New York 2016: Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has designed a collection of furniture for Italian brand Poltrona Frau that provides decorative storage solutions (+ slideshow). More about Neri&Hu's Ren furniture for Poltrona Frau functions like "little butlers"
Milan 2016: German designer Thomas Schnur has designed a gridded storage system than can be used to display plants, hang up clothes, or as a framework for shelves (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Schnur's wire Grid functions as a storage system
New York 2016: Brooklyn design studio Fort Standard has debuted a cabinet crafted from stone slabs and a chair made solely of leather as part of its latest furniture collection (+ slideshow). More about Fort Standard creates soapstone cabinet for material-focused collection
Milan 2016: Patricia Urquiola has added stained-glass panels to the front of these cabinets, becoming the latest in a series of designers to use the material for contemporary furniture. More about Patricia Urquiola creates stained-glass doors for Credenza cabinets
Milan 2016: Brazilian duo Humberto and Fernando Campana have used coloured glass to fill blob-shaped gaps in this wooden cabinet for Spanish brand BD Barcelona Design. More about Coloured glass panels form windows into Campana brothers' Aquário cabinet
Czech architecture studio DDAANN has converted the lower level of a spacious apartment in Prague to create a guest house and a meeting point for group cycling trips. More about DDAANN adds minimal guest house to cyclist's home
Stockholm 2016: responding to the rise of digitalised texts and e-reader devices, Swedish design duo Folkform has created a set of revolving units for presenting "increasingly desirable" physical books. More about Folkform's Revolving Bookcases designed to make physical books look desirable
Stockholm 2016: Sweden-based Note Design Studio has created a collection of shelves for furniture brand Fogia that feature half-moon shapes created by bent wooden supports. More about Note Design Studio launches Arch modular shelving system for Fogia
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
Northmodern 2016: a shelving system constructed from perforated metal sheets and a set of stackable wooden chairs feature in Ferm Living's Spring Summer 2016 furniture collection (+ slideshow). More about Ferm Living's furniture collection includes perforated shelves and stackable chairs
Nina Tolstrup's design firm Studiomama has created a pastel-coloured wardrobe with doors that unfold into a partition for large rooms (+ slideshow). More about Studiomama's Metamorphic wardrobe transforms into a room divider
Dutch designer Mieke Meijer has created a storage cabinet based on the wood-and-fabric structure of early 20th-century aeroplane wings (+ slideshow). More about Mieke Meijer's Airframe 01 cabinet is based on early aeroplane design
A copper-clad box for storing, exhibiting and selling paintings will stand in the centre of this Hong Kong apartment, designed by Penda for one of China's biggest art collectors (+ slideshow). More about Penda designs copper "suitcase" to store paintings for Hong Kong art collector
Hungarian firm Position Collective has renovated a Budapest studio flat, designing a furniture and storage system that caters for temporary occupants booking via Airbnb (+ slideshow). More about Position Collective tailors Budapest apartment towards Airbnb guests
Italian designer Daniele Cristiano has created a multipurpose storage unit that is shaped to look like a vintage ammunition chest. More about Daniele Cristiano's Calibro sideboard references an old ammunition box
Interior designer Maayan Zusman and architect Amir Navon designed bespoke carpentry with hidden storage space for a 60-year-old apartment in Tel Aviv. More about Wall of hidden panels provides storage for renovated Tel Aviv apartment
Architect David Chipperfield has designed a series of bronze, steel and glass bookshelves and cabinets for his first gallery collaboration with David Gill. More about David Chipperfield presents cabinets referencing Greek architecture at David Gill Gallery
London Design Festival 2015: Japanese studio Nendo has created a sliding shelving unit strengthened with carbon-fibre sheets, which will debut at London's Somerset House next week (+ slideshow). More about Nendo's expandable Nest shelves are embedded with carbon fibre
American studio CHA:COL has incorporated modified IKEA products into a unit that serves as an office and apartment for two visual artists in Los Angeles. More about CHA:COL creates a live-work space in LA using hacked IKEA products
Wooden bookshelves installed against slanted walls help to define the different areas of this open-plan loft apartment that h2o Architectes has renovated in the Arsenal district of Paris (+ slideshow). More about h2o Architectes adds angular shelving units to a book collector's Parisian loft apartment