Tokio knitted carpet by Pauline Gorelov

Belgian textile designer Pauline Gorelov has designed a knitted carpet that can be produced on industrial knitting machines in just one hour.

Handmade rugs by Makeda

Himal by Makeda

Swedish brand Makeda's rugs are each handmade in Kathmandu, and use wools and dyes that develop a patina over time.

Cross Roads: cross cultural creations

Curated by Italian architect Simone Micheli, this exhibition paired handmade home fabrics by Muya Ethiopia with bone china tableware and woven chairs by Italian brand Schönhuber Franchi.

Blown glass lighting by Wonderglass

Flow [T] by Nao Tamura for Wonderglass

New glass brand Wonderglass presented designs by Zaha Hadid, Jaime Hayon, Nendo and Nao Tamura at Milan Design Week this year.

Wooden lights by Channels

Finnieston Wall Lamp by Samuel Chan

British design studio Channels presented a new collection of wooden lamps in Milan. Designed by Samuel Chan, they combine contemporary design with classic wood craft. Each is turned from solid American white oak or American black walnut, creating soft rounded forms.

Venini's 2013 collection

Bauta by Gaetano Pesce for Venini

Luxury Italian glass brand Venini launched its new collection during Milan Design Week 2013, including a series of pendant lamps made from glass and leather, an opal orange-coloured table lamp, and a series of vases based on carnival masks.

New Stable Atmospheres by Stefano Conticelli

Bottega Conticelli

Italian craftsman Stefano Conticelli showcased three new projects for his solo exhibition at the Triennale during Milan Design Week 2013, each one inspired by his love of horseriding.

Everyday Objects by Big-Game

Bank by Big-Game for Praxis

Swiss design studio Big-Game launched a number of new products during Milan Design Week, including desk organisers for Alessi, a rubber money box for Praxis, a coat hook for HAY, and furniture for Karimoku New Standard.

Nichetto = Nendo

Shelves in a comic by Luca Nichetto and Nendo for Glas Italia

Italian and Japanese designers Luca Nichetto and Oki Sato of Nendo recently teamed up to create a brand new collection of products, which was launched at Milan Design Week. Inspired by a Japanese creative process in which one person starts a poem and then sends it to a second person to compose its ending, one designer sent ideas to the other, who concluded them, and vice versa.

One of the pieces is a range of glass structures covered in tiny shelves. On their large, rounded pieces of glass, the shelves are like "speech bubbles floating in mid-air, the kind that appears by a manga character's head as he imagines something", says Nichetto. "Shelves that seem synchronised with the mind of their owner, once loaded with books and objects."

WGSN-homebuildlife subscribers can read our full report on the art of display here.

Urban Tribe by Fiona Kruger

British designer Fiona Kruger was a highlight at this year's Salone Satellite - the showcase for emerging design talent that takes place during Salone del Mobile each year. Kruger graduated from ECAL's Design and the Luxury Industry Master's program in 2011, and showed her colourful collection, Urban Tribes, at Satellite.

Austerity by Lanzavecchia + Wai: edible furniture for times of crisis

How can furniture react to times of crisis? Through a series of four conceptual objects, designers Lanzavecchia + Wai propose using sugar and chocolate to create food reserves that at the same time provide the finishing surfaces for furniture.

The Capsule by Tom Dixon for adidas

Industrial designer Tom Dixon launched a collection of garments, luggage and accessories designed for adidas during Milan Design Week.

Called The Capsule, the collection features backpacks that convert into garment bags, and overalls that switch into jackets and trousers, and was showcased at Most in front of the museum's reconstructed 19th century steam trains.

Happy Office Happy Home by Studiopepe for Spotti

Photo by Andrea Ferrari

During Milan Design Week 2013, Spotti collaborated with Swiss company USM Modular Furniture on a special display called Happy Office Happy Home.

Curated by Studiopepe, the specially created environments demonstrated how well-designed environments can facilitate productivity and enjoyment of work.

Bethan Gray x Lapicida: Stone patterns

Herringbone table by Bethan Gray for Lapicida

Welsh designer Bethan Gray has collaborated with British natural stone company Lapicida to create a collection of stone and marble tables. Her inspiration came from the spectacular black and white stone motifs seen on historical European buildings such as Italian cathedrals and Spanish mesquitas.

Salad_Ink tableware by Chiara Andreatti

Chiara Andreatti presented a collection of porcelain tableware stamped with vegetable prints at Milan exhibition Juice last week. Andreatti prints each plate using hand-carved pear wood moulds, and Delft blue silhouettes, and clean white porcelain.

New collection by Magis

Folly by Ron Arad

Italian design company Magis launched its new collection in Milan last week. It includes the brand's first ever padded range of products, designed by Konstantin Grcic, as well as a sculptural bench by Ron Arad, who continues to blur the boundaries between art and design in his work.

Pop up card by stationery shop Rigadritto

Fresh from Milan: a pop-up hothouse card from creative stationery shop Rigadritto in the city's Brera district.

Milan Design Week 2013: Around Books

Raw Edges: Booken. Lema, 2012. Photo Ferruccio Zanvettor

The Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Foscarini and Inventario have partnered up once again for Milan Design Week 2013. Located in Via Manzoni, the museum has opened its doors to design with an exhibition titled Intorno al libro - tra Arte e Design (Around books – between art and design).

Pig Bench by Misha Kahn

Rhode Island School of Design graduate Misha Kahn exhibited a bench representing a cut log but made of synthetic materials at Venture Lambrate last week. Expanding foam is embedded with plastic conduit, gold plastic gems, climbing rope, tinsel and other man-made flotsam and jetsam.

Live from Milan: Opium lights

Showing as part of Oriental Design Week at Sarpi Bridge, these Opium Lights blow smoke softly out into the room, accompanied by calming sound design by Enrico Ascoli.