Rubber thorns, rocky lumps and haunting faces all feature in a collection of cups by more than 30 different artists and designers, presented at Copenhagen's Cafe Sommersko during 3 Days of Design. More about Tableau marks 50th anniversary of historic Copenhagen cafe with curated cup collection
London studio Seymourpowell has combined an insulated water bottle and a cup with a lid into a single product, Bottlecup, so users only need to remember one item when leaving the house. More about Seymourpowell designs two-in-one reusable water bottle and coffee cup
Falling-Down Collection is a series of porcelain containers that Studio Meng-Chan Yu is presenting during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More about Studio Meng-Chan Yu uses porcelain to create Falling-Down Collection
Architect Frida Escobedo has based this collection of drinking vessels made for tequila brand Maestro Dobel on the rich materials and textures found in the Mexican landscape. More about Frida Escobedo designs trio of hand-carved obsidian drinking vessels
Sam Baron and Costas Voyatzis, founder of Yatzer, have created a collection of irregular, handmade and hand-painted ceramics for Swedish design company Mateus. More about Sam Baron and Yatzer look back to "humankind's earliest ceramics" for Mateus
Architect Safia Qureshi wanted to change the world but ended up designing private houses for rich people. So she invented Cupclub, a circular-economy service that could eliminate single-use coffee cups. As it launches in London, she spoke to Dezeen about the project. More about "It makes you a bad designer if you make something that can't be recycled" says Cupclub founder
Hungarian designer Krisztina Czika's cups might resemble familiar IKEA mugs but they're actually made from human hair embedded in wax. More about Krisztina Czika makes mugs using human hair and leg wax
A team of researchers at Portland State University has developed a coffee cup that gives astronauts in space an earth-like drinking experience by driving liquid towards the mouth. More about Space Cup lets astronauts drink coffee in low gravity
Each of the pieces in this basalt tableware range by British designer Max Lamb has been cast from a hand-carved mould. More about Max Lamb creates range of tableware from black basalt
Most Loved: next up in our exclusive video series, Dutch designer Richard Hutten tells the story behind his colourful children's cup with oversized ears for handles. More about Richard Hutten's Dombo mug "makes people happy when they see it"
Japanese designer Kazuya Koike has used a fragrant Japanese wood to carve a set of sake cups that fit onto carafes as caps. More about Kazuya Koike crafts simple sake cups from Japanese cedar
Milan 2013: this silver serving set for tea and cake was designed by Dutch studio Scholten & Baijings for Danish silverware and jewellery company Georg Jensen and launched at Spazio Rossana Orlandi last week. More about Tea with Georg by Scholten & Baijings for Georg Jensen
French designer Patrick Norguet has designed a reusable cup for McDonald's that makes scalding hot coffee easier to hold. More about Tasse by Patrick Norguet
Designers Studioroom906 have created a set of five porcelain containers that have different shapes but can all contain 150ml. More about 150ml by Studioroom906
Graduate designer Daniel Rawlings has created a series of vases by heat-shrinking plastic tubing around broken crockery. More about Heat Shrink Series by Daniel Rawlings