Furniture Design News
Carl Hansen & Son Opens New York Flagship
Carl Hansen & Son recently opened its new flagship showroom in New York's Flatiron District.
Coroflot Unveils Innovative Mobile Workplace
Coroflot has recently unveiled its Mobile Work Unit (MWU). The concept for the trailer-office grew from a desire to create a space solution that referenced both the mobility and creative talent of the Coroflot community, as well as the future of the site.
2017 Core77 Design Awards
Submissions are now open for the 2017 Core77 Design Awards. Core77 invites designers from all over the world to put their best work forward for the seventh edition of the competition.
IKEA Kungsbacka by Form Us With Love
Form Us With Love, in collaboration with IKEA, has created Kungsbacka, the first kitchen fronts line entirely made from recycled plastic bottles and reclaimed industrial wood.
Interior Design Show Releases 2017 Design Trends Forecast
The Interior Design Show curators have released their forecast for some of the top trends for 2017 inspiring the direction of design for the year to come.
Teknion Wins Seven 2016 Good Design Awards
Teknion has announced that seven of its products have been named 2016 GOOD DESIGN Award winners.
Winners of 2016 Andreu World International Design Contest
Andreu World has announced the winners of its XVI International Design Contest. Participants were invited to design an item of furniture (seat or table) that integrates all the specifications outlined by Andreu World.
Morpholio Announces Products of the Year 2017
Morpholio has selected a group of inspired products for the year 2017. Morpholio chose an anti-iconic collection to reflect what we see emerging in culture and the moods of communities and people across the globe.
Vento Collection by Pininfarina Wins 2016 Good Design Award
Pininfarina has won a 2016 GOOD DESIGN Award for the VENTO collection. The Pininfarina team translated the unmistakable identity of the Ronbow brand into a variety of highly stylized and functional bathroom pieces.
2017 Good Design Awards
The 2017 Good Design Awards are now open for entries. Managed by Good Design Australia, the Good Design Awards program is recognised by the World Design Organization (WDO) as Australia's peak design endorsement program and rewards excellence in design, innovation and creativity at a national and international level.
Cliff Young 2017 Contemporary-Modern Furniture Student Design Competition
The Educational Foundation of IFDA (IFDA-EF) and Cliff Young have launched a student design competition for the 2016-2017 school year. The Foundation is asking educators to include the contest as part of their curriculum this fall for undergraduate students.
A Sneak Peak of Modern by Dwell Magazine
Target has collaborated with Dwell Magazine to launch a home look book, Modern by Dwell Magazine, to be released on December 27. The book features more than 120 items, including furniture, decor, tabletop and accessories.
4th International Green Interior Awards
Entries are now open for the 4th International Green Interior Awards. The competition aims to showcase world leading, innovative and inspirational interior spaces that are packed with interior products that have a positive affect for people and environment.
Thonet Side Table S 18 by Uli Budde
Thonet has unveiled Side Table S 18 by Uli Budde. Reminiscent of an infinite loop, the linear tubular steel frame forms a pendant corresponding to the tabletop and the central motif of the circle.
Interstellar Dining Table by Resident
Resident has unveiled Interstellar, a carbon fibre dining table featuring an ultra low-profile, which makes it appear floating in the air.
International Design Excellence Awards 2017
The 2017 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) is now open for submissions. IDEA is a premier international design competition sponsored annually by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and judged by renowned design experts from around the world.
Jaswig StandUp Nomad
Jaswig is an ergonomic, sustainable furniture manufacturer that recently introduced the first wooden standing height desk, StandUp Nomad, to the market.
Carl Hansen & Son Unveils Embrace Lounge Chair
Carl Hansen & Son has extended its Embrace Series with a lounge chair designed by EOOS. The softly upholstered Embrace Chair, which was presented last year, is being joined by the Embrace Lounge Chair - a relaxed, exceptionally comfortable addition that naturally supplements Carl Hansen & Søn's furniture collection.
