Milan 2016: Dutch furniture brand Lensvelt is producing a collection of "boring" office furniture intended to "restore the balance between work and play" in the workplace (+ movie). More about Lensvelt designs collection of intentionally boring office furniture
Milan 2016: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto explains why he has chosen light rather than physical objects to create his Milan design week installation for fashion brand COS (+ movie). More about Sou Fujimoto will use "only light" to create COS Milan installation
Milan 2016: Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni has set up a new internet-based plastic furniture brand that he hopes will overcome the "irreconcilable gap" between physical and online retail. More about Stefano Giovannoni to launch Qeeboo online design brand in Milan
Milan 2016: each of the splotchy metal Last Stool Splatter seats by British designer Max Lamb for furniture brand Hem is patterned by hand. More about Max Lamb splatters metal stools for Hem
Milan 2016: Japanese design studio Nendo has created a series of 50 chairs, which are each based on the abstract lines and grids used in graphics for manga-style comic books. More about Nendo designs 50 chairs based on Japanese manga comics
Milan 2016: homeware and furniture from a range of Norwegian designers including Andreas Engesvik and Lars Beller Fjetland will go on display at the Structure exhibition in Milan's Ventura Lambrate district next month (+ slideshow). More about Structure exhibition in Milan to bring together work from 26 Norwegian designers
Milan 2016: British designer Tom Dixon will debut a range of homeware that references the brand's material "building blocks" in Milan next month. More about Tom Dixon to launch Materiality range during Milan design week
Milan 2016: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed this year's Milan design week installation for fashion brand COS, which will feature cones of light created by spotlights. More about Sou Fujimoto to create "forest of light" for COS installation in Milan
Extra Moooi: in our next exclusive movie for Moooi, designer and artist Joep Van Lieshout explains how his Rotterdam-based studio came up with the branching form of its new lamp for the Dutch brand. More about Atelier Van Lieshout's Statistocrat lamp for Moooi "is a kind of diagram"
Movie: in our next exclusive movie for Moroso, Carole Baijings of Scholten & Baijings explains how the design duo's new seating range for the Italian brand was designed around the fabric. More about Scholten & Baijings' Ottoman daybed for Moroso "started with the textile"
Movie: in our next exclusive movie for Moroso, Italian designer Martino Gamper explains how he designed his St Mark stacking chair to unify the appearance of indoor and outdoor cafe seating. More about Martino Gamper's St Mark chair for Moroso is designed to be made from different materials
Movie: American designer Marc Thorpe reveals which vegetable influenced his Husk chair for Moroso in our next exclusive movie for the Italian furniture brand. More about Marc Thorpe's latest chair for Moroso is based on the shapes of corn husks
London designer Michael Anastassiades has continued his use of circular shapes and balanced elements in lighting designs to create a new lamp for Italian brand Flos. More about Michael Anastassiades' Copycat lamp for Flos comprises a pair of balanced spheres
Movie: German designer Sebastian Herkner explains why he created a seating range made from thick metal tubes in our latest movie for Italian furniture brand Moroso (+ movie). More about Sebastian Herkner's Pipe furniture collection for Moroso is "not just about function"
London Design Festival 2015: Turkish designer Bilge Nur Saltik has created a line of hand-cut patterned glass vessels that create a kaleidoscope effect when filled with flowers (+ movie). More about Bilge Nur Saltik's glass OP-vases create kaleidoscopic floral effects
Movie: Dutch designer Richard Hutten explains why he designed a chair with a distinctive X-shape on the back in the next movie in our exclusive video series for Italian furniture brand Moroso. More about Richard Hutten's X-Chair for Moroso is "actually quite complex"
Movie: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola discusses the impact of her relationship with Italian furniture company Moroso on her career in the next instalment of our exclusive video series filmed in Milan. More about Moroso "gave me credibility" as a designer, says Patricia Urquiola
Danish design duo GamFratesi has incorporated patterned cane panels into a collection of steam-bent furniture for Gebrüder Thonet. More about GamFratesi pairs bent wood and rattan for Gebrüder Thonet furniture line
In the first of a series of movies filmed in Milan, Patrizia Moroso, creative director of Italian furniture brand Moroso, explains why building close relationships with designers and architects is so important to her. More about "I want to work with designers that I love" says Patrizia Moroso
Dezeen promotion: designers including Jaime Hayón, Nendo and Front created scent-related installations for the Milan exhibition of creative thinktank Be Open (+ slideshow). More about Designers rebrand defunct perfume labels for Be Open's The Garden of Wonders