Charcoal by Formafantasma at the Vitra Design Museum
Charcoal inserts purify tap water in these blown-glass containers by Italian designers Formafantasma (+ movie). More about Charcoal by Formafantasma at the Vitra Design Museum
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Sport Plates by Boguslaw Sliwinski
Polish designer Boguslaw Sliwinski has created a new series of plates to encourage people to play with their food, this time allowing diners to recreate sporting action with their vegetables. More about Sport Plates by Boguslaw Sliwinski
Stir It by Anna Blattert for Postfossil
These carafes by Zurich designer Anna Blattert of Swiss collective Postfossil incorporate little baskets to hold fresh ingredients like lemon or mint for making flavoured tap water. More about Stir It by Anna Blattert for Postfossil
Cover collection by Daphna Laurens
Dutch designers Daphna Laurens have created a series of storage containers that partially conceal their contents behind metal grilles. More about Cover collection by Daphna Laurens
Big Bloom by Charlie Guda for The Cottage Industry
This vase by Charlie Guda for Rotterdam company The Cottage Industry combines a test-tube with a magnifying lens to show off tiny single blooms. More about Big Bloom by Charlie Guda for The Cottage Industry
The Temporium on llustre.com
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen’s pop-up retail concept The Temporium is going online this Sunday to guest-curate a collection of homeware by the likes of Jamie Hayon, Paul Cocksedge and Alexa Lixfeld on flash-sales site llustre. More about The Temporium on llustre.com
Extrusion by Philippe Malouin for Carwan Gallery at Ventura Lambrate
Hackney designer Philippe Malouin worked with traditional craftsmen from Beirut to create a series of bowls and plinths by shaping wooden blocks made of many smaller, tessellating batons. More about Extrusion by Philippe Malouin for Carwan Gallery at Ventura Lambrate
Figurine Containers by TAF
Milan 2012: these little storage containers by Swedish designers TAF are made of silicone but coloured to look like clay. More about Figurine Containers by TAF
Im Blanky by Studio NMinusOne and Rodolphe el-Khoury
This blanket is embroidered with tiny sensors so it can watch you sleeping. More about Im Blanky by Studio NMinusOne and Rodolphe el-Khoury
Colour Porcelain by Scholten & Baijings for 1616 Arita Japan
Milan 2012: Dutch designers Scholten & Baijings showed a tableware set based on the archives of hand-painted porcelain company 1616 Arita Japan at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week. More about Colour Porcelain by Scholten & Baijings for 1616 Arita Japan
FaceOn by Boguslaw Sliwiński
These plates by Polish designer Boguslaw Sliwinski turn your meals into hairstyles for the faces they depict. More about FaceOn by Boguslaw Sliwiński
Designed in Hackney: Pottery by Ian McIntyre for Another Country
Designed in Hackney: designer Ian McIntyre hand-crafted this pottery collection for furniture brand Another Country at his Hoxton studio in the London borough of Hackney and fired some of the pieces in his own kilns. More about Designed in Hackney: Pottery by Ian McIntyre for Another Country
Ground Barware by Michael Antrobus
UK designer Michael Antrobus has created a corkscrew and bottle opener by making just a few twists in flat stainless steel bars. More about Ground Barware by Michael Antrobus
Happy Pills by Fabio Novembre for Venini
Milan designer Fabio Novembre has created these pill-like vases for Murano glass company Venini. More about Happy Pills by Fabio Novembre for Venini
Gravity candle holder by Jólan van der Wiel
Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has expanded his range of products shaped by magnets with this candle-holder. More about Gravity candle holder by Jólan van der Wiel
H-supplies Kit by Dialoguemethod
Slideshow: Seoul studio Dialoguemethod made this stationery set by layering up birch plywood with coloured paper. More about H-supplies Kit by Dialoguemethod
Corkers by Monkey Business and Reddish
Slideshow: Israeli studios Monkey Business and Reddish have designed these pins for making little animal characters from wine corks at the dinner table. More about Corkers by Monkey Business and Reddish
Bread spoons by Niels Datema
These five measuring spoons give the correct quantities of flour, water, yeast, sugar and oil to bake the perfect loaf of bread. More about Bread spoons by Niels Datema
Silent Cargo by SX70 Europe for Anki Gneib
Stockholm designer Anki Gneib challenged artistic collective SX70 Europe to transport her enormous carved candlesticks from their place of manufacture in the woods of Sorvi-Pojat in Finland to her studio in Stockholm. They decided to wear suits for the occasion and photograph the journey. More about Silent Cargo by SX70 Europe for Anki Gneib
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 about Drawing vessels by Fumiaki Goto