COS launches The Serpentine Shoes to coincide with pavilion opening
Designers at Swedish fashion brand COS have created limited-edition shoes for its partnership with this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (+ slideshow). More
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Yerin Do adds leather "parasites" to wooden furniture
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
Hlutagerðin recreates ancient Icelandic armour for tea cosy and tablet case
Icelandic studio Hlutagerðin has designed this leather and lambskin armour to keep teapots warm and protect tablets from coffee table scrapes (+ slideshow). More
Rectangle shoes by Maria Nina Vaclavek reveal outlines of the wearer's feet
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
Cecilie Manz's Knot Trestle for Menu swaps screws for leather strips
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
Colour-changing ink transforms flame-engulfed headdress by Lauren Bowker
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
Monica Förster designs leather bags for Palmgrens
Stockholm 2014: Swedish designer Monica Förster has created a range of leather bags for Stockholm boutique Palmgrens. More
Brogue Light by Daniel Schofield for Deadgood
Product news: this leather lampshade by British designer Daniel Schofield features a laser-cut pattern and stitching inspired by traditional British shoe-making techniques. More
Transformations by Maarten de Ceulaer for Fendi
Design Miami: 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
Scary Beautiful by Leanie van der Vyver
These back-to-front shoes by designer Leanie van der Vyver force the wearer to walk in an unnatural way (+ movie). More
Circumsolar by Sruli Recht
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
Craftica by Formafantasma
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
Aintree by Tomás Alonso at Vera, Chapter One
London designer Tomás Alonso presented a range of shelves and lighting that combine ash timber with leather saddlery during the London Design Festival. More
Hunters Bend by Tove Emilsson
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
Pressedleathershoe by Marloes ten Bhömer
These shoes by Dutch footwear designer Marloes ten Bhömer are pressed from three pieces of leather. More
Succession by Fredrik Färg at 20 Designers at Biologiska
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
Revised Craft by Sjoerd Vroonland
Sjoerd Vroonland of the Netherlands has designed a collection of chairs, including this one with branches sprouting from the back-rest. More
Leather Lampshades by Pepe Heykoop
At Dutch Design Week designer Pepe Heykoop presents a collection of leather lampshades made by underprivileged women in Mumbai. More
Carl Malmsten made me do it by David Ericsson
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
Leather furniture by Tortie Hoare
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