Milan 2014: this plastic table by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka for Italian brand Kartell resembles cut glass. More about Plastic table by Tokujin Yoshioka for Kartell sparkles like crystal glass
Milan 2014: fluid compositions of coloured glaze cover the ceramic tops of these metal-framed tables by German designer Elisa Strozyk (+ slideshow). More about Swirling patterns top tables by Elisa Strozyk
Milan 2014: designers from MIT Media Lab's Tangible Media Group have created a shape-shifting table that reacts to human presence with a series of 1,000 tiny motors built into the frame (+ movie). More about Table top by MIT designers ripples when people are nearby
Milan 2014: Dutch studio Scholten & Baijings has designed a series of marble tables decorated with engraved geometric patterns that contrast with the natural veined surface of the stone. More about Scholten & Baijings carves geometric patterns into marble table collection
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
Milan 2014: American furniture company Emeco has revealed a collection of stools and tables made from recycled and reclaimed materials in collaboration with Nendo (+ slideshow). More about Nendo reimagines the Navy Chair to create new stool for Emeco
Milan 2014: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a table for furniture company Republic of Fritz Hansen that can be used at home or at work (+ slideshow). More about Jaime Hayón designs Analog table for use in home, office or restaurant
Milan 2014: Milan designer Alberto Biagetti has created a furniture collection inspired by his home city that incorporates materials salvaged from its aristocratic palazzos. More about Discarded materials from Milanese homes used to make furniture by Atelier Biagetti
British designer Benjamin Hubert has developed a more stable version of his lightweight Ripple table, which features on the shortlist for Designs of the Year 2014 (+ slideshow). More about Benjamin Hubert's lightweight Ripple table is now strong enough to stand on
The base of this table by Japanese designer Kazunaga Sakashita was inspired by trestles found in factories and on construction sites. More about Uma by Kazunaga Sakashita updates archetypal trestle table
Barcelona designer Martin Azua has created a table that plays on the contrast in properties between wood and stone (+ slideshow). More about Martin Azua's Trees and Rocks table contrasts wood with marble
British furniture brand Vitsœ has relaunched an injection-moulded plastic table originally designed by German industrial designer Dieter Rams in 1962. More about Vitsœ relaunches 621 Side Table by Dieter Rams
Milan 2014: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will present a reflective glass table for Italian design brand Glas Italia in Milan next month. More about Tokujin Yoshioka to unveil mirrored glass table for Glas Italia in Milan
Milan 2014: Visible brush strokes pattern the surfaces of this furniture collection by Japanese studio Nendo for Italian brand Glasitalia (+ slideshow). More about Nendo patterns glass furniture for Glas Italia with brush strokes
A continuous ribbon of steel forms two legs of this simple table by French designer Eric Jourdan. More about Two supports connect beneath Eric Jourdan's Gilda table
This collapsible table by Berlin-based designer Jakob Timpe is made from nine pieces of wood that simply slot together with no screws, glue or tools (+ slideshow). More about Stand table by Jakob Timpe slots together without glue or fixings
Japanese studio Nendo has dressed up these wooden tables for Walt Disney Japan to look like characters from children's story books Winnie-the-Pooh. More about Nendo bases furniture for Walt Disney Japan on Winnie-the-Pooh characters
Stockholm 2014: Danish design brand Menu has started producing this two-legged side table that rests against the wall by Taiwan designer Kenyon Yeh (+ slideshow). More about Yeh Wall Table by Kenyon Yeh goes into production
Stockholm 2014: Swedish firm Note Design Studio has designed a series of colourful ash side tables for Swedish brand Fogia. More about Note Design Studio designs colourful ash tables for Fogia
Stockholm 2014: Swedish design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune will present a modular table system with plug sockets within the structure during Stockholm Design Week next month (+ slideshow). More about Claesson Koivisto Rune unveils Xtra Large modular table for Offecct