2016 European Product Design Award: Call for Entries
The 2016 European Product Design Award is now open for entries. The Awards program aims to recognize and promote legendary design visionaries and emerging talent in product design.
Kastella T110 Table
Kastella has unveiled the T110 dining room table, the most recent addition to its collection.
Herman Miller Opens Flagship Store in NYC
Herman Miller has opened a new flagship retail store in New York City. Occupying 6,000 SF on the ground and second floors of Herman Miller's multi-level presence at 251 Park Avenue South in Manhattan, the store will offer consumers the opportunity to connect with Herman Miller through a new channel.
Young Professionals Application Day for Red Dot Award: Product Design 2017
Red Dot has announced the date for its 'Young Professionals Application Day,' which offers 50 young & upcoming designers free registrations for the 2017 Red Dot Award: Product Design.
Finale by Charles Pollock
Bernhardt Design has unveiled Finale, the last product of Charles Pollock's 50-year design career.
Actiu and Alegre Design Unveil TNK Flex & eFit
Actiu, through its Research and Development team, together with Alegre Design, has created eFIT, a chair designed for millennials, in constant search of design and functionality and TNK Flex, a chair that can anticipate the user's needs and that is able to adapt itself to the user's movements and morphology.
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Create Cyl System for Vitra
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have unveiled Cyl, a new office system for Vitra. Cyl was originally conceived for the home as a table programme, but soon the designers sensed the potential to turn it into a system with a larger range of typologies.
Ventura Lambrate 2017: Call for Entries
The submissions are now open for the 8th edition of Ventura Lambrate. From 4-9 April 2017, Ventura Lambrate will feature selected works in a 12.000sqm exhibition area in Milan to over 100.000 visitors and over 1800 journalists.
Jumpthegap Roca International Design Contest 2017
The submissions are now open for the 7th edition of the Jumpthegap Roca International Design Contest. The competition, open to designers and architects, as well as design and architecture students under 35, seeks to receive innovative concepts within the bathroom area.
Form Us With Love Expands Nest Collection
Form Us With Love expanded the Nest collection for +Halle. Wooden oak legs, curated Kvadrat upholstery and a new high back Easy chair bring energy and character to an already eclectic range. This refined collection seeks to explore sheltering, in what could be seen as reassessment of open spaces.
Architizer A+Awards 2017
The 5th Annual Architizer A+Awards, the largest awards program celebrating the year's best architecture and products, is now open for submissions. Entries are judged by more than 300 luminaries and thought leaders from fields as diverse as fashion, publishing, product design, real estate development, and tech.
Bold Coffee Table by Reinier De Jong
BOLD is a large round coffee table designed by Reinier de Jong. BOLD is designed for large, contemporary living rooms.
Herman Miller Launches New Aeron Chair
Herman Miller has today unveiled the new Aeron chair, which retains the distinctive silhouette of the iconic chair, but every component of the design has been updated to raise the bar for performance seating.
Bar Chair No.1 by Object No
Bar Chair No.1, designed and manufactured by Object No, is made of birch plywood with a CNC router.
Red Dot Award: Product Design 2017
The application phase for the 2017 Red Dot Award: Product Design will begin on October 24. The award offers winners the opportunity to demonstrate their design ability on an international stage.
Baby Swing Collection by La Clinica Design
La Clinica has unveiled its new Baby Swing collection, designed for children between 6 months and 3 years old.
Sibast Furniture Reissues No. 7 & No. 8
Sibast Furniture is relaunching its No 7 and No 8 chairs. Sibast No 7 chair was designed in 1953 by Helge Sibast.
EPIC by Marc Th. van der Voorn
Marc Th. van der Voorn designed EPIC chair collection for Belgian brand Z-editions.
Ronbow VENTO Collection by Pininfarina
Designed by Pininfarina, Ronbow's VENTO collection makes a stunning addition to the bathroom with its versatile and functional features.
