Swedish brand IKEA has unveiled its Kompishäng collection for short-term renters, featuring a £7 wardrobe organiser that doubles as a backpack and a side table that can be carried over the arm like a handbag. More about IKEA releases portable furniture designed to be moved without a car
With the gap between cheap and expensive furniture wider than ever, IKEA's new PS collection is a timely reminder that affordable design can also be joyful, writes Debika Ray. More about "IKEA has challenged the rest of the design world"
Emerging Finnish designer Anton Mikkonen has created a selection of sculptural lighting and furniture pieces to highlight "the beauty in making", which he presented as part of the Habitare fair at Helsinki Design Week. More about Folded timber lamp by Anton Mikkonen resembles "a butterfly pinned to the wall"
Italian designer Mara Bragagnolo has created a flat-pack furniture collection that can be tailored to meet the diverse needs of children on the autism spectrum. More about Mara Bragagnolo designs puzzle-style furniture for autistic children
A cantilevered frame chair is next up in our Art Deco Centenary series. Developed by German-American designer Kem Weber, the self-assembly Airline chair laid the foundations for the flat-pack era. More about Kem Weber's Airline chair combined art deco style with flat-pack assembly
Industrial design duo SF-SO has developed a range of modular bent-metal storage that is only 1.6 millimetres thick but can support the equivalent of a baby elephant in weight. More about SF-SO folds steel sheets to create "paper-like" shelving system
IKEA has announced it will re-release some of its most celebrated vintage designs from the 1960s, 70s and 80s, including a steel-framed shelf that is one of the Swedish furniture brand's most popular products on the resale market. More about IKEA revives popular 1970s shelf by Niels Gammelgaard in Nytillverkad vintage collection
Researchers from Swiss design school ÉCAL have unveiled a range of flat-pack furniture at Milan design week that needs to be soaked in water to reach its final form. More about ÉCAL's grow-at-home sponge furniture expands to ten times its size
Swedish designer Fredrik Paulsen has teamed up with auction house Bukowskis on Foundation of Joy, a playful furniture series featuring neon colours, tree branches and chains. More about Fredrik Paulsen creates 33 unique Joy Objects in 33 days
Swedish design studio Addi has created an alternative to conventional waiting-area furniture – a minimalist log-like perch where users can rest for a moment in lieu of taking a proper seat. More about Lumber is a space-saving seat designed for perching
Showcased at Dutch Design Week, HBMS is a flat-pack shelving unit created by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pierre Salaün that is folded into its 3D form from a single metal sheet. More about HBMS shelving unit is hand-folded from one sheet of stainless steel
Architect Daisuke Motogi is presenting his Hackability of the Stool exhibition featuring one hundred alternative ideas for Finnish designer Alvar Aalto's Stool 60 as part of London Design Festival. More about Daisuke Motogi reimagines Alvar Aalto's iconic Stool 60 a hundred times over
London studio EBBA Architects has branched out into furniture design with the release of a recycled paper stool that can be used alone or combined in pairs to form a coffee table. More about EBBA Architects layers recycled paper to form flat-pack Plod stool
The Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart has released prototypes for self-forming wood furniture that requires no assembly. More about Flat-pack wood furniture uses "nature-powered shaping" to self assemble
Design brand Muji has collaborated with students at ÉCAL to create a collection of space-saving furniture, which was presented in an exhibition at Milan design week. More about Muji and ÉCAL students design compact furniture built to tidy up daily life
Dezeen Showroom: French designer Léonard Kadid has created a "radical yet subtle" flat-pack chair for Parisian furniture brand Kann Design. More about Tal chair by Léonard Kadid for Kann Design
Dezeen Showroom: workspace furniture brand Spacestor has created a compact, foldable and portable desk called KIT, in a bid to help users work more comfortably from their own home. More about KIT desk by Spacestor
Dezeen Showroom: London designer Fuzl Studio has developed a range of flat-pack furniture consisting of birch-plywood panels that clip together with metal fasteners. More about Fuzl Studio designs Originals range of clip-together furniture
Dezeen Showroom: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has created a flat-packed sofa for Finish furniture brand Basta. More about Ponte sofa by Marcel Wanders for Basta
Dezeen Showroom: Danish designer Cecilie Manz has created a wooden coffee table for furniture brand Takt that users can assemble themselves by securing the two components together with leather loops. More about Cecilie Manz's flat-pack Plint table for Takt is made up of two parts