Robert Stadler designs whimsical furniture informed by genetically modified food
Designer Robert Stadler has created a series of fruit- and vegetable-shaped ceramic furniture and lighting pieces named OMG-GMO at Milan design week. More
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Clement Zheng's conductive ceramics can control sound and sense moisture
Designer Clement Zheng has created a collection of conductive ceramics that can heat food, act as interfaces for smart devices and sense moisture. More
Kunokaiku urns designed to allow "remembering through ritual"
LA-based travel photographer Marianna Jamadi has collaborated with Mexico City-based ceramic practice Menat Studio to create a collection of commemorative urns. More
Toppu ceramics collection by OYOY Living Design
Dezeen Showroom: to mark the brand's ten year anniversary, Danish interiors company OYOY Living Design has released a limited edition collection of clay ceramic vessels. More
SCAD partners with Cerámica Suro to create ceramic tile installation at Design Miami
Promotion: the official university partner of Design Miami, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has collaborated with Mexican design studio Cerámica Suro to produce an installation formed from glazed tiles designed by SCAD alumni. More
Italian ceramics are "produced in under an hour but last for over 50 years"
Promotion: in the Italian ceramic tile industry "nothing is wasted", which enables mineral resources to be conserved and reduces carbon emissions, according to Ceramics of Italy. More
Tender tiles by Cevica
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish tile brand Cevica has launched Tender, a collection defined by bright colours and "intriguing geometric designs". More
Canal Grande tiles by Ceramiche Refin resemble the wood of Venice's boats
Promotion: Italian tile brand Ceramiche Refin has launched Canal Grande, a porcelain tile collection designed to recall the mahogany used to make Venetian boats. More
David Hotson collaborates with Fiandre to cover Armenian church in porcelain slabs printed with 1.5 million motifs
Promotion: Fiandre Architectural Surfaces porcelain slabs, digitally printed with 1.5 million icons, cover the facade of an Armenian church in Texas designed by New York-based architect David Hotson. More
Call for entries to the Tile of Spain Awards 2022
Promotion: architects, designers and final-year architectural students are invited to submit their work to the Tile of Spain Awards 2022, which celebrate architectural and design projects that use Spanish ceramics. More
Carly Breame turns seaside town's leftover fish and chips into plates
Plates made from fish bones, potato peelings and oyster shells feature in the work of recent design graduate Carly Breame, who collaborated with a British seafood restaurant to make a "menu" of hyperlocal ceramics. More
Smogware is a tableware collection glazed with air pollutants
Dutch designers Iris de Kievith and Annemarie Piscaer have created Smogware, a collection of ceramics with a decorative glaze made using common air pollution particles. More
Ceramiche Refin's Prestigio Travertino tiles give classic travertine stone a modern update
Promotion: Italian tile brand Ceramiche Refin has launched Prestigio Travertino, a porcelain tile collection that was designed in reference to "monumental architecture, majestic squares and extraordinary works of art". More
Milan design week
Milan design week
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec design sculptural ceramic installation for Tajimi Custom Tiles
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created Sosei, an installation of pastel-coloured ceramic sculptures that is currently on show at Milan design week. More
"Smog-eating" ceramic fins cover hospital in Milan by Mario Cucinella Architects
Large ceramic fins with a titanium dioxide coating that can break down smog particles cover the wave-like form of this hospital building in Milan, designed by local practice Mario Cucinella Architects. More
WEED'D is a collection of bongs that "can't be hidden when mum comes home"
Milanese brand WEED'D has launched three striking and colourful marijuana bongs designed by Italian designers Simone Bonanni, Valerio Sommella and Maddalena Casadei. More
Arthur Mamou-Mani creates 3D-printed cups for Trame's latest collection
Paris-based homeware brand Trame has unveiled a collection of rugs and ceramics with pieces designed by architect Arthur Mamou-Mani as well as designers Amandine David and Wonmin Park that reference the historic Alhambra palace in Granada. More
Ceramiche Refin's Cortina tiles aim to "transfer the charm of mountain chalets to interior environments"
Dezeen promotion: Italian tile brand Ceramiche Refin has launched Cortina, a porcelain stoneware tile collection designed to resemble traditional wooden planks from Italian alpine huts. More
Ana Illueca builds ceramicist search engine for Valencia
More than 100 artisans are united in a directory of Valencia's historic ceramics community, which has been compiled by potter Ana Illueca to make the region's craft skills more "visible internationally and accessible locally". More
Call for entries to the Tile of Spain Awards 2021
Dezeen promotion: designers, architects and final year architectural students are invited to submit their work for this year's Tile of Spain Awards, which celebrates architectural and design projects that use ceramics crafted in Spain. More