Hida Furniture Award
Entries are open for the 2016 Hida Furniture Design Competition. Participants are asked to create a wooden product that looks toward the future, while drawing on tradition.
2016 Andreu World International Design Contest
Submissions are open for the 2016 Andreu World International Design Contest. The competition is open both to design students and to professionals, without age limit.
Thonet Opens First Pop-up Café in Vienna
Thonet opened a Pop-up Café in the heart of Vienna's 1st district. The new café is a contemporary homage to the traditional history of the company.
WW Chair by H Furniture
Created by H Furniture, the WW Chair adds a contemporary twist to a traditional design language.
BuzziBalance by 13&9
Designed by Martin Lesjak and Anastasia Su for BuzziSpace, BuzziBalance provokes a new conversation and interaction in the workplace.
Studio Ashby Designs Cleveland Court Mews House
Recently commissioned by the Crown Estate's Cleveland Court Mews development, Studio Ashby has completed the design of a house in St. James, London as part of a trio of Georgian mews houses.
Leslie Collection by Rodolfo Dordoni
Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Minotti, Leslie provides a feeling of intimacy and protection while outwardly expressing a formal elegance.
Interior Design and Architonic Launch productFIND
Interior Design and Architonic have launched productFIND, a consolidated product database providing the most robust solution for online specification.
Lynko: Nomadic Furniture System by Natalia Geci
Natalia Geci has launched the latest in her nomadic furniture collection, LYNKO - a modular freestanding system designed to transform and created to fill the needs of a contemporary wayfaring lifestyle.
Chair No 1 by Pontus Lomar
Steel by Göhlin recently unveiled Chair No 1, designed by the renowned Swedish architect Pontus Lomar.
Teknion Around Task Chair by Justus Kolberg
Teknion has unveiled its new Around Task Chair at NeoCon 2016. Designed by Justus Kolberg, Around Chair boasts a number of hidden innovations - including a flexible membrane, weight-balancing synchro-tilt mechanism, and Quick Snap Concept arms & back.
Odin Chair by Jamie McLellan
Odin Chair started life as a commission in 2010 by Hong Kong based Odin Properties. Jamie McLellan was asked to design a chair for a series of boutique alpine properties in Niseko, Japan.
Poppin Privacy Panel
Poppin has unveiled its Series A Privacy Panel, an easily applied and affordably priced design solution for shared workspaces.
Blue Leaf's New Industrial Lounge Chair
Blue Leaf's new Industrial Lounge Chair balances dramatic scale with simple old school style for an effortlessly cool look your inner rockstar will love.
Keyn Chair Group by forpeople for Herman Miller
Herman Miller has partnered with London-based design company forpeople to create the Keyn Chair Group, a range of meeting and side chairs that offers responsive movement and immediate comfort for collaborative spaces.
Spitfire Desk by Christopher Duffy
Duffy London has unveiled Spitfire, a majestic new desk, that merges the technical mechanical aluminium structure, into a beautifully simple piece of furniture.
DOME by Odo Fioravanti for Pedrali
Pedrali has unveiled its new collection of seatings designed by Odo Fioravanti.
The Bench 2016 Design Competition
The Bench is an idea based design competition open to all ages and backgrounds. The challenge is to design and install a temporary structure on a street to transform the street environment to a form of public space.
Tulip by Teknion Studio
Designed by Jeffrey Bernett and part of the B&B Italia Project Collection, Tulip is a versatile soft seating line by Teknion Studio that alternates straight and curved lines.
Interchange's New Co-working Space in Camden Market
Interchange has opened Atrium, its flagship building situated in the heart of Stables Market in Camden, with a series of interventions and furniture pieces designed by Tom Dixon's Design Research Studio.
BASF Design Competition 2016 Design it. Love it. Live it.
BASF and designfabrik have launched a design competition that invites creative minds across Asia Pacific to draw inspiration from their materials and submit innovative design ideas that address the complex challenges and opportunities of urban living.
