This year’s event finds an increasing acceptance among collectors of new work that falls between furniture and art

Surround yourself with noteworthy designs that offer a treat for your eyes as well as music to your ears

Take a bough and transform your tree with a dazzling display of decorations

The UK’s General Post Office phones, the first widely produced moulded models, became icons

Pairing craftsmanship with a designer’s flair is helping rejuvenate the Japanese furniture scene both at home and abroad

Artists are using ceramic dinnerware as a canvas for playful paintings, giving a new definition to practical art

Thomas Heatherwick, Tom Dixon and Paul Smith on powering London’s newest £100m regeneration project

Tops are hand-crafted in Germany using cordierite, a mineral found in metamorphic rocks

Lightweight dining chair illustrates mid-century Industrial Functionalism

A seasonal selection of decorative items evoke arboreal tones and themes

Among the razzle-dazzle, it is the quieter works that stand out

Full Grown teases trees to grow into usable furniture

Designers have been reclaiming, reusing and recycling to create desirable items

Beirut is gaining international recognition as a centre of cutting-edge products

Brass hammers, ovens and corrosive fluids put the hardy iconic watch through its paces

The brains behind the British Library

For centuries pattern-lovers have fought their corner against minimalists

The seat remains a defiant challenge to Modernism’s insistence on perfection

Put it away now with strong design statements

From sketch pad to showroom, designers and brands are embracing sustainability. But are they considering ‘the whole story’?

New design areas reveal plenty about how the city sees itself

The desirability of mid-century modern design is reshaping the way we collect

An interview with the biodesign guru whose stunning innovations fuse science and art

From pottery to poetry, dazzle camouflage to digitally printed leather