Czech designers Kristýna Mikolášková and Tereza Drobná have developed a collection of colourful glass side tables that can be combined with smaller metal models to alter their appearance. More about Nesting tables by Mikolášková&Drobná change colour as they're combined
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Mara has created a table made from metal that features a hinged top and collapsible legs. More about Argo Libro Metal by Mara
Dezeen Showroom: two L-shaped aluminium sheets create "the illusion of a single rectangular base" in this characterfully geometric coffee table by New York furniture designer Orlando Pippig. More about AL-03 table by Studio Orlando Pippig
Eindhoven-based Studio Rens has created Re-Glow, a collection of blocky furniture and homeware clad in reconfigurable magnetic tiles that was unveiled at Dutch Design Week. More about Studio Rens covers furniture in "interchangeable and customisable" tiles
Dezeen Showroom: US studio IDA Design has designed a range of versatile briefing tables for office furniture brand Gunlocke to create inclusive meeting environments. More about Briefing meeting tables by IDA Design for Gunlocke
Next in our mid-century modern series, we examine Eero Saarinen's seminal Tulip table, which embodied the Finnish-American designer and architect's hatred of table legs. More about Eero Saarinen's Tulip table has "a kind of dishonesty to it"
Dezeen Showroom: Portuguese furniture brand Greenapple sought to evoke the Algarve coast with the Bordeira coffee table, designed by co-founder Rute Martins. More about Bordeira coffee table by Rute Martins for Greenapple
Dezeen Showroom: designed by Belgian brand Vincent Sheppard, the Maru dining table makes a statement with its slatted conical base. More about Maru dining tables by Vincent Sheppard
Swedish designer Gustaf Westman has collaborated with hosiery brand Swedish Stockings to create a limited-edition collection of tables made from recycled tights. More about Gustaf Westman and Swedish Stockings transform nylon tights into "terrazzo-like" tables
South Korean designer Jeonghwa Seo has used purpose-cast aluminium tubes to create a collection of tables and benches, with their structure obscured behind frosted acrylic. More about Metal tubes poke through slabs of acrylic in furniture by Jeonghwa Seo
Interior design studio Linehouse has renovated an office in Shanghai using numerous materials and art from a local gallery. More about Linehouse defines Shanghai office with "unexpected combinations of materials"
Dezeen Showroom: designer John Pawson aimed to achieve "absolute clarity" with the Frame Low coffee table, one of his pieces for Finnish wood furniture brand Nikari. More about Frame Low coffee table by John Pawson for Nikari
British designer John Pawson has created a made to order wooden furniture collection for Danish manufacturer and long-term collaborator Dinesen. More about John Pawson unveils pared-back furniture that is "all about the timber"
Dezeen Showroom: solid wood is given a minimalist yet playful treatment in the Clyde coffee table, a statement furniture piece created by British brand Dare Studio. More about Clyde coffee table by Dare Studio
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Ibebi has released a versatile table designed for use in workplaces that can be folded away for easy storage. More about Tam Tam folding table by Ibebi
Stockholm-based Studio TOOJ has designed Contourage, a bright-blue table with a wood-grain pattern that was constructed from 3D-printed sand using a binder jetting process. More about Studio TOOJ 3D-prints Contourage console table from sand
Pestles, mortars and bowls are integrated into the surfaces of the Communion table, created by designer Giles Tettey Nartey specifically for preparing the West African staple dish fufu. More about Giles Tettey Nartey creates communal table for pounding and serving fufu
Dezeen Showroom: designer Gordon Guillaumier combined solid wood and smoked glass in the Pols table, created for Italian brand Alf DaFrè. More about Pols table by Gordon Guillaumier for Alf DaFrè
Dezeen Showroom: industrial designer Kasper Salto and Danish brand Fritz Hansen have expanded their collection of office tables, which are designed "to ensure every person in a meeting room can see and be seen". More about Pluralis tables by Kasper Salto for Fritz Hansen
Georgia-based design collective Garbage Kids has exhibited a "long-lasting" collection of wooden furniture and ornaments made solely from recycled materials at Dropcity for Milan design week. More about Garbage Kids displays playful recycled furniture collection at Milan design week