Traditionally reserved for cafes and restaurants, banquette seating can dramatically transform home kitchens. Our latest lookbook collects eight examples, from Australia to the Netherlands. More about Eight residential kitchens enhanced by banquette seating
Dezeen Showroom: taking subtle cues from art deco architecture, this seating collection by design studio MUCNYC for workplace furniture brand Narbutas features soft, rounded shapes. More about Myami seating collection by MUCNYC for Narbutas
Dezeen Showroom: Istanbul and London-based design studio Yet Design Studio has launched a stackable aluminium seat informed by an everyday building product. More about Strut chair by Yağmur Köylü for Yet Design Studio
The Designed in CH Made in JP exhibition at Milan design week showed chairs designed by students at Swiss design school ECAL for the country's national pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. More about ECAL students and Karimoku create HUG chair for Swiss pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
Designers including Patricia Urquiola, Faye Toogood and Misha Kahn looked to rolling hills and slabs of butter when creating these chubby seating projects, revealing a trend for the lumpy and chunky at this year's Milan design week. More about Six sightings of swollen seating at Milan design week
At furniture fair Salone del Mobile, designers used unusual materials, such as ventilation tubes and firewood, to create the standout seating designs in this roundup. More about Five funky chairs by emerging designers at Salone Satellite
Dezeen Showroom: work and leisure combine in designer Niels Diffrient's eponymous lounge chair for furniture brand Humanscale. More about Diffrient lounge chair by Niels Diffrient for Humanscale
Dezeen Showroom: Australian designer Alexander Lotersztain has collaborated with major airports around the world on a modular public seating design, which is available from furniture brand Derlot. More about Gateway seating by Alexander Lotersztain for Derlot
A cantilevered frame chair is next up in our Art Deco Centenary series. Developed by German-American designer Kem Weber, the self-assembly Airline chair laid the foundations for the flat-pack era. More about Kem Weber's Airline chair combined art deco style with flat-pack assembly
Dezeen Showroom: French designer Pierre Paulin's iconic Pumpkin chair designed in the 1970s has been rereleased by furniture company Ligne Roset. More about Pumpkin chair by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset
South Korean designer Junho Kang has created Cling, a stool made from stainless steel sheets and designed to resemble a climber's grip. More about Rock climbing informs stool with integrated carabiner by Junho Kang
Iranian-French architect India Mahdavi has created an armchair clad with not one but 10 yellow plug sockets by designer Omer Arbel, unveiled today at Paris's Matter and Shape design fair. More about India Mahdavi's Smiley armchair turns plug sockets into decoration
Dezeen Showroom: architect and designer Patricia Urquiola was informed by traditional Arab hospitality to create this low, rounded and modern sofa system for Spanish brand Kettal. More about Insula modular sofa by Patricia Urquiola for Kettal
At Bangkok Design Week, Thai studio Jhanyar unveiled a collection of products that can attach to existing furniture to make dining at the city's street food stalls more enjoyable. More about Jhanyar adds extra appendages to Bangkok's street food furniture
Lagos design firm Omi Collective has created a six-legged timber stool that reinterprets classic African seating designs and can be divided into three standalone modules. More about Omi Collective's "distinctly African" stool can split into three seats for sharing
Sustainability-driven designers including Richard Hutten and Lilian van Daal have contributed to Rethink Softly – a project by Rianne Koens dedicated to creating seating that doesn't rely on polyurethane foam. More about Rethink Softly seating creates comfort without foam
Promotion: the enduring popularity of Humanscale's iconic Freedom Chair is attributed to its radical design approach around ergonomics and comfort, according to its CEO Bob King. More about Humanscale reflects on how its Freedom Chair transformed ergonomic design
Arizona architecture studio I/Thee has created a public installation in an Iowa park composed of furniture affixed into two rammed earth walls that were made to look eroded by applying water pressure. More about I/Thee places seating within "intentionally eroded" earthen walls for Iowa park
Dezeen Showroom: French furniture brand Tiptoe has added to its SSD seating collection with the launch of the solid wood SSD stool, available in a palette of contemporary colours. More about SSD stool by Tiptoe
Dezeen Showroom: French furniture brand Tiptoe aimed to bring simplicity and character to its Étude chair, a lightweight and stackable design with versions for the lounge and dining room. More about Étude chair collection by Tiptoe