Dutch Design Week 2014: these cabinets by German designer Meike Harde are made from wire cages to create a "protective environment" for delicate items stored within (+ slideshow). More about Meike Harde's metal-mesh Hybrid Cabinet displays and protects its contents
Described as an update of the "classic string shelf", this customisable shelving system by Berlin design firm Studio Hausen comprises a series of steel and ash wood modules. More about The Link Shelf offers an update on a classic modular shelving system
Helsinki designer Joanna Laajisto has devised a modular collection of storage units for Finnish furniture company Lundia with compartments that come in three different sizes (+ slideshow). More about Joanna Laajisto bases storage boxes on paper-sizing system
Design collective Outofstock has suspended a closable cupboard within an open display box to form this cabinet for Danish furniture brand Bolia. More about Outofstock's Flag cabinet conceals and displays small objects
Wooden box shelves and planters populate the gridded metal framework installed around the perimeter of this cafe in Beijing by design collective Penda (+ slideshow). More about Penda's indoor planting modules provide a "green oasis" inside Home Cafe
Kraków designer Alicja Prussakowska has designed a dual-purpose coat stand that provides storage for outerwear and hallway seating (+ slideshow). More about Alicja Prussakowska's Tilia coat stand resembles upended wooden skis
This clothes hanger by German studio A'postrophe Design twists into a new shape to hold multiple garments and save space in the wardrobe (+ slideshow). More about Inside Out Hanger by A'postrophe Design transforms to hold more than one shirt
French studio CUT Architectures have used a steel grid structure to create shelving, seating areas, a kitchen and a climbing frame for this apartment renovation in Paris' 6th arrondissement (+ slideshow). More about Steel structure provides storage and seating at Apartment in the 6th by CUT Architectures
Despite appearances, these "pumice-like" cabinets by London designers Studio Swine are made from aluminium foam rather than volcanic rock (+ slideshow). More about Studio Swine uses aluminium foam to create Metallic Geology cabinets
New York artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz has created a sculptural wooden cabinet that slides apart to look like it has exploded (+ slideshow). More about Explosion Cabinet by Sebastian Errazuriz expands using sliding joints
This wardrobe by Dutch designer Renate Nederpel is made from fabric panels that fold flat when its wooden poles are removed. More about Pop-up Linen wardrobe by Renate Nederpel folds flat for easy transportation
Stockholm designers Erik Olovsson and Kyuhyung Cho added different shaped holes to the stackable wooden blocks that make up this flexible shelving unit, creating spaces suited to displaying various items. More about Room shelving system functions like a huge shape-sorter toy
Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate Ying Chang has created a modular system of furniture based on a two-dimensional grid system used for architectural drawing and graphic design (+ movie). More about RCA graduate Ying Chang takes graphic design’s grid system into three dimensions
Design graduate Matej Chabera presented a shelving system that comprises three interchangeable desktops at the Royal College of Art (RCA) show, which opened in London on Monday. More about A Shelf of Tables is three desks in one shelving unit
Milan 2014: architect Zaha Hadid has cantilevered a series of elongated strips of black granite to create a fluid storage unit for Italian brand Citco. More about Cantilevered granite forms developed by Zaha Hadid for Citco shelving
Milan 2014: Finnish design brand Iittala is showing a collection of boxy shelves, plywood furniture and glass lamps in Milan this week (+ slideshow). More about Theatre box-shaped shelves by Cecilie Manz feature in Iittala's latest collection
Milan 2014: steel tubes slot into an oak base to create this clothes rack by Swedish firm Note Design Studio, which will debut in Milan. More about Note Design Studio creates Plateau storage unit to keep the hallway tidy
Milan 2014: a patchwork of panels on Doshi Levien's Shanty cabinet for Spanish furniture company BD Barcelona references the temporary housing found in cities across Africa, Asia and South America (+ slideshow). More about Shanty towns inspire panelled storage cabinet by Doshi Levien
This coat rack by German designers Christine Herold and Katharina Ganz is designed to look like birds perched along a power line. More about Hooks resembling resting birds perch along coat rack by Christine Herold and Katharina Ganz
These clothes hangers by German-Latvian creative agency Flow Design don't feature hooks, instead attaching to the underside of any metal surface with magnets (+ movie). More about Cliq coat hangers by Flow Design replace hooks with magnets