Graduate designer Yerin Do presented leather clothes hooks that slot into wooden surfaces to make them look like they're infested with fungi at the Royal College of Art degree show, which opened last week (+ slideshow). More
Icelandic studio Hlutagerðin has designed this leather and lambskin armour to keep teapots warm and protect tablets from coffee table scrapes (+ slideshow). More
These rectangular shoes by student designer Maria Nina Vaclavek play on the contrast between geometric forms and the curving shape of the wearers feet (+ slideshow). More
Danish designer Cecilie Manz has added a trestle table held together by strips of leather to Menu's 2014 collection of furniture and homeware. More
Alchemist Lauren Bowker applied heat-sensitive ink to a sculptural leather garment and used fire to alter its colour during a presentation for her company The Unseen (+ movie). More
Stockholm 2014: Swedish designer Monica Förster has created a range of leather bags for Stockholm boutique Palmgrens. More
Product news:Â this leather lampshade by British designer Daniel Schofield features a laser-cut pattern and stitching inspired by traditional British shoe-making techniques. More
Design Miami:Â Belgian designer Maarten de Ceulaer nailed bendy leather planks onto solid wood to create this installation of stripy furniture for Italian fashion house Fendi (+ slideshow). More
These back-to-front shoes by designer Leanie van der Vyver force the wearer to walk in an unnatural way (+ movie). More
Icelandic fashion designer Sruli Recht has used translucent lambskin, stripy skunk fur, an ancient meteorite and fabric that can withstand mortar attacks in his latest menswear collection (+ slideshow). More
Italian designers Formafantasma have completed a series of objects using various types of discarded leather, including the skin of pigs, fish and cork trees. More
London designer Tomás Alonso presented a range of shelves and lighting that combine ash timber with leather saddlery during the London Design Festival. More
These wallets and spectacle cases are each made of a single piece of leather that's been folded into shape then hardened in boiling water. More
These shoes by Dutch footwear designer Marloes ten Bhömer are pressed from three pieces of leather. More
Stockholm 2011: Swedish designer Fredrik Färg presented his collection of leather stools as part of 20 Designers at Biologiska (see earlier story) during Stockholm Furniture Fair earlier this month. More
Sjoerd Vroonland of the Netherlands has designed a collection of chairs, including this one with branches sprouting from the back-rest. More
At Dutch Design Week designer Pepe Heykoop presents a collection of leather lampshades made by underprivileged women in Mumbai. More
Swedish designer David Ericsson has created a furniture range made from leather, wood and linen for his thesis project at the Carl Malmsten Workshop in Sweden. More
Here are some more images of boiled leather furniture by Tortie Hoare, the winning project from New Designers Part 2 2010 (see our earlier story). More
London designer Simon Hasan has hand-made 400 bowls, cups and vases from boiled leather, which he will sell via a vending machine. More
