Spanish designer Max Enrich has contrasted simple, geometric panels with bulky, tubular legs to create a trio of nesting steel coffee tables. More about Max Enrich pairs bulky legs with slender surfaces to create nesting coffee tables
Swiss designer Jona Messerli has created a flat-pack table lamp with a lattice-patterned shade made from Japanese shoji paper. More about Jona Messerli's Sol lamp has a Noguchi-inspired paper shade
Romanian designers say they are about to storm the world stage – and they're not going to let the lack of home-grown brands, manufacturers or heritage stop them. More about Romanian designers champion "clumsy, simple but honest" furniture
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
Belgian studio Robbrecht en Daem has turned its hand to children's toys with a puppet theatre created for design brand Valerie Objects. More about Robbrecht en Daem designs sombre-coloured puppet theatre influenced by fairytale castles
In this movie Dezeen produced for Caesarstone, New York designer Todd Bracher explains why he chose to merge multiple rooms into one for his Das Haus installation at IMM Cologne 2017. More about Das Haus 2017 showcased "next generation" of open-plan living, says designer Todd Bracher
From a copper clock that uses perfume to tell time to spotted terrazzo tables and steam-bent wooden homeware, here are 12 standout products by up-and-coming designers showcased at IMM Cologne. More about 12 of the best products by up-and-coming designers from IMM Cologne 2017
German designer Bernhard Osann curved a rod to make this simple light, which leans against a wall and can be rotated to create different effects. More about Rod bent in two places constitutes ultra-minimalist Neo light
Sebastian Herkner's Caribe furniture range is produced by craftsmen in Santa Marta, Colombia, using a traditional technique many learn at school. More about Sebastian Herkner uses traditional Colombian weaving technique for Caribe furniture
A group of design students from Germany's Angewandte Kunst Schneeberg have created a collection of furniture made of felt wrapped around simple wooden frameworks. More about German students design flexible furniture collection using felt composite
Italian designer Alberto Bellamoli has added to the growing trend for terrazzo, unveiling homeware patterned with coloured marble spots. More about Alberto Bellamoli creates dappled terrazzo tables, bowls and candleholders
German designer Meike Harde has created a pair of patterned mirrors for Pulpo with protruding frames that can be used to hang coats or jewellery. More about Meike Harde's mirrors sit askew in frames that double as hangers
German footwear brand Birkenstock has moved into the bedroom, adapting the principles behind its famous sandals to a collection of beds launched at this year's IMM Cologne furniture fair. More about Birkenstock launches line of beds as next step in comfort design
Chairs that sculptor and painter Roman Modzelewski designed in the 1950s are available to purchase for the first time as part of a new collection launched by Polish brand Vzor at IMM Cologne. More about Vzor launches collection of "timeless" chairs by mid-century Polish sculptor
Perfume leaks at hourly intervals onto the copper face of this clock by German designer Patrick Palcic, which was presented at this year's IMM Cologne. More about Copper clock by Patrick Palcic uses perfume to tell time
German designer Thomas Schnur's 21 Common Things exhibition at IMM Cologne pays tribute to everyday objects including watering cans, plastic bags and clothes pegs. More about Thomas Schnur honours everyday objects with Cologne exhibition
Alain Berteau's hybrid bed-bench and Alain Gilles' easy-to-assemble chair are among the Belgian designs featured in an installation of monochrome office furniture at this year's IMM Cologne. More about Monochrome office furniture destined for co-working goes on display at IMM Cologne
A bed, desk and wardrobe are all combined into the framework of this piece of furniture, created by designer Pieter Peulen to allow students to maximise space, and on show at this year's IMM Cologne furniture fair. More about Hybrid bed-desk frame by Pieter Peulen helps students make the most of tiny living spaces
London-based designers Fabio Hendry and Martijn Rigters have used burnt human hair to create patterns on aluminium stools, which they are presenting at this year's IMM Cologne furniture fair. More about Burnt hair creates etch-like patterns on stools by Fabio Hendry and Martijn Rigters
Todd Bracher has become the latest designer to create a contemporary living space at IMM Cologne, with an installation that "ignores the architecture and starts from the beginning". More about Todd Bracher challenges typical home organisation for his Das Haus installation