'Homework' is a beautifully simple yet strikingly effective modular desk system from 2009 graduate Robin Grasby that offers sumptuous design and a high level of personalization.

The Winter Arrives Stools by outofstock reminds us of layers of fresh snow on stools left outdoors when we wake up on a winter’s morning... Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

Garden of eden is a set of furniture for the garden. The hanging chair can be placed in a tree or veranda, like a big birdcage. It gives you the feeling to sit in your own space.

Troll chair by Oluf Lund & his partner Eva Paarmann looks so cute & fluffy just like a sheep. I bet it is comfortable too! The chair was recently exhibit at the Danish Design Date exhibition, in common Nordic embassies in Berlin.

A round up of the coolest inflatable furniture. Tastefully designed "blow-up" furnishings for both indoor and outdoor, adults and children, from various world-wide designers and manufacturers.

Neat outdoor bench made out of bamboo, with a very nice design.

London's Darkroom is an achingly hip new concept store where the lines between fashion, art, design and interiors are blurred.....

Jellio Music Table! A giant xylophone!

La Forge de Laguiole factory manufacturing revival of his legendary knife ... For the occasion she used the best designers and artists of the moment as Philippe Starck, Andree Putman, Sonia Rykiel and more ...

The Tensile Sofa by Swedish designer Therese Glimskar...

Jaime Hayon has completed the interior for Octium Jewelry in Kuweit– an upscale jeweler that showcases exclusive designer pieces from around the globe

Etched steel surfaces on furniture by Momantai Design.

Bringing back the Corset! Ouch, but great convergence of fashion and furniture design by the Baita industrial design team in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Amazing chairs by Kyeok Kim, I love how the foam-like material takes over the original object and ”grows” on it.

We love the Black Box designed by Marc NEWSON for DOM PERIGNON...

KiBiSi is a new Danish design collective formed by Kilo Design, BIG Group and Skibsted Ideation. An interesting combination of two of the best Danish designers and one of the most renowned Dansih Architects. See their extensive portfolio here...

Beautiful Desk by Hannes Vaht

Ora-Ïto signs first eco furniture designed and edited by Artelano! A library named "Ecco," consisting of recycled materials from certified forests ...

Pretty spectacular project! Absolut Choir

Chicago-based Object Design League, in production with Pavilion, have just opened Worth Your Salt, a holiday pop up shop featuring a collection of objects by 19 young American designers. Open Nov 27 - Dec 11

Table concept by Redfish.

StrawberryKingdom is a new design studio from Poland. They have created the Good King Henry Lamp as one of their first designs.

Bubble Clox by Darien Lee, bending time and space!

Duffy London Sled Coffee Table and Snow White Rug - A Coffee table that interacts with its Rug!

polish firm malafor's 'mobile' seat concept, made with plastic. they created the seat as a 'rest for the earth'. users can apply 'mobile' to a tree, pillar
or another human back.

Oval table by Tord Boontje for Moroso. Love the hand sketched look!

They won Time to design 2009 – new talent award with their winning project “SPAZIALE SERIES: New expressions of skin and structure”. See the final result.

Love this new clock by Dripta Roy. His new studio in London has some beautiful pieces. The Lotus clock is such a beautiful and user friendly piece.

The socket table by 45kilo is an oversized power strip on which up to 4 persons may work.

Mirror, cutout stickers. Stunning! Project by Emocja studio

Group Two Design's LED Chandelier, made possible by the malleable nature of a particular LED Linear lighting strip cast into translucent resin.

Vertical is the latest innovation in garden architecture. A fiberglass vase with spiral-shaped vertical lines that unfold, capturing light and shadows. By Twentyone studio.

In case you ever wondered how a Damien Hirst designed Louis Vuitton trunk looks. A beauty!

Hanging stained glass lanterns by Steve Halterman

Vino XL- a chandelier using wineglasses.

'Lola', coffee table inspired by Vladamir Nabakov's Lolita. Made from salvaged antique yellow pine, incorporates letterpress inlay from the first line of the novel, and hidden drawer lined with an original photograph. by Jesse Hooker

The Katakana Lounge Chair is the latest addition to the Dare Studio collection.

London's Studio MS have created some cool 'bookish' lights, among other stylish designs.

Kikku Planter from Tonfisk or Finland ~ stunning!

Rosie Li's ebonized ash "Anti-Prism" table and other standouts from the opening of RISD Exposé, a popup store of RISD student work for the holidays

Love the modern/classic look ~ Oscar Sofa - by Matthew Hilton - European hardwood, Wool, Feathers, Walnut-stained Beech

The Odin chair by Jamie McLellan for Odin Residences in Niseko Japan. The brief for the Odin chair was to fuse the simplicity of Scandinavian inspirations with the aesthetic sensitivity of Japanese culture.

3 blocks stools by Kalon Studios, beautiful mix of shapes all in sustainable materials.

The Aerialist Series™ is a collection of versatile coffee tables which transform easily to serve as table, ottoman or seating.

Van Dorn Cabinet ~ kind of loving the styling of this cabinet today ~ imagining filling it with colorful toys and books to offset the geometric glass door patterns! by Darryl Carter for Thomasville

The xylem project is neither a table, a bench or a stool; it’s a family of objects which can be co-designed by the clients, using a custom built software, to best suit their needs and tastes.

Miami Design Week was chosen by the Brazilian company ViaLight for the world launch of its special line of luminaires created by Karim Rashid...

schubLaden – new furniture with vintage drawers
ready for sale and custom-made

These 20 antique wood stoves are a part of American history so its only right that we remember them.

Pisa Tower is multi-functional product that could be used as a shelf and desk - by milica nesovanovic

WIRED.com and WIRED Magazine have lauched their Holiday Store and guess what: its AWESOME

Using fallen sycamores and miscellaneous light bulbs, four female designers known as the Egg Collective, built a series of limited edition, “Stumped Lamps.”

Suitcases as storage, like many other beautiful ideas by designer Lotty Lindeman from Netherlands.

The bristles on this brush furniture by jason taylor look like raw pasta at first glance.

We love the light "Rock" by DIESEL x FOSCARINI

‘Ventura’ is designed by Leo Krol & Vincent de Rijk for the Dutch manufacturer Solid. The pendant light is constructed out of two aluminium disks covered by a two-tone polyesther transparent diffuser in different colours.

Slick home storage/fitness hybrid by Lucie Koldová.

HOI Magazine Chair has been designed by Jules&Jeremy. It is an exclusive piece of furniture for your magazines.

A new draft table by the Japanese designer Kazuhiro Yamanaka: A simple form with a double tray to store many items. This table, named “Sleepy Lagoon” was announced at the festival 100% Design in London.

A chandelier designed by a mathematician, Raimond Puts. The electrical current flows through stainless spring steel frame to the LED terminals.

Sensual Dynamic, the Copenhagen chair is a beautiful piece of modern design, made in red and black fiber glass. Designed by Alvaro Uribe, and produced by Billes Products in New Orleans.

lighting made from recycled spray paint cans - from ZEK CREW

PHILIPS continues to expand his lights with the distribution of two brands Lirio & Eseo ...

An industrial oil barrel turned into a outdoor fireplace. The Philadelphia street grid creates the structure and pattern... I want to see it while it is burning a fire!

Screw Me is a lighting concept by recent Art Center graduate, Jonathan Rowell. A simple twist of the threaded post allows the lamp body to adjust up and down.

Stool #9 Furniture by Brazilian Designer Rodrigo Silveira.

Eric Jourdan's Hampton's Chair evokes the utilitarian aspects of Enzo Mari as well as the sleek stylings of aviation.

Twig by Pinch is a bench and cube made from copiced hazel. Originally designed for Neals Yard Remedies head office in Dorset now in production.

A clothes hanger that furnishes when it not in use, and holds any type of garment or accessory, in a practical way, when in use.

Focus on Marine Peyre, designer of products. We visit his new showroom in Marseille...

embroidery and lace? the old look is coming back with a new edge.

The light installation and just overall look of the new Undercover flagship store in Kanazawa is simply amazing!

B-Line Zig-Zag Modular Bookcase

I do fall in love for Lidsay Taylor and Paula Hayes' supercool idea: little lovely green habitat inside of glass bubbles and cubes

mono and blu dot partner to create the Real Good Experiment. November 4 and 5, 25 Real Good chairs will be placed on the streets of NYC, free for the taking. Where will they end up?

Frank Winnubst, Springtime chair – To ensure that the springs would not feel cold and hard, a knitted cover is added on the top layer.

FEATUREDThe Grand Hotel Stockholm ~ can you believe it was dark out when i took this? Fun look at some design details of this historic hotel ~ and more fascinating looks at chandeliers from below!

Stacking Nesting Tables by Florian Kräutli. Can be used as tables, chairs, stacked or packed for storage.

The opening of the Panton Chair exhibition in Tokyo is being celebrated with the release of this limited edition mini version of the iconic chair in metallic gold!

VIDEORadiator Chair, made of old radiator. See the making of movie!

FEATUREDAbsolut Art Collection ~ a few pieces took over a suite at the Lydmar Hotel in Stockholm, and while the pieces are fun, the way they are installed and interacting with the room are fascinating! (quick vid too!)

FEATUREDA-Stools and an awesome custom, flexible, modular panel background ~ brilliant design at the Absolut panels celebrating the 30 years of creative collaborations! See the designs close up...

Upcycle. An old sofa remade into a rocking chair.

Check out the FedEx furniture design on the set of One Block Radius' music video.

Italian designer Emmanuel Babled is currently presenting his work in the exhibition 'everything is going to be alright'. The show features babled's tables, lamps and objects made with marble, plexi and glass.

Belgian architect Axel Enthoven has designed a mobile holiday home that resembles the Sydney Opera House.

Entre Lineas is a collection of handmade paper lights made by mn*ls. Created from handfolded old books, inspired by the traditions of ready-made

Monster Monster notebook stand. Give your laptop the evil arachnoid pedestal it deserves.

Ron Arad designed this United-States-shaped bookcase. This makes for an interesting way to unite books.

Rubika is the latest kitchen design made by Lodovico Bernardi worked with eusebi furniture. Its kitchen has a minimalist design suitable for small housing conditions and a small apartment.

Floral foam (usually used for arranging flowers) shaped as a vase. another beautiful idea by designer Shay Shafranek.

'Interaction' is one of four contemporary installations at H&M Sweeden’s HQ. The giant wooden display unit is 34m2 -full of pulleys and levers to operate like an analogue search engine.

Both precise and imperfect. The pitch stool/side table, made from reclaimed wood. By American designer Nicolai Czumaj-Bront.

An umbrella stand made of twenty three blue aluminium tubes. Brilliant idea from design duo- Loris & Livia.

These series of furnitures is made of used sports equipment with a stunning vintage look.

FEATUREDOn the beautiful matte black packaging of Dom Perignon press materials (versatile cards for all their info instead of booklets) ~ and a peek into the luscious Hotel de Crillon, Paris (one of the oldest luxury hotels in the world?)

Vineyard by Swedish Pack & Rack is as beautiful and balanced as functional, available in five different types of woods. You can show as much as six different wines on one rack. The rack itself is a yard (hence the name).

Make wallpaper a unique place for storage. A unique solution and replacement to the wall mounted racks.

Inspired by the Chinese puzzle of seven pieces, the Tangram Armchair, similar to a chaise longue, is composed by two different and separated triangles. Designed by brazilian designer Roberta Rampazzo.

The Wire Group of occasional tables by Dare Studio, inspired by Victorian birdcages

Designer Jesse Hooker created a settee and matching bench titled "Eleanor" and "Eleanor B" out of salvaged thick slab antique yellow pine beautifully married to the rear interior of an original 1969 Ford Mustang fastback for exhibition at 360SEE in Chicago.

SuperFoam is a re-creation of naturally occurring reticulated foam structures through a casting process that facilitates designing the properties of the foam itself.

Inside Norway is promoting Norwegian furniture design abroad. They asked StokkeAustad to design the Norwegian stand at the 2009 IMM furniture fair in Cologne. The concept of StokkeAustad was to create an abstract apple garden.

The world most sold (?) Billy the bookcase is turning 30 this year. IKEA is celebrating by releasing limited edition models.

The director of Dia, Philippe Vergne, says that he doesn't want Dia to become a "time capsule." Check out some of the highlights from the art foundation, inside and out.

“This very unique and funky UK chair is hand crafted with American Ash. The seat is filled with high-density polyethylene foam and the upholstery colors are optional.

A lounge object made out of honeycomb cardboard.
Dozens of layers together forming a 'Flow'.

SENSEO Limited Edition by Marcel WANDERS + Interview

Twine Table is a series of tables inspired by one of mankind’s most simple inventions: the button.

Italian design graduates Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of Formafantasma present a series of baked objects at an exhibition in Eindhoven this week.

The Brave New World lamp, by the design firm Freshwest, is pinned together by wooden pegs and counterbalanced by blocks of iron.

Container DS is a series of furniture that looks like miniature shipping containers.

Phaidon Press released 3 books about the history of product design. "Pioneers" starts with the early days, "Mass Production" shows the new possibilities in the last century and "New Technologies" shows brilliant design up to today. Must have!

Nice sustainable interior design object this cardboard wine box/table

Brooklyn based urban designer is optimizing efficiency of your limited space in the big city.

Wall and Piece' was conceived as a piece of furniture as meeting point. The oak frame supports steel plates at cleverly considered heights: sitting height, table height, counter height, bar height and the highest plate at a height which you can just about reach.

The Regina ll swivel armchair puts a regal spin on the classic Bergere design

Fireplace screens that commemorate the great fire sof London and Rome.

The Practice of Everyday Design launches their Mobile Office installation.

Design House Stockholm finally expands to Germany

Fritz Hansen "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" Egg Chair in collaboration with Lost Weekend and Penguin. Exploding earth graphic on white leather backs, limited edition of 42 chairs [Editor's Note: of course 42.]

Nice interview with british super-normal designer Jasper Morrison

The first series of 17 video interviews-slash/short docu's with top Dutch visionary designers (fashion, architecture, product, illustration, information, graphic designers, etc.) called 'Dutch profiles'. The interviews feature people like Jurgen Bey, MVRDV, NL Architects...

Rosa is a well designed modern rocking horse version.

Dining with Technology is a re-emergence of bringing technology to the Dinner table. Designed in the style of the early black and white televisions, DWT enables usb powered objects to be connected and operated without being connected to a computer.

Beautiful modular Cantilevered bench by StokkeAustad

Acoustic wall have never been so beautiful, by Anne Kyyro Quinn

This cool bookshelf composed of plastic boxes used for transporting fruits that is the work of the 20.87 Estúdio based in São Paulo.

confused-direction designed a rugh luxe table with feet from old bathtubes and oak from old tables.....

Beautiful simple furniture by Melbourne based designer Nic Cairns. His work focuses on form, playing ‘strong attention to line and shape to create dynamic and original designs.'

We love the I-Lustre designed by David EMERY made with fiber optic with dock wifi for the music...

A stunning look behind the scenes of Kasthall's Swedish rug mill.

The 'good old times' are back! The pull along toy of the earlier days has undertaken a transformation into a pouffe.

One is a dining table with two faces. The short side of this solid oak table has a rough, almost cut off shape, whilst the long side has a soft silhouette.

‘Perelin’ by Markus Becker consists of four different self-supporting objects made from an artfully bent glossy electroluminescent glow sheet.

a lamp inspired in a bicycle!! the latest work of Christian Vivanco.

SARA by Davide Conti - winner 2nd International Competition "SUNLAB for a creative outdoor.Rimini, Italy

Karacho & Bros. concentrates on cool elegance and pure form with a furniture series made of a special concrete.

Playful, melted table – bench set entitled Smooth & Smoothie.

A clock was made from an old recycled aluminum bike wheel.

Wonderwall's amazing website and even more amazing works. Wonderwall is an interior design firm established by Masamichi Katayama.

We love flexible stuffs. This screen by Livia Lauber and Loris Jaccard can be used as a divider, a clothes rack or a simple wardrobe when closed.

Billy, world's most sold bookshelve celebrates its 30th birthday and IKEA released a book about the success story.

Microsoft gets serious about design at Open House