South Korean ceramic designer Jihyun Kim combines elements of myth and magic in her multi-coloured vessels, which she is showing at the Collect 2026 fair at London's Somerset House this week. More about Jihyun Kim uses gloop glaze to create "gravity-defying" Salty Fairy Ring ceramics
Designer Matthew Fisher has created a gallery and display space for his stoneware objects in New York City's Seaport neighbourhood, referencing ancient culture and contemporary performance design. More about Matthew Fisher blends antiquity with "comforts of quiet luxury" in New York gallery
Designer Paul Priestman has aimed to tackle overcrowding in popular tourist destinations with Viewpoint, a concept for a sightseeing boat where everyone is guaranteed a good view. More about Paul Priestman reimagines sightseeing boats to maximise the view
Careful stitches mend the cracks in these vessels that woodturning studio Ash & Plumb has created for London's Collect craft fair from an oak tree felled by lightning. More about Ash & Plumb forms 14 objects from single lightning-struck oak
Yacht design studios Van Geest Design and Rob Doyle Design have devised a trimaran concept that aims to be "the first truly zero-emission yacht over 750 gross tonnage". More about Domus trimaran designed as "world's first zero-emission superyacht"
Indian designer Sachi Tungare collected five kilograms of cigarette butts by hand to create her Jugaad collection of multi-coloured bowls and vases. More about Sachi Tungare forms swirly vessels from discarded cigarette butts
As part of the VDF x Sight Unseen collaboration, Los Angeles studio BZippy & Co is debuting a collection of ceramic objects that measure up to half a metre tall. More about BZippy & Co's oversized ceramics mimic brutalist architecture
Stockholm-based designer Julia Olanders has used construction materials that are usually hidden in buildings to create a series of decorative vases for her Betweenness project. More about Julia Olanders makes "toxic" vases from insulation foam and concrete
Italian ceramicist Paola Paronetto has unveiled two new vase designs, created using her distinctive "paper clay" technique. More about Paola Paronetto combines paper and clay to create delicate vessels
French creative publisher Goodmoods has released a collection of soft matte ceramics that mimic the shape of single-use plastic bottles. More about Goodmoods' handmade sandstone bottles are a "satire of our plastic use"
Italian architect Matteo Thun has used cold-processing techniques to create a series of translucent blown-glass vases for Murano glassmakers Venini. More about Matteo Thun creates limited edition series of translucent vessels for Venini
French designer Pierre Charrié has reimagined traditional Peruvian singing vessels with his collection of coloured musical jugs. More about The Pan whistling jug sounds a musical note as you pour
Blown glass lights that look like bubbles of magma and blown glass vessels slumped over steel and brass stands feature in Nouvel Limited's latest collection. More about Nouvel Limited push the possibilities of blown glass with latest collection
Arnhem-based designers Visser & Meijwaard drew upon their Dutch heritage to create these matt black vessels for German design brand Pulpo. More about Visser & Meijwaard create black vessels inspired by traditional Dutch cabinets
London designer John Booth has created three-dimensional versions of his colourful illustrations for this collection of collage-style vases. More about John Booth hand paints abstract faces for Tributes ceramics collection
London studio Industrial Facility has unveiled a collection of lacquered vessels at Milan design week that are based on traditional Japanese soup and rice bowls. More about Industrial Facility designs stretched versions of traditional Japanese lacquerware for Store collection
The Brinery is a home fermentation vessel designed by a team of Royal College of Art students to kickstart interest in the "forgotten" process of preserving vegetables. More about Royal College of Art students design The Brinery home fermentation tool
The developers of a biodegradable urn that turns the ashes of a dead person into a tree have designed an incubator to aid the growth process (+ slideshow). More about Bios Incube turns ashes of cremated bodies into trees
Spanish product designer Victor Castanera has created a set of cylindrical resin containers with patterns reminiscent of ocean waves and sandy beaches. More about Victor Castanera's Undae vases are striped to look like sand and sea
Wolfgang Natlacen's ovoid funerary urns can rock like a Weeble toy to offer an alternative to the "grey and sad conformism of death" (+ movie). More about Egg-shaped urns for cremated ashes rock back and forth without falling over