Dezeen Music Project: every frame in this animated music video by London metal band Throne was embroidered onto denim patches. More about Heavy metal and embroidery combine in Throne's music video for Tharsis Sleeps
London designer Benjamin Hubert has created a range of moulded ceramic tableware for Italian manufacturer Bitossi Ceramiche that celebrates raw seam details created in the casting process. More about Benjamin Hubert plays with slip-casting process to create seamed ceramic tableware
Milan 2014: designers Luca Nichetto and Lera Moiseeva collaborated to create a ceramic tableware collection to accompany a porcelain coffee set, for an exhibition at Spazio Rossana Orlandi. More about Luca Nichetto and Lera Moiseeva create ceramic tableware for shared meals
Milan 2014: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius is launching her first range of rugs as the newly appointed design director for Dutch firm Danskina (+ movie). More about Hella Jongerius reveals "expression of yarn and colour" with rugs in Milan
Milan 2014: these hand-blown glass bubbles by Dutch duo Studio Thier&VanDaalen that delicately spill out of their wooden frames have been created to house precious objects (+ slideshow). More about Hand-blown glass bubbles suspended in wooden frames showcase precious objects
Milan 2014: the intricate embroidery of this rug collection, by London studio Doshi Levien for Spanish rug maker Nanimarquina, combines traditional techniques with spontaneous compositions (+ slideshow). More about Handmade rugs by Doshi Levien pay homage to tribal Indian folk embroidery
Waste material from the mining and cutting of marble has been used by Italian designer Francesca Gattello to create a range of simple homeware. More about Recycled marble dust used to create simple homeware range by Francesca Gattello
Stockholm 2014: design