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This aluminium bookcase makes your books look like they're floating in a modern art museumCulture

This aluminium bookcase makes your books look like they're floating in a modern art museum

Designer Nao Tamura has created a sculptural bookcase for Italian brand Porro using folded aluminium sheets, and it looks more like art than furniture - in the best possible way.

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Estonian design students said 'hold my coffee' and made the coolest chairs you'll see this yearCulture

Estonian design students said 'hold my coffee' and made the coolest chairs you'll see this year

Students at the Estonian Academy of Arts have created a stunning lineup of seating projects - including a Bauhaus-inspired ergonomic chair and a wet-bent wood bench - that prove chairs are way more interesting than you think.

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This chair is made from pineapple leaves and hemp, and it might be smarter than your sofaCulture

This chair is made from pineapple leaves and hemp, and it might be smarter than your sofa

A new chair made from pineapple-leaf fiber composite and hemp fabric ditches heavy frames entirely, relying on rope tension and curved forms to hold its structure - and its sitter - in perfect balance.

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This adjustable stool is basically a giant cat's cradle - and we're obsessedCulture

This adjustable stool is basically a giant cat's cradle - and we're obsessed

Students at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts built an adjustable stool inspired by a traditional Japanese string game - and it might be the most charming furniture concept we've seen all year.

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Ikea's inflatable chair is back - and this time it's cat-proofCulture

Ikea's inflatable chair is back - and this time it's cat-proof

Ikea's new PS 2026 collection brings back inflatable furniture with a serious upgrade - including a durability test reportedly conducted by cats.

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Jasper Morrison sees echoes of the 80s in today's tough design landscapeCulture

Jasper Morrison sees echoes of the 80s in today's tough design landscape

Jasper Morrison tells Dezeen that the rise of craft-based design among young makers echoes what he experienced in 1980s London, when commercial opportunities were similarly hard to come by.

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