Granby Workshop, the social enterprise set up by Turner Prize-winning architecture collective Assemble, has launched a range of slip-cast vessels as part of London Craft Week. More about Assemble's Granby Workshop creates slip-cast tableware using modular moulds
Simple plaster surfaces sit alongside aged wooden ceiling beams within this ceramics studio in Coimbra, Portugal, which has been overhauled by Luisa Bebiano Arquitectos and Atelier do Corvo. More about Old Ceramic Society of Coimbra celebrates its 18th-century structure
Geometric shapes balance precariously atop misshapen forms in this abstract sculpture series by Swedish designer Malou Palmqvist. More about Malou Palmqvist's sculptures defy the "fundamental laws of nature"
German design studio BNAG encourages us to celebrate our flaws with a collection of lumpy nose vases and pink nipple clocks, exhibited as part of this year's Nomad collectible design fair. More about BNAG's Body Buddies ceramics champion body diversity
College graduate John Quick has created a collection of donut-shaped pipes, with ceramic glazes to resemble frosting, for smoking marijuana. More about Donut Pipes by John Quick are designed for smoking cannabis
Concave terracotta tiles form a scallop pattern across the walls of this Barcelona shop, which Kengo Kuma has designed for footwear brand Camper. More about Terracotta tiles create shelves in Kengo Kuma-designed Camper store in Barcelona
American ceramicists Emily Rae Counts and Jessie Rose Vala have designed a collection of eclectic stoneware, featuring an array of designs inspired by nature. More about Vala Rae designs relief stoneware that references animals, plants and the evil eye
Rotterdam-based artist Ruohong Wu aims to attach a new meaning to the phrase "made in China" by using the country's infamous mass-production methods to create unique porcelain vessels. More about Ruohong Wu creates unique porcelain objects using Chinese mass-production techniques
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Erika Emeren has turned a traditional cake-making technique into a method for forming unique ceramic vases. More about Erika Emeren uses Swedish spit-cake technique to create decorative vases
Barcelona home accessories brand Octaevo has launched a line of ceramic trays based on Greek and Roman gods as well as traditional symbols of good luck that are believed to fend off evil spirits. More about Octaevo bases ceramic tray series on ancient gods and amulets
Danish design studio Flensted Mouritzen has created a running mould machine that makes sculptural plaster objects with mottled surfaces. More about Flensted Mouritzen adapt heritage plaster technique to make sculptural Revolve objects
Lithuanian designer Agne Kucerenkaite reveals the value of industrial metal waste in her project Ignorance is Bliss, which sees the material used to make colourful ceramics. More about Agne Kucerenkaite repurposes "valueless" metal waste to create colourful ceramic glazes
North Yorkshire potter Lee Cartledge has designed a commemorative Brexit mug that cannot be used and therefore "sums up the whole Brexit negotiations". More about Brexit mug by Lee Cartledge is completely useless
Reiko Kaneko's plates for appliance manufacturer Neff explore how the colour, shape, texture and weight of crockery can intensify perceptions of flavour. More about Ceramicist Reiko Kaneko creates flavour-boosting plate collection
A fictional meeting between Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and American ceramicist Edith Heath formed the basis of a collaboration that combines their designs, displayed in an installation by LA studio The Archers. More about Artek and Heath present limited-edition tiled furniture in 1960s setting
Chinese studio Bentu Design aims to highlight the amount of waste produced by the ceramics industry with its Wreck furniture range. More about Bentu Design creates Wreck furniture from ceramic waste
The latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win one of 10 vases by British designer Jack Laverick. More about Competition: win a porcelain vase from Jack Laverick's Memphis collection
Eindhoven-based Studio Joachim-Morineau has designed a manufacturing machine that replicates human error, to create ceramics with individual structures, patterns and textures. More about Dripping machine creates ceramics that marry technological precision with handmade details
PES Architects used custom-developed ceramic tiles and louvres to create the curving lines of the Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou, China. More about PES Architects reveals petal-shaped Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou
Atelier NL co-founders Nadine Sterk and Lonny van Ryswyck explain how they will use London clay to create the trophies for the inaugural Dezeen Awards, in this movie Dezeen filmed at their Eindhoven studio. More about Atelier NL sources clay from London brick manufacturer for Dezeen Awards trophy