Icelandic designer Jón Björnsson has designed a range of vases made of volcanic sand. More »

Milan 09: as part of the Design Miami Craft Punk performances in Milan later this month, designers Tim Simpson and Sarah van Gameren of Studio Glithero will present a range of ceramic vases that gradually change colour to a vivid blue when exposed to light. More »

A new collection of leather vases by London designer Simon Hasan is on show as part of an exhibition at Sotheby's in London this week.  More »

More from Isolation Unit: this vase is sliced into layers than can be rotated and rearranged. More »

Design Miami 08: Dutch designer Roderick Vos will present a collection of three ceramic pieces called White Gold at Design Miami this week. More »

Saudi Arabia-based telecommunications company STC have designed a wireless internet router that can also be used to hold flowers. More »

Caged Message vases by Cypriot designer Alexis Themistocleous contain a secret message that can only be revealed when they are smashed. More »

Helsinki-based designer Lincoln Kayiwa has designed two multi-functional home and office objects. More »

New Designers 08: graduate designer Laura Cahill presented vases and furniture made from unwanted books at New Designers in London earlier this year. More »

Czech designer Jan Čtvrtník has won the Climate Competition organised by Droog with a vase based on Alvar Aalto's famous design, but modified to express the effects of global warming. More »

Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto of Eindhoven-based design studio BCXSY have created a collection of vases to support cut flowers once they have dried out. More »

A range of products made from boiled leather by designer Simon Hasan is on show at the Royal College of Art Show Two in London, which closes tomorrow. More »

Psychomoulages by designer Olivier Peyricot is a series of ceramic vases inspired by "the tragic fragility of motorcycle helmets". More »

Milan 08: Moooi showed a set of vases by Marcel Wanders at Superstudio Più in Milan last month. More »