UK to drop crafts from list of creative industries
News: crafts will no longer be considered part of the creative industries under proposals published by the UK government this week. More
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Ran Out by Shlomit Bauman
Israeli ceramics designer Shlomit Bauman combined white porcelain with the very last batch of clay from a local pit to make these stretched and distorted objects (+ slideshow). More
Heirloom by Benjamin Graindorge for Moustache
Maison&Objet 2013: French designer Benjamin Graindorge has created a series of vases with tops that loop over the flowers to frame them. More
Deviazione and 3Dzionale by Guido Garotti
Italian designer Guido Garotti worked with traditional ceramicists to create a hand-painted vase with the appearance of a stereoscopic image and a pair of road signs that look like decorative plates (+ slideshow). More
Donna Wilson on her knitted tree for the Stepney Green Design Collection
In the next movie filmed for the Stepney Green Design Collection we curated, east London designer Donna Wilson talks about the knitted tree with creatures nestled inside it that she contributed. More
Silent Machine by Eunjae Lee
The forms of this tea service by design graduate Eunjae Lee are based on the components of an engine. More
Crockery by Max Lamb for 1882 Ltd.
London designer Max Lamb used stonemasonry tools to hand-carve the models for this crockery collection from lumps of plaster. More
Lustre pendant lamps by Tom Dixon
London Design Festival: London designer Tom Dixon will launch a range of iridescent stoneware pendant lights at next month's London Design Festival. More
The Materiality of a Natural Disaster by Hilda Hellström at Show RCA 2012
Our coverage of the Royal College of Art graduate show begins with these food storage jars made of radioactive earth from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster area in Japan. More
Designed in Hackney: Cricket by Kay + Stemmer
Designed in Hackney: Dalston designers Kay + Stemmer present this collection of benches, side tables and stools for Shoreditch design brand SCP at MOST in Milan this week. More
Drawing vessels by Fumiaki Goto
If for some reason you'd like to draw pictures with the bottom of your cup, Japanese designer Fumiaki Goto has made these little vessels with the same combination of ceramic and graphite used to make pencil lead. More
Outsiders plush toys by Atelier Volvox
Slideshow: Zurich designers Atelier Volvox rescued these unloved plush toys and gave them a new lease of life by turning them inside out - eyes and all. More
Helena Westerlind at The Temporium
The Temporium: this series of knotted collar pieces made of rope by London-based designer Helena Westerlind is today's entry to our Advent calendar. More
Blue D1653 by Arian Brekveld, Chris Koens and Damian O'Sullivan for Royal Delft
Traditional Dutch porcelain company Royal Delft have launched a new contemporary brand, Blue D1653, including this set by Arian Brekveld that looks as though the blue emblems have slipped down the rim of each dish. More
Power of Making at the V&A
London Design Festival 2011: cakes decorated like creepily realistic babies and pencils with the alphabet painstakingly carved into their tips are among the exhibits at power of Making, which opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. More
Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid
Industrial design graduate Florian Schmid made these stools by folding fabric that's impregnated with cement then drenching it in water. More
Origin part II: Balance by BCXSY
Milan 2011: Eindhoven designers BCXSY present a collection of rugs woven by Bedouin women in Israel at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week. More
Story Vases by Front
Milan 2011: Swedish collective Front will present a series of vases that tell the stories of five women living in remote villages in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. More
Teapot/cup by Louie Rigano
American designer Louie Rigano has created a range of teapots that combines mass-produced wooden handles and lids with individual hand-thrown bodies. More
300 Coloured Vases by Hella Jongerius at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius presents 300 porcelain vases coloured with layers of mineral and chemical glazes at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. More