Brooklyn designer Paul Loebach has used simple forms and materials for a teapot and matching glasses to provide an alternative to the "grandma look" of some ceramic designs (+ slideshow). More about Paul Loebach creates tea set with laboratory glass
New York designer Ali Schachtschneider has imagined a future in which biologically grown materials are used to create furniture, garments and tools that would become "extensions of the body". More about Lab-grown materials form fashion and furniture for Vivorium lifestyle concept
Lake-flavoured water, tacos made from insects and "century-old eggs" were all on the menu at an experimental restaurant located in a Wrocław gallery (+ slideshow). More about Visitors try lake-flavoured water and insect tacos at Wrocław exhibition
Music: illustrator Emanuele Kabu used a variety of different paints and inks to create the hand-drawn sequences in this animated music video for alternative rock duo The Helio Sequence. More about Emanuele Kabu creates colourful animated music video with paint and marker pens
Milan 2015: Dutch design duo Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen have created a bench and two stools from synthetic stone that becomes malleable when heated (+ slideshow). More about OS & OOS moulds synthetic stone to create Arc seating collection
The American market for high-end design is "growing incredibly" according to European brands, who are opening showrooms and restructuring their US businesses to take advantage of booming sales. More about European design brands target America amid booming demand for luxury design
Renzo Piano has designed a limited-edition bag for Italian fashion house Max Mara modelled after his latest project: New York's Whitney Museum, which opened to the public last week (+ slideshow). More about Renzo Piano designs handbag to match new Whitney Museum
Milan 2015: a tube-shaped backrest wraps around this seat by German designer Konstantin Grcic that has "a hint of a cartoon character". More about Konstantin Grcic's Sam Son chair for Magis has a backrest like a pool noodle
Dezeen promotion: Spanish design company Sancal has released its latest furniture range, which features tessellating chairs and tables designed by Valencian studio Yonoh (+ slideshow). More about Sancal's 2015 collection includes furniture that pieces together like a puzzle
Milan 2015: Italian designer Marco Zito has created a blown-glass pendant lamp for lighting brand Foscarini designed to mimic the morning mist that rises up from the Venetian Lagoon. More about Venetian fog influences Marco Zito's Caiigo lamp for Foscarini
Milan 2015: the walls of a Milanese gallery are lined with excrement to highlight one of the material's potential uses in this installation by architect Luca Cipelletti (+ slideshow). More about Luca Cipelletti plasters Milan gallery with manure for Shit Show
Milan 2015: specially adapted cooking implements, hand-woven baskets and ceramic bowls slot into this wooden and metal box, created by Chinese designer Weiwei Wang to work as a portable tofu-making kit (+ slideshow). More about Weiwei Wang's portable kit provides utensils for making fresh tofu
Italian architect Antonino Cardillo has created a multi-sensory space for experiencing and buying fragrance by coating a room inside an old London building with volcanic ash (+ slideshow). More about Antonino Cardillo combines scent and texture for Illuminum Fragrance shop interior
Dezeen promotion: exhibitions that aim to promote emerging talent within the industry will be on show as part of New Design Britain at the May Design Series 2015 (+ slideshow). More about May Design Series 2015 to feature exhibitions of emerging talent
Milan 2015: Dutch designers Maarten Baas and Bertjan Pot have combined their distinct styles to create a range of lamps and light-up mirrors for handmade products manufacturer DHPH. More about Maarten Baas and Bertjan Pot team up for funfair-influenced lighting collection
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie filmed in Milan, Spanish designer Jaime Hayón explains why he used traditional craft materials in his installation showcasing MINI's new electric scooter concept. More about Jaime Hayón uses marble and ceramics to create "fantastical urban landscape" for MINI
Dutch designer Han Koning has relaunched his 103% Vase designed in 2002, which was originally produced in China but is now 3D printed in his own studio (+ movie). More about Han Koning puts 103% Vase back into production by 3D printing it himself
A biologist and a designer are developing a bacteria and yeast "micro-factory" that could one day enable consumers to grow their own products at home (+ slideshow). More about Growduce "micro-factory" concept would allow users to grow their own products
Austrian men's magazine Vangardist has printed an edition using ink infused with the blood of HIV-positive people to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. More about Vangardist magazine prints 3000 copies with HIV+ blood-infused ink
Milan 2015: Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a wooden cabinet and seven objects to go inside – one to represent each of the seven deadly sins (+ slideshow). More about Objects in Neri&Hu's Cabinet of Curiosity symbolise the seven deadly sins