Designers including Patricia Urquiola, Faye Toogood and Misha Kahn looked to rolling hills and slabs of butter when creating these chubby seating projects, revealing a trend for the lumpy and chunky at this year's Milan design week. More about Six sightings of swollen seating at Milan design week
At furniture fair Salone del Mobile, designers used unusual materials, such as ventilation tubes and firewood, to create the standout seating designs in this roundup. More about Five funky chairs by emerging designers at Salone Satellite
French designer Pierre Renart has created an American walnut and leather bench and a set of chairs for luxury brand Longchamp at Milan design week. More about Pierre Renart creates "fluid and dynamic" bench for Longchamp's first furniture collection
Fragrance brand Marc-Antoine Barrois has created a Milan design week exhibition where visitors navigate through a "forest" of thin ropes before emerging in front of a glowing orb based on a red star. More about Marc-Antoine Barrois and Antoine Bouillot surround orb with "forest" of ropes in Milan
Indian furniture brand Phantom Hands has launched a collection of furniture designed by the late Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, including a sofa created for his former home. More about Phantom Hands reissues Geoffrey Bawa's tropical modernist furniture
Flooring brand Forbo is showcasing its colour palette for its Furniture Linoleum surface material at an exhibition at Salone del Mobile during Milan design week, as seen in this video produced by Dezeen for the brand. More about Forbo debuts Furniture Linoleum colour palette at Milan design week
Dezeen Showroom: a series of tables with steam-bent, crimped wooden bases crowned by geometric tops is among nine new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Nami table by E-ggs for Miniforms among nine new products on Dezeen Showroom
Promotion: furniture brand Desalto returns to Milan design week with an exhibition stand spotlighting its latest upholstered furniture and metal products. More about Desalto to showcase renewed collections at this year's Milan design week
Fashion designer Jil Sander has launched the JS Thonet collection at Milan design week, featuring reworked versions of architect Marcel Breuer's classic S 64 chair. More about Jil Sander takes Marcel Breuer's cantilevered chair "to the next level" for Thonet
A chair shaped like a hooded cobra and a table that evokes a scarab beetle feature in designer Omar Chakil's Transcendence series. More about Omar Chakil's stone furniture collection references ancient Egyptian gods
Promotion: Swiss furniture brand Vitra has announced the development of a world-first easily recyclable polyurethane foam, developed in partnership with chemicals company BASF. More about Vitra introduces recyclable polyurethane upholstery foam called V-Foam
As Foster + Partners Industrial Design rebrands and launches a new website, studio head Mike Holland picks 10 products that demonstrate the breadth of its work. More about Ten products that "illustrate the diversity" of Foster + Partners Industrial Design
Swedish designer Gustaf Westman and sex-positive dating app Feeld have created a playful multipurpose bed for at least three people. More about Gustaf Westman designs three-person bed for throuples to "explore what's new and possible"
Dezeen Showroom: a shower head encircled by a glowing illuminated ring that drenches bathrooms in coloured light is among 10 new products published on Dezeen Showroom. More about Solos showering solutions by Ideal Standard among 10 new products on Dezeen Showroom
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann produced some of art deco's most extravagant designs. For our Art Deco Centenary series, we profile the French designer who wanted to make the best furniture in the world, at any cost. More about Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann created the crème de la crème of art deco design
Flooring brand Forbo explains how its linoleum surfacing material uses natural, raw materials to create a versatile finish in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen for the brand. More about Forbo's Furniture Linoleum surfacing material "crafted by nature"
Dezeen Showroom: a pendant lamp made from a combination of wool and bioplastic is among ten new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Big Glow lighting by Rakumba among ten new products on Dezeen Showroom
Furniture designer Ben Willett has shown wooden furniture designed for his own house, which was lost in the catastrophic January wildfires, at a group show in LA. More about Willett exhibits furniture originally designed for family home lost to wildfires
Dezeen Showroom: Australian designer Alexander Lotersztain has collaborated with major airports around the world on a modular public seating design, which is available from furniture brand Derlot. More about Gateway seating by Alexander Lotersztain for Derlot
Promotion: playful shapes and handcrafted wooden frames are among the defining features in furniture collections set to be shown at the Look Book exhibition at this year's ICFF in New York City. More about Fifteen furniture designers showcased at ICFF's Look Book 2025