Splinter by Nendo for Conde House
Cologne 2013: Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of furniture with components that look like they're peeled away from wooden stems (+ slideshow). More about Splinter by Nendo for Conde House
Cologne 2013: Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of furniture with components that look like they're peeled away from wooden stems (+ slideshow). More about Splinter by Nendo for Conde House
French architects JKA and design studio FUGA have converted a nineteenth century Alpine farmhouse in France into a holiday villa with chunky wooden cladding and cut-outs based on the shadows of other buildings (+ slideshow). More about Villa Solaire by JKA and FUGA
Product news: Swedish design duo Mattias Ståhlbom and Gabriella Gustafson of TAF have created a table with an upside-down underframe for Danish producers Hay. More about Upside Down by TAF for Hay
Product news: Paris designer Inga Sempé has extended her range of little round wall-mounted shelves and dishes for French brand Moustache. More about Balcon collection by Inga Sempé for Moustache
This house by architects Destilat appears to climb down a hill at the foot of the Pöstlingberg mountain in Austria. More about House Y2 by Destilat
Product news: Austrian design company Schmidinger Möbelbau has created a chair that's a cross between traditional alpine furniture and Danish modernism. More about Trix chair by Schmidinger Möbelbau
Visitors to this installation in northern Denmark by German artist Thilo Frank are invited to walk through a contorted loop of timber while listening to the sounds of their voices and footsteps played back to them (+ slideshow). More about EKKO by Thilo Frank
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed all the furniture for the remodelled Faculty of Humanities at Københavns Universitet in Copenhagen, which is due to reopen in January. More about Bouroullec Collection by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Hay
Product news: this set of wooden toys by Polish studio Poorex incorporates tools associated with household chores. More about Poor Toys by Poorex
A line of clerestory windows in the middle of the roof brings mid-morning sunshine into the north-west facing rooms of this wooden house in Slovenia by architects Kombinat (+ slideshow). More about House MJ, Novo Mesto, by Kombinat
An oak capsule houses a raised living room and workspace inside this renovated apartment in Moscow by Russian architect Peter Kostelov (+ slideshow). More about Smolenka Apartment by Peter Kostelov
Product news: London designer Andy Martin has designed a wooden road bicycle for Thonet using the steam-bending processes the German furniture company first employed in 1859 for its classic cafe chair. More about Thonet Concept Bike by Andy Martin Studio
Industrial designer Benjamin Hubert's latest chair features a T-shirt-shaped piece of plywood curled smoothly into its solid ash frame. More about Pelt by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
Visitors to this temporary theatre in the Netherlands designed by TAAT perform their own play by reading from wooden cubes based on Buddhist prayer wheels. More about Khor I temporary theatre by TAAT
Slovenian architects Kombinat have transformed a gloomy Alpine chalet into a contemporary home with concrete wings and timber shutters like a sliding puzzle (+ slideshow). More about House HV by Kombinat
East London designer Gitta Gschwendtner is going to make a one-off three-seater version of her Bodge Bench as the first piece chosen for the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. More about Bodge Bench by Gitta Gschwendtner for the Stepney Green Design Collection
French designer Pauline Marcombe has made a wooden T-shirt. More about Prototype Triangle Numéro 1 wooden T-shirt by Pauline Marcombe
Milan-based designer James Irvine has designed an I-beam shaped stool for Italian design brand Discipline to be exhibited during Helsinki Design Week this month. More about Centanni Stool by James Irvine for Discipline
A timber tunnel shaped like a snake - with a bulge to suggest an ingested mouse - provides perfect conditions for growing lilies on a farm in the Western Cape of South Africa. More about Puff Adder at Babylonstoren by Patrice Taravella and Terry de Waal
This woodland observatory by architecture collective CLP Architectes is a patchwork of square wooden panels and windows. More about L'Observatoire by CLP Architectes