The beads on this oversized abacus designed by Ontario-based Jeff Goodman Studio are made from colourful pieces of blown glass. More about Jeff Goodman Studio blows coloured glass beads for Devil's Abacus screen
Brightly coloured louvres screen the living spaces of this Sydney residence, which are contained in a pair of concrete boxes and set atop a sandstone plinth. More about Multi-coloured sunscreens create stripy exterior for Sydney house by Smart Design Studio
Movable, perforated screens allow this north London apartment to be adapted to suit various situations. More about Studio Ben Allen uses geometric screens to create adaptable London apartment
Japanese design studio Nendo has proposed a range of circular whiteboards that can be easily wheeled around the office to encourage creativity. More about Nendo designs rolling office partitions to aid creativity
Note Design's Focus divider can be rolled up and stored in a backpack for nomadic office workers who need more privacy (+ slideshow). More about Note Design creates office divider for people working on the go
Perforated panels of weathering steel create sunshades for this concrete house in Chile, but also offer protection from stray balls struck by players on the adjacent golf course (+ slideshow). More about Cristian Hrdalo adds protective steel screens to house beside a golf course in Chile
Brussels-based designer Alain Gilles has created a sound-absorbing screen as his latest product for office acoustics specialists Buzzispace (+ slideshow). More about Alain Gilles designs felt BuzziBlinds to shield workers from office noise
Dutch brand De Vorm's combined lamp and desk partition has been designed to bring privacy to crowded open offices (+ slideshow). More about De Vorm's Workspace Divider lamp adds privacy to open offices
Stockholm 2016: Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto's collection of screens for Swedish furniture brand Offecct can be arranged as "a forest of organic shapes" to help dampen noise in open-plan interiors (+ slideshow). More about Jin Kuramoto designs petal-shaped Wind room dividers for "acoustically chaotic" spaces
Stockholm 2016: Stockholm designer Chris Martin's shelving system for Swedish brand Massproductions comes as individual units that can be linked together as many times as necessary (+ slideshow). More about Massproductions' Endless shelving doubles as an adjustable room divider
Benjamin Hubert's London studio Layer has designed a modular screen system made up of triangular hemp tiles for Australian textile company Woven Image (+ slideshow). More about Layer uses large hemp tiles to create tessellating Scale partition system
Stockholm 2014: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a set of ceiling-mounted office dividers for Swedish brand Offecct (+ slideshow). More about Luca Nichetto's Notes screens hang from the ceiling
Milan 2013: leafy forests and palatial interiors become visible under different coloured lights in the latest series of wallpapers and screens by Milan design studio Carnovsky (+ slideshow). More about RGB Fabulous Landscapes by Carnovsky
Beijing Design Week: traditional Chinese motifs inspired these screens made of steel that's normally used to reinforce buildings by design studio MICROmacro Lab. More about CONtradition screens by MICROmacro Lab
Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær has made a series of sheer silk room dividers in pale, graduated colours. More about Tint room dividers by Kristine Five Melvær
Milan 2011: These screens made of sticks covered in Velcro by designers Kawamura-Ganjavian will be used to divide exhibition stands at Designjunction in Milan next month. More about StickingSticks by Kawamura-Ganjavian
San Francisco designers Mike and Maaike have created a space divider comprising overlapping grids of batons. More about Swarm by Mike and Maaike
Milan 2010: at Spazio Rosana Orlandi in Milan this week designers Boaz Cohen & Sayaka Yamamoto of BCXSY are exhibiting a series of folding wooden screens made in collaboration with a Japanese joinery craftsman. More about Join by BCXSY