Milan 2015: Brussels designer Pierre-Emmanuel Vandeputte has created a cork helmet that lowers over the wearer's head when they need a respite from ambient noise. More about Cork Helmet covers the head to muffle noise pollution
Dutch designer Ilias Ernst has created a simple clock that rests on a corner extended from its cork frame. More about Cork corner stops Ilias Ernst's minimal clock from rolling away
Stockholm 2015: furniture giant IKEA has collaborated with London designer Ilse Crawford to launch a range of cork and natural-fibre homeware products. More about IKEA launches "deliberately low key" collection by Ilse Crawford
Bubble tea drinkers perch on tiers of cork seating around brightly coloured tables at this London cafe by architects Gundry & Ducker (+ slideshow). More about Gundry & Ducker's bubble tea cafe features cork seats and stripy paintwork
Czech designer Lucie Koldova has designed a sofa for Belgian design brand Per/Use using cork as the primary material (+ slideshow). More about Lucie Koldova designs cork sofa for Per/Use
Daylight filters sparingly across the concrete walls of this indoor swimming pool, which protrudes from the cork-clad facade of a family house in Leiria, Portugal, by local studio Contaminar Arquitetos (+ slideshow). More about Cork-clad house by Contaminar Arquitetos features a shadow-filled swimming pool
Portuguese architect José Carlos Cruz claims to have built the world's first cork-clad hotel, located amongst the olive and cork trees of Portugal's Alentejo region (+ slideshow). More about José Carlos Cruz completes "world's first cork-clad hotel"
Milan 2013: designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec present a courtyard installation of rotating cork platforms for car brand BMW i (+ slideshow). More about Quiet Motion by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for BMW i
Product news: New Zealand design studio Timothy John has created a cork and steel stool inspired by the glass beakers used in science experiments. More about Sidekick Stool by Timothy John for Thanks
Product news: a ball of cork provides the stopper for this glass container by Czech designer Martin Jakobsen. More about Luno by Martin Jakobsen
Here are some photographs of the completed 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, which opens to the public in London tomorrow. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei photographs
The Serpentine Gallery in London has unveiled plans by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei for this summer's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion: they'll conduct an archaeological dig to find traces of past pavilions on the site then line the resulting trenches with cork. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei
Rhode Island School of Design student Joseph Guerra has designed a flashlight made from CNC-cut cork. More about Flashlight by Joseph Guerra
Dezeen archive: this week sets of pins that let you transform your wine corks into animal characters (bottom right) were very popular on Pinterest, so we thought we'd group together all our stories about things made of cork. See all the stories »
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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
ECAL graduate Romain Lagrange has designed an indoor croquet set that's crafted from timber, cork and leather. More about Gates by Romain Lagrange
London designer Héctor Serrano presents this series of jars with cork lids at Maison&Objet, which opens today in Paris. More about Natura Jars by Héctor Serrano for La Mediterránea
Stairs lead past lumpy cork-covered walls to a rooftop swimming pool at a house in the south of France by architect Raphaëlle Segond. More about Maison Beauvallon by Raphaëlle Segond
Milan 2011: users can pin their own paper shades onto this cork light fitting by London design studio Raw Edges for Portugese brand Materia. More about Pinha by Raw Edges for Materia
Milan 2011: here's another project from Lausanne studio Big-Game (see their furniture in our earlier story) this time a series of cork toy boats for Portugese company Materia. More about Bote by Big-Game for Materia