Today is World Book Day. To mark the occasion we've rounded up 10 of the best ways designers have stored books, from bookshelf staircases to a huge concrete case that spans the wall of a Mexico City home. More about 10 shelving designs that are perfect for book lovers
An exhibition exploring the journey from maker to market in Norway is set to take place during this year's Milan design week. More about Everything Is Connected brings work of 30 young Norwegian designers to Milan
Dezeen has teamed up with Aram Store to offer our UK readers a chance to win a lounge chair designed by Le Corbusier, a side table by Eero Saarinen or a table lamp by Achille Castiglioni. More about Competition: win furniture designed by Le Corbusier, Eero Saarinen and Achille Castiglioni
The Shakers are on the verge of extinction following the recent death of one of the sect's three surviving members. So why is their austere style having yet another revival? More about Shaker style is back again as designers celebrate "the first minimalists"
Slovakian designer Šimon Kern's Beleaf chair is made from a mixture of recycled leaves and bio-resin. More about Šimon Kern makes chair from recycled fallen leaves
Stockholm designer Thomas Bernstrand has created an outdoor stool that locks up like a supermarket trolley to keep parks and public spaces tidy. More about Thomas Bernstrand's coin-operated Share Stool is an alternative to fixed street furniture
Swedish studio Front designed the customisable Button sofa to be as suitable for aged-care environments as it is for the home of a young person. More about Cushions and baskets hook onto Front's Button sofa for Swedese
An embracing chair designed to soothe anxiety and a lamp that anyone can be taught to manufacture are among items of furniture designed for prisons by students from Norway's University of Bergen. More about University of Bergen students design furniture for prison inmates
The latest addition to the terrazzo trend is a set of speckled pedestal tables designed by furniture company Another Brand. More about Another Brand exploits "endless potential" of terrazzo for table collection
Now the Stockholm Furniture Fair has ended, we're reflecting on some of the most promising talent spotted during the event. More about Seven emerging designers to watch from the Stockholm Furniture Fair
IKEA and Tom Dixon have revealed the results of their collaboration: a modular bed that "explores notions of adaptability and future-proofing". More about IKEA reveals Tom Dixon's Delaktig modular bed and sofa
Architectural photographer Fernando Guerra has captured Claesson Koivisto Rune's first collection for Swedish furniture brand Dux at a vineyard in northern Portugal. More about Fernando Guerra photographs Claesson Koivisto Rune's first furniture collection for Dux
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with design brand BD Barcelona Design to look back on some of its most successful products – the first being a table designed by Konstantin Grcic in 2009. More about Konstantin Grcic's Table B for BD Barcelona still is an "iconic design"
New York streetwear brand Supreme has released a special-edition version of a three-legged stool originally designed by Alvar Aalto in the 1930s. More about Supreme unveils chequerboard edition of Alvar Aalto's iconic Stool 60
Swedish furniture company Blå Station has worked with designers Thomas Bernstrand and Stefan Borselius to produce a flexible sofa formed from narrow cushioned slices. More about Blå Station's modular Bob sofa offers "almost unlimited options"
Israeli designer Bar Gantz has created a collection of furniture by steam-bending wood into twisted shapes. More about Bar Gantz uses steam-bending to create twisted wood furniture
Korean designer Jungsub Shim spent months building up the structure of this intricate chair using only a 3D-printing pen. More about Jungsub Shim's Connect chair is drawn by hand using a 3D-printing pen
For this year's Stockholm furniture fair, a group of students from Helsinki's Aalto University presented a range of chairs made using only three thicknesses of galvanised steel rods. More about Aalto University students create 12 chairs using only steel rods
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón is making forays into architecture, with this pop-up pavilion at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and a more large-scale project in the pipeline. More about Jaime Hayon mashes up architectural styles for Stockholm Furniture Fair pavilion
GamFratesi worked with Gubi to create the custom furniture filling Paris' House of Denmark, which is now being launched as a collection at Stockholm Furniture Fair. More about GamFratesi creates furniture and interiors for Maison du Danemark in Paris