Dezeen promotion: the Whass office chair, created by Item Designworks for Spanish brand Actiu, is designed for flexible use. More about Actiu launches "super stackable" office chair by Item Designworks
New Zealand-born designer Sophie Rowley gives new life to discarded denim offcuts by recycling them into pieces of furniture with marble-like markings. More about Sophie Rowley designs marble-like furniture from repurposed denim
A chair that is "perfect for hacking" and baskets made from faux hair braids are among the products created by African designers for an IKEA homeware range. More about IKEA teams up with top African designers to launch Överallt furniture collection
Promotion: Milan-based designer Antonio Citterio has created a range of furniture for Italian brand Flexform, designed to suit the practicalities of everyday life. More about Flexform promotes "good design" with new furniture by Antonio Citterio
Lebanese-American designer Nabil Issa has launched his debut line of furniture, which includes a throne-like golden chair made from brass. More about Nabil Issa debuts "minimalistic yet bold" furniture collection
Dezeen has teamed up with Society6 to offer readers the chance to win either a coffee or side table printed with a design of their choosing, in our latest competition. More about Competition: win a coffee table from Society6
Belgian designer Pierre-Emmanuel Vandeputte has created a collection of long-legged steel furniture that he has imagined as a family of strange creatures. More about Pierre-Emmanuel Vandeputte debuts anthropomorphic steel furniture
Online marketplace 1stdibs has opened its first standalone brick-and-mortar store in a former warehouse in New York City, where customers can peruse new works by Fernando Mastrangelo Studio and Ladies & Gentlemen Studio, as well as antiques. More about Digital platform 1stdibs opens showroom in New York warehouse
Auto-maker Ford has dabbled in the world of home furnishing with the Lane-Keeping Bed, which promises to help couples get a better night's sleep. More about Ford invents smart mattress that keeps sleepers on their side of the bed
Layer has developed a smart textile for use in Airbus' economy class seating, which would allow passengers to monitor and control their seat conditions using their phone. More about Layer's smart Move seating for Airbus adapts to the passengers' needs
Mexico City-based Esrawe Studio has created a series of asymmetrically structured shelves that are inspired by the lattice structure of scaffolding used in construction. More about Esrawe Studio's Trama shelves are designed to resemble scaffolding
Mexican designer Pablo Limón has produced a set of furniture pieces with chromatic rainbow finishes, created by gently buffing surfaces covered in layers of silver nitrate. More about Pablo Limón coats furniture in silver nitrate for chromatic effect
The work of Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti is the focus of a major exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Curator Salvatore Licitra, who is also Ponti's nephew, picks out five of the most important designs in the show. More about Five influential pieces of furniture designed by Gio Ponti
The residents of Thessaloniki, Greece, can now recycle their plastic waste into 3D printed furniture for the city, using a new laboratory set up by Rotterdam studio The New Raw. More about Print Your City turns recycled food containers into street furniture
A house-shaped reading nook and colourful paintwork are among the playful features in this school for the children of refugees living in Tel Aviv, which has been overhauled by a team of local architects and designers. More about Colourful booths enliven Hayarden school for children of refugees in Tel Aviv
A set of bar stools is the latest addition to Dutch designer Maarten Baas' "family" of upholstered chairs with irregular back shapes for furniture brand Lensvelt. More about Maarten Baas designs bar stools with unusually-shaped backrests for Lensvelt
A residence that has belonged to the family of designer Emma Marga Blanche, co-founder of Färg & Blanche, for four generations provides a striking backdrop for the studio's Stockholm Design Week exhibition. More about Färg & Blanche creates The Baker's House installation in ornate family home in Stockholm
Swedish design collective Malmö Upcycling Service says "you can't sit with us" unless you rethink the sustainability of your production methods, in an exhibition of furniture made from recycled materials. More about Malmö Upcycling Service repurposes waste materials to make sustainable furniture
Architecture studio Snøhetta is working towards a more circular economy with its latest chair design, which is made from recycled plastic and steel taken from Norwegian fish farming industries. More about Snøhetta unveils S-1500 chair made from discarded fish nets
British designer Lara Bohinc looked to the geometric forms of planetary orbits when creating this table collection, designed to express "the simplicity of Bauhaus design". More about Lara Bohinc's Orbit tables reference Bauhaus geometries