Milan 2016: Normann Copenhagen has become the latest brand to release flat-pack furniture, working with Danish designer Hans Horneman on a range of self-assembly lounge chairs (+ slideshow). More about Normann Copenhagen adds flat-pack lounge furniture to its collection
Milan 2016: designer Ini Archibong has based the coloured glass legs of his Galilee and Orion tables on mythological characters and biblical stories (+ slideshow). More about Ini Archibong creates tables from marble slabs and coloured glass legs
Milan 2016: London studio Industrial Facility has designed a solid wood "chair for church" for Italian furniture brand Mattiazzi (+ slideshow). More about Industrial Facility's stackable Tronco chair for Mattiazzi is designed for church congregations
Milan 2016: Chinese studio MAD Architects has created a door handle based on the shape of the firm's skyscrapers in Mississauga, Canada, which have been nicknamed the Marilyn Monroe Towers. More about MAD models Marilyn door handle on its curvaceous Canadian skyscrapers
Milan 2016: Italian design studio Tipic has created a smart kitchen countertop that integrates various interactive functions including a sink that appears out of the surface with a simple gesture (+ movie). More about Tipic's smart Tulèr kitchen features a sink that appears with the wave of a hand
Milan 2016: Dutch designer Bertjan Pot has created a colourful textile to upholster Cassina's Utrecht armchair, designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1935. More about Bertjan Pot designs bespoke Jacquard textile for Cassina's iconic Utrecht armchair
Milan 2016: British designer Jasper Morrison's new collection for Swiss brand Vitra includes a modular sofa, a cubic-looking armchair and a simple plastic chair (+ slideshow). More about Jasper Morrison presents "super-normal" furniture collection for Vitra
Milan 2016: Italian furniture brand Magis has launched furniture and accessories by designers Konstantin Grcic, the Bouroullec brothers and Jerszy Seymour in Milan to mark the company's 40th anniversary (+ slideshow). More about Magis celebrates 40th anniversary with Milan furniture and accessory launches
Milan 2016: curving lines of black granite form this shelving system by Zaha Hadid, unveiled in Milan by Italian brand Citco a month after the Pritzker Prize-winning architect died unexpectedly (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid's Valle shelves feature in latest range from Citco
Milan 2016: knitted belts hold together the folded cushions around Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola's latest seating range for Italian brand Moroso. More about Patricia Urquiola uses knitted straps to fasten Belt seating for Moroso
Milan 2016: Italian furniture brand Sawaya & Moroni has unveiled a table designed by architect Zaha Hadid, who died unexpectedly last month. More about Zaha Hadid's Mew table is her last piece of furniture design for Sawaya & Moroni
Milan 2016: the works of Minimalist sculptor Donald Judd and Italian architect Andrea Palladio have informed the design of this set of tables by Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune for Dutch furniture brand Artifort (+ slideshow). More about Claesson Koivisto Rune's Palladio tables reference Minimalist sculpture
Milan 2016: Stockholm design studio Afteroom's Family benches for Danish brand Menu feature tables that branch from the frames on powder-coated steel rods. More about Afteroom updates collection of tubular steel furniture for Menu
Milan 2016: London studio Industrial Facility has designed a range of desks and tables for American furniture company Emeco based on canteen tables and park benches (+ movie). More about Industrial Facility designs plank-topped tables for Emeco
Dezeen promotion: Japanese brand Maruni Wood Industry will launch products by designers Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile fair in Milan next week (+ movie). More about Maruni to launch designs by Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison in Milan
Milan 2016: a minimal rocking horse by Nendo and a swing by Philippe Starck are among Italian design brand Kartell's collection of products aimed specifically at children, a key trend in Milan this year (+ slideshow). More about Kartell reveals plastic furniture range designed for children
Milan 2016: the latest designer rocking horse comes from Stockholm studio Front, which has based its minimal design for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna on an old bent-wood chair from the furniture brand's archive. More about Front designs bent-wood rocking horse for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna
Milan 2016: Japanese studio Nendo has designed a transparent plastic rocking horse based on I-beams used in building construction. More about Nendo designs transparent plastic rocking horse for Kartell
Milan 2015: Tokyo-based Schemata Architects created an exhibition stand for Swiss furniture brand Vitra made from Japanese wooden pallets for Milan's 2015 Salone del Mobile design fair (+ slideshow). More about Schemata Architects builds Vitra's Salone stand from wooden pallets
Milan 2015: Jasper Morrison has defended Milan's Salone Del Mobile, saying it is "by far the most important event for the furniture industry" and that his earlier criticisms of the fair were a "mistake" (+ interview). More about Milan's Salone del Mobile is still "the centre of the furniture design world" says Jasper Morrison