In this time-lapse movie American furniture designer Matthias Pliessnig wraps an iconic Thonet chair with strips of steam-bent white oak to create a sculpture. More about Wrapping a Thonet Chair by Matthias Pliessnig
Dutch designers Tjep. have reduced part of a mass produced IKEA chair to a skeletal form to evoke the receding state of the global economy. More about Recession Chair by Tjep
This movie shows an installation by designer Bobby Petersen at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where chairs were programmed to play music when visitors sat on them. Each seat represented a different instrument and rhythm, creating a harmony when people sat down together. More about Musical Chairs by Bobby Petersen
Dezeen promotion: here's a movie from design brand Vitra about their ID Chair Concept by Italian designer Antonio Citterio, which generates more than 8000 possible office chairs. More about ID Chair Concept by Antonio Citterio for Vitra
Dezeen Platform: Florian Schmid presents his Stitching Concrete Project at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform in Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Florian Schmid
Beijing Design Week 2011: Vienna architect Dejana Kabiljo has installed a giant sofa made of bagged flour topped with fake chocolate icing at the 751-D Park for Beijing Design Week. More about LetThemSitCake! by Dejana Kabiljo
London Design Festival 2011: designer Max Lamb has created a series of furniture made entirely from standard wooden dowels. More about Woodware by Max Lamb at Gallery Fumi
Young designer Rami Tareef creates chairs with geometric patterns by wrapping and weaving cords around spare, steel frames. More about COD by Rami Tareef
Swiss designers Big-Game launched an armchair that looks like a quilt-covered deckchair at the Villa Noailles design festival in France this weekend. More about Bold by Big-Game
Show RCA 2011: here's another project by Royal College of Art graduate Ki Hyun Kim: a balsa wood dining chair that weighs just 1.3 kilograms, making it even lighter than Gio Ponti's famous 1.7 kilogram Superleggera chair. More about 1.3 Chair by Ki Hyun Kim
When viewed from outside an Issey Miyake store in Tokyo, these chairs backs by Japanese architect Yoichi Yamamoto appear to have legs and seats. More about 2D/3D Chairs by Yoichi Yamamoto for Issey Miyake
Dezeen Screen: In this movie filmed by Dezeen at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, San Francisco designer Yves Behar talks about Sayl, an office chair inspired by suspension bridges that he designed for furniture brand Herman Miller. Watch the movie »
More about Dezeen Screen: interview with Yves Behar on Sayl chair
Dutch designer Maarten Baas designed this chair with a ladder-back reaching into the sky for human rights charity Amnesty International. More about The Empty Chair by Maarten Baas for Amnesty International
Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop has created this collection of furniture by covering an assortment of old chairs in odd scraps of leather. More about Skin Collection by Pepe Heykoop
Munich designer Matthias Demacker presented this chair with interchangeable upholstery pads for Italian brand Area DeClic in Milan last month. More about Mixx by Matthias Demacker for Area DeClic
Milan 2011: London designer Benjamin Hubert launched this chair with a pressed-felt shell at Ventura Lambrate in Milan last month. More about Pod by Benjamin Hubert for De Vorm
Milan 2011: Bozen based designer Simone Simonelli has designed this folding chair from timber rods. More about Mossa Chair by Simone Simonelli for Promosedia
Milan 2011: designer Tord Boontje presented a collection of plywood furniture held together with thread for Italian brand Moroso at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan earlier this month. More about Stitched by Tord Boontje for Moroso
Artists Studio Job of Belgium have launched this rotational-moulded chair for Dutch design brand Moooi. More about Gothic Chair by Studio Job for Moooi
Milan 2011: this chair by designer Giulio Manzoni that converts into a single bed was presented at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan earlier this month for Italian brand Campeggi. More about Virgola by Giulio Manzoni for Campeggi