Designer and architect Reinier de Jong has just released the versatile REK coffee table. The table grows and adapts to your needs. For example, when you’re not entertaining, perhaps you’d like to close it up, but when guests come over, you might want to move the sliding parts outwards to accommodate extra drinks and plates. Or, you can keep the sliding sections and store magazines and other things underneath.

The problem with most light fittings is that they’re only about style: they’re the preserve of hipsters and interior designers. If you want something a little more geeky, why not make your own test tube chandelier?

This was actually dreamt up by Polish designer Pani Jurek and is called the Maria S.C. chandelier. In fact, it’s named after Maria Sklodowska-Curie, the the deservedly world-famous female scientist. But as they suggest over at MAKE, it would be fairly easy to put together yourself. You just need a ring or two of wood, an appropriately sized drill bit and a bunch of test tubes. Every home can cope with more test tubes, right?

Spanish company BM makes some of the coolest furniture for babies all the way through young adults. Their original designs are made for all types of young people and will grow with the child through the years until you’re practically married. The pieces have clean, modern lines and can be personalized in the color or colors of their choosing. You can mix and match the pieces depending on the room size and age of the child. All of the designs are contemporary and timeless, easily be transformed into the next stage when your child outgrows it.

Above, an example of a “Junior” set, which is from ages 12 to 18

Below: Baby (0 – 6 years)

Below: Kid (6 – 12 years)

Below: Junior (12 – 18 years)

In case you keep forgetting where you live, you might want to get a Custom Family Pillow with your address on it. Great gift for someone that just recently moved.

Dutch Most Architecture were commissioned by amsterdam company brandbase to design a temporary space for their new office location. the client wished to furnish the space with recycable material which gave the architects the idea to use pallets.

The pallet structure is designed in such a way that besides being merely a workplace, the entire element invites you to stand, sit or lay down on the pallets. this open office concept was created to suit the creative advertising agency, with an additional, informal atmosphere…

These days, what isn’t Karim Rashid putting his signature on? He’s partnered up with BoConcept on a new line that launches this March, called The Ottawa Collection. I’m looking forward to this, as it seems to be a great way to get your hands on some affordable design from the master of contemporary design. The collection includes everything from dining tables and chairs to rugs to tableware.

You live in a small flat and you lack the space to store your bike? Italian designer Ugo Fava from BYografia studio thought of you with Bookbike.