Poltrona Frau puts movement on the surface of Vanity Fair
An armchair might seem an unexpected choice to mark four decades of designing for mobility. For Poltrona Frau, the connection […]
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Furniture
Furniture design covers the objects that define residential, public and commercial environments, from seating and tables to storage systems, modular solutions and limited editions. This section brings together articles on new furniture collections, designers, brands, production methods and material developments across the contemporary design industry. At DesignWanted, furniture is examined as a category where design, manufacturing and material research constantly evolve. The selection reflects different approaches to furniture design, ranging from industrial production and craftsmanship to experimental concepts and collectible pieces.
IKEA adds (affordable) collectible design to its catalogue with KONSTRUNDA
2026 has, so far, been the year in which collectible design seems to have moved a little further away from […]
IKEA and XBOX present the YXSTABY collection for a better gaming experience at home
Art imitates life – and, at first, video games began to imitate the furniture of some of the most famous […]
SUR+PLUS, a collection that questions our production systems
Presented at Alcova 2026 in the setting of Villa Pestarini, SUR+PLUS is a project by Japanese studio AtMa, founded by […]
Saudi Arabia is quietly building its own design map
A year after its debut, ARTDOM Riyadh 2026 is coming back bigger, and it’s bringing with it one of the […]
Folding chairs: a history of contemporary living
Few objects seem to capture today’s design discourse better than folding chairs. Alongside bending, modular systems and the disappearance of […]
Fragments Becoming: turning timber offcuts into a new kind of marquetry
Every workshop generates waste. Offcuts, trims, the odd-shaped remainder of a board that’s been cut, these are the by-products of […]
Kiaura Collection: seating designed around the body in motion
Designed and created by Aaron DeJule for KI, the Kiaura Collection is not just another seating project, but a new […]
What a children’s toy can teach us about considered design
James Murphy‘s brief for his final-year project at Nottingham Trent University was short and specific: design a piece of furniture […]
Is nomadic living the future? With KOMPISHÄNG, IKEA seems to think so
When change is the only constant. That is how IKEA introduces KOMPISHÄNG, its new collection, and it is difficult to […]
China’s biggest furniture stage just rewrote its own rules
For anyone tracking where the global furniture industry is actually heading — not just where it’s been — CIFF Shanghai […]
“Don’t call me collectible!”: exploring furniture as a research object
An exasperating trend has settled over the design world in the last decade, and it is collectible design. What began […]
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