This office and workshop for a theatre designer in Osaka was designed by Japanese studio Mattch to look like a glazed box hovering between two solid curtains (+ slideshow). More about Set design studio in Japan by Mattch plays with theatrical imagery
Milan 2014: Brooklyn-based designer Marc Thorpe is showing a range of tables inspired by leaves and stems for Moroso in Milan this year (+ slideshow). More about Marc Thorpe reimagines garden vine to create steel table
Laser-cut stainless steel creates an intricately patterned surface on the walls of this upgraded metro station in Amsterdam by architecture firm Maccreanor Lavington (+ slideshow). More about Maccreanor Lavington overhauls Amsterdam's Kraaiennest metro station
British designer Josh Bitelli has created a series of vessels by dripping molten steel from a welding gun. More about Josh Bitelli uses welding equipment to make containers from coils of molten steel
Steel reinforcing bars are used for shelving and partitions at this coffee shop in Dublin by VAV architects. More about Reinforcing steel creates shelves and partitions in Dublin coffee shop
This engineering research facility at the University of Debrecen, Hungary, by NAPUR Architect has a steel-panelled facade that can fold open to let daylight penetrate the laboratories inside (+ slideshow). More about DEM Power Engineering Demonstration Centre by NAPUR Architect
Japanese designer Ryuji Nakamura used crayons to draw thin lines of colour along the rods of these gridded benches (+ slideshow). More about Water Lily by Ryuji Nakamura
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
Red steel ribbons are parted like curtains to welcome visitors into this museum in northern Japan by Canadian studio Molo (+ slideshow). More about Nebuta House by Molo
UK designer Michael Antrobus has created a corkscrew and bottle opener by making just a few twists in flat stainless steel bars. More about Ground Barware by Michael Antrobus
Belgian practice MDW Architecture has completed a residential complex in Brussels using industrial materials that reference the site's former use as a scrap metal dealership (photos by Julien Lanoo). More about Le Lorrain by MDW Architecture
Young designer Rami Tareef creates chairs with geometric patterns by wrapping and weaving cords around spare, steel frames. More about COD by Rami Tareef
London studio Tamir Addadi Architecture have inserted a tiny staircase to access a tiny loft in a London house. More about Loft Access by Tamir Addadi Architecture
Architects Bell Phillips created this folded stainless steel staircase for a south London home. More about Origami Stair by Bell Phillips
DMY Berlin 2010: Maastricht designer Christoph Seyferth presented a tower of tables made of folded sheet steel as one of the satellite shows of DMY Berlin last week. More about Lloyd Table by Christoph Seyferth
Spanish studio MSB have designed a collection of steel-plate furniture including this desk, which combines a seat and table. More about Essence Collection by MSB
Paris architect Florian Brillet has created a coffee table with a branching structure. More about TSAR by Florian Brillet
Scottish studio Groves-Raines Architects have completed a composting shed in Edinburgh made of the bars normally used to reinforce concrete. More about Composting Shed by Groves-Raines Architects
Shanghai Expo 2010: the Danish Pavilion by Bjarke Ingels Group at Shanghai Expo 2010 opened to the public today along with the rest of the Expo. More about Danish Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 by BIG
London architects Haworth Tompkins have inserted a Corten steel artist's studio into a ruined Victorian dovecote in Suffolk, UK. More about The Dovecote Studio by Haworth Tompkins