Poppin's Fresh Take On The New Conference Room Table
Poppin has unveiled Series, a table that acts as both a regulation-sized ping pong table and a 12-seat conference room table.
Fargo Outdoor Chair and Couch by spHaus
spHaus has unveiled its new outdoor/indoor armchair and two-seater couch FARGO, designed by Diego Sferrazza.
Duplex by MUT Design Studio
Duplex is the first collection developed by Mut Design Studio together with the Spanish company Sancal.
Cassina ICO Chair by Ora Ito
The Cassina ICO Chair, developed over more than two years with the French designer Ora Ito, is a combination of wood craftsmanship and technological innovation.
Suri: An Ottoman-Inspired Pouf from Koleksiyon
Suri is a playful pouf designed by Sezgin Aksu and Silbia Suardi for Koleksiyon. Inspired by the traditional "Ottoman fez," a hat worn during the Ottoman Empire, the Suri pouf features a truncated cone shape and can be used as a seat, or even as a coffee table.
Snaidero Aria by Pininfarina
Pininfarina recently unveiled Aria, a new kitchen that offers a mix of design and cutting-edge technology. Aria is made of carbon fibre, which makes it light yet highly resistant to wear and tear.
Lift-Bit: The World's First Internet-of-Things (IoT) Sofa
Carlo Ratti Associati, with support from Vitra, has developed Lift-Bit, the world's first Internet-of-Things sofa.
Zigozago by Baldessari e Baldessari
Lagoon has unveiled ZIGOZAGO, polypropylene injection-moulded one-piece outdoor chair, combining technology, innovation and sartorial manufacturing skills.
LP Chair by LucidiPevere
Kristalia has unveiled its new chair LP, designed by LucidiPevere.
ICE Kitchen Installation by Tom Dixon
Tom Dixon recently designed the ICE Kitchen for Caesarstone. The installation was on view at the Interior Design Show, Toronto.
13th Annual Thinking Creatively Conference
The Thinking Creatively Conference at Kean University will welcome architecture and design students and professionals from across the nation on April 1 for a day-long exploration of contemporary creative challenges and solutions.
KVA Creates Low Carbon Workplace for Meister Headquarters
KVA recently completed the low carbon workplace for the headquarters of the Meister group, a leading global Clean Energy Law Consultancy.
IIDA Announces Winners of the 2016 GlobalShop Product Design Competition
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has announced the winners of its 2016 GlobalShop Product Design Competition.
Qui by Teknion Studio
Teknion Studio recently unveiled its Qui collection, a workplace solution designed to empower employees to create flexible layouts.
Handcrafted Belt Series by Jessica Nebel
Jessica Nebel has unveiled a space saving series inspired by the traditional leather craft. The series consists of a multi-functional use Ladder and a Hanging Rack that can be folded up against the wall when not in use.
2016 Clio Awards
The 2016 CLIO Awards, esteemed international awards competition for the creative business, is now open for entries.
50 Manga Chairs
Manga is a means of expression with a high degree of flatness and abstraction, and which is composed of a series of lines.
Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2016
The 2016 Red Dot Award: Design Concept is now open for submissions. Designers, design studios, manufacturers, and universities are called on to submit their best product ideas, prototypes and ready to launch products.
2016 VMODERN Furniture Design Competition
eVolo Magazine is inviting designers around the world to participate in the 2016 VMODERN Furniture Design Competition.
Core77 Design Awards 2016
The sixth Core77 Design Awards invites designers from all over the world to put their best work forward. Recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise, the Core77 Design Awards celebrates the richness of the design profession and its practitioners.
2016 Good Design Awards
The 2016 Good Design Awards are now open for entries. Managed by Good Design Australia, the Good Design Awards celebrates excellence in cutting edge design and innovation.
The Nest Collection by Form Us With Love
Form Us With Love recently created the Nest Collection for +Halle. The series provides an unpronounced divider to the traditional lounge area, by simply creating layers of both high and low seating.
Design Talent 2016
The 7th Design Talent international competition is now open for entries. The competition is open to designers under 30 years of age.
