily be deconstructed. More about Floor Skrabanja designs 3D-knitted furniture without staples or stitches