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
After his 3D rendering of a cloud-like armchair went viral on social media last year, Argentinian designer Andrés Reisinger has made the Hortensia chair a reality with the help of 20,000 fabric petals. More about Andrés Reisinger turns Insta-famous CGI render into real chair
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Furniture by designers including Joyce Wang and Mario Tsai is on show at this Shanghai exhibition organised by contemporary art and design platform The Artling. More about China Design [Working Title] highlights work by "young and aspirational generation" of designers
South African designer Porky Hefer has extended his collection of hanging chairs at this year's Design Miami with a series of leathery seats that each represent a different molecular compound. More about Porky Hefer's Molecules are hanging seats modelled on chemical compounds
Ethical design brand Mater has launched a chair with a woven rattan seat inspired by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, and a stool featuring a seat made from recycled materials, both designed by architect Eva Harlou. More about Mater uses recycled plastic and rattan for latest furniture designs
After more than a year of prototyping, Savannah studio Donttakethisthewrongway has unveiled its design for a chair that consists of a single cardboard box. More about Savannah design studio reimagines cardboard box as chair
Oki Sato explains how Nendo's chair for Fritz Hansen follows circular design principles, in this exclusive video filmed by Dezeen at the Japanese design studio's office in Milan. More about Designers need to focus on the afterlife of their products says Oki Sato
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Micheline Nahra has disassembled a four-person dinner setting and rebuilt it for one person, in a bid to make absence visible. More about Micheline Nahra deconstructs and reconstructs a dining set
Michael Anastassiades worked with Gebrüder Thonet Vienna to develop this doodle-like lounge chair using the Austrian company's traditional material palette of steam-bent wood and woven cane. More about Michael Anastassiades designs N. 200 chair to look like a "doodle"
Copenhagen-based designer Thomas Bentzen has developed a chair to highlight the fluid curves that can be generated using moulded wood veneer, which appears to gently fold over its solid wood frame. More about Veneer seat and backrest drape over frame of Thomas Bentzen's Soft Chair
The latest office chair from German furniture brand Wilkhahn features technologies developed to encourage movement and maintain the user's centre of gravity as they shift position throughout the working day. More about AT 187 office chair promotes "dynamic sitting" to prevent backache at work
From a chair made from layers of sheep wool to a sofa designed for the circular economy, we've selected six of the best simple, yet effective, seating designs shown at designjunction. More about Six minimal seats from designjunction 2019 that show less is more
Dezeen promotion: Furniture manufacturer Flokk, owner of the Swedish brand RH, has released its most sustainable task chair to date – the RH New Logic, which has been made from recycled aluminium, plastic and steel. More about Flokk designs its most sustainable chair to date from recycled materials
A ladder-like seat inspired by a biblical tale and an armchair that appears to have been swallowed by a rug are some of the pieces to appear in this installation curated by designer Gitta Gschwendtner. More about Fenton House's Please Sit installation reimagines the chair six ways
Bangkok designer Apiwat Chitapanya has created a collection for specialist brass furniture brand Masaya that emulates Chinese ink paintings through the process of lost-wax casting. More about Chinese ink paintings come alive in Apiwat Chitapanya's wax-cast furniture