Perplex by Fig40
Fig40 and GRIP Metal have developed a collection of furniture centred on using a new manufacturing methodology - a process that treats the surface of any metal allowing it to bond to any other material enabling new capabilities.
Singapore Design Week 2016
Organised by the DesignSingapore Council (Dsg), SDW 2016 will bring together a collection of local and international design trade shows, conferences, exhibitions and workshops at the National Design Centre (NDC) and other locations around the island.
Henge Atelier at 7 Via della Spiga
Henge opened the doors of its Atelier in via della Spiga 7, Milan. The showroom illustrates the discreet charm of the brand and presents its first monograph.
Bonaldo Wins 2015 GOOD DESIGN Award for TL Table
Bonaldo won a 2015 GOOD DESIGN Award for its TL Table. Designed by Giuseppe Viganò, the table gets its name from the singular shape of the central leg, comprising two inclined elements which with the table top form the two letters T and L.
Humanscale and Tome Introduce OfficeIQ
Humanscale has today unveiled OfficeIQ, a revolutionary system developed in collaboration with Detroit-based Tome Software.
Green Product Award 2016
The 2016 Green Product Award is still open for submissions, seeking innovative and sustainable products and services.
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016
The seventh edition of Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) will be held May 24-26, 2016. The event promises to be the best and most ambitious yet, as new locations, brands and installations join this vibrant festival in one of London's most idiosyncratic and creative quarters.
UNNIA by Simon Pengelly for Inclass
Pengelly has developed a new chair for Spanish furniture manufacturer Inclass. UNNIA is a truly multifunctional stacking chair designed for all types of environments from contract to domestic applications.
The C401 Stool: A Strong Formal Presence
Kastella unviled the C401, an elegant stool that seems to be made of a single piece of wood.
Himitsu Opens in Atlanta with Interiors by Tom Dixon's Design Research Studio
Design Research Studio, Tom Dixon's architectural and interior arm, unveiled their first State-side hospitality project in the form of Himitsu, a cocktail lounge-bar in Atlanta.
WantedDesign 2016
The WantedDesign will return for its sixth edition in Manhattan, May 13th through 16th of 2016. The event, which brings together more than 120 exhibitors of top creative design, will once again take over the Terminal Stores building in the West Chelsea neighborhood with a global selection of established and up-and-coming designers, including independent designers part of the Launch Pad.
International Furniture Fair Singapore 2016
The 2016 International Furniture Fair Singapore (IFFS), an exhibition with more than 30 years of experience as a major platform of design in Asia that gathers more than 450 exhibitors from about 40 countries, returns to the Singapore EXPO from March 10-13, 2016, in conjunction with The Décor Show and furniPRO Asia.
Venice to the World
Venice to the World design contest invites designers & architects to furnish the entrance of the intercontinental Marco Polo airport of Venice. Participants are asked to propose artistic, architecture and design projects to embellish and furnish the new roundabout.
Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016
The 2016 Red Dot Award: Product Design is now open for submissions. An international jury of independent design experts assesses each entry and awards only products of high design quality with the sought-after Red Dot.
Sails Benches by Les Ateliers Guyon
Sails Benches, a park bench designed by Les Ateliers Guyon, won in the Furniture Category at the 2015 World Interiors News Awards.
Colander by Patrick Norguet
Patrick Norguet recently designed a new chair for Kristalia - a stackable chair that can also be used outdoors.
Goods 2: Interior Products from Sketch to Use
Goods 2 includes 46 iconic design products are analysed and featured from conceptual design sketch to realisation.
IIDA Announces Winners of the 3rd Annual EDspaces Innovation Awards
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announced the winners of its 3rd Annual EDspaces Innovation Awards.
Designboom Mart Toronto 2016: Call for Participation
Designboom brings back its international design market to the Interior Design Show 2016 (IDS), offering 30 creative professionals the opportunity to introduce their new products to the Canadian market.