Carmaker Bugatti has unveiled the Mistral Blanc Éternal, a sports car covered with unusual porcelain accents including speaker grilles and armrests. More about Bugatti designs porcelain-clad sports car informed by Enzo Mari vase
Rubber thorns, rocky lumps and haunting faces all feature in a collection of cups by more than 30 different artists and designers, presented at Copenhagen's Cafe Sommersko during 3 Days of Design. More about Tableau marks 50th anniversary of historic Copenhagen cafe with curated cup collection
Swedish designer Gustaf Westman is ringing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted across the USA, Canada and Mexico, with a chubby pink snack bowl shaped like a football stadium. More about Gustaf Westman's stadium-shaped snack bowl is "the only object you need for the World Cup"
American artist Theaster Gates has transformed a dedicated Prada Home retail space in Milan into an earthen sanctuary for his exhibition Chawan Cabinet, dedicated to Japanese pottery. More about Theaster Gates focuses on "human kindness" with ceramics exhibition for Prada Home
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has released designs for a residential skyscraper in Quito, Ecuador, the studio's first in the city. More about Kengo Kuma bases Quito skyscraper design on "ancient ceramics"
Rough walls streaked with clay, soil and metal powders evoke ceramic glazes at Haniyasu House, a home in Japan renovated by local architecture studio Aatismo. More about Aatismo references ceramic glazes for streaked house extension in Japan
South Korean ceramic designer Jihyun Kim combines elements of myth and magic in her multi-coloured vessels, which she is showing at the Collect 2026 fair at London's Somerset House this week. More about Jihyun Kim uses gloop glaze to create "gravity-defying" Salty Fairy Ring ceramics
Dutch designer Vera van der Burg aimed to "slow down" AI by combining it with a ceramics practice in the project From Text-to-Clay, which has seen her exhibit several unworldly creations. More about Vera van der Burg puts AI and ceramics into "reflective" feedback loop
Promotion: New York's International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is partnering with Dezeen for the 10th edition of its Look Book design exhibition, which spotlights North American design. More about ICFF champions North American design at Look Book 2026
London studio David Chipperfield Architects has designed a skyscraper in Miami clad in fluted ceramic columns that will be "the very first residential offering" in the city's Design District. More about David Chipperfield Architects designs ceramic-clad skyscraper for Miami
Belgian architecture studio Felt has renovated a mid-century home in Ghent, adding an entrance space and staircase within a "compact tower" clad in blue ceramic tiles. More about Felt updates mid-century bungalow in Ghent with blue-tiled tower
Promotion: Italian company Ceramiche Refin has unveiled its Ink collection, presenting a series of textured ceramic tiles "inspired by moods". More about Ceramiche Refin's textured Ink collection features hand-drawn graphics
Promotion: Spanish manufacturer Cosentino has launched Nara, a beige-toned porcelain surface designed to celebrate the qualities of natural stone. More about Cosentino designs beige-toned surface to bring a "touch of sophistication"
Architecture studio New South has created the Muqarnas Pavilion in Saint-Étienne, France, which is informed by sacred Islamic architecture. More about New South unveils muqarna-informed ceramic pavilion
Dezeen Showroom: this basin created by Italian artist and designer Emanuel Gargano and ceramics brand Terzofoco turns the bathroom sink into a sculptural focal point. More about LuneUp freestanding H2O basin by Emanuel Gargano for Terzofoco
MIT Design Intelligence Lab has designed Geolectric, a lantern that explores alkaline-based geopolymers as a sustainable alternative to consumer electronics, and was given as a gift to the Irish president. More about MIT Design Intelligence Lab explores "sustainable consumer electronics" with Geolectric
Italian bathroom brand Terzofoco has developed a versatile system of hand-thrown ceramic pedestals that support modular elements such as washbasins, planters and barbecues. More about LuneUp ceramic basins can double as barbecues
Promotion: ceramics manufacturer Fiandre has unveiled its latest collection of tiled surfaces, which it describes as "an architectural language built around eight carefully selected materials". More about Fiandre's latest collection features "carefully selected materials"
London designer Henry Holland has unveiled his first furniture pieces, handcrafted from wiggly ceramic spheres, amorphous mohair seats and patinated bronze. More about Henry Holland's debut furniture collection "embraces the wobble"
British ceramicist Emma Louise Payne has opened the doors to her new London atelier, where she has invited seven designers and makers to each take over a different room for London Design Festival. More about Emma Louise Payne presents The Objects We Live By inside London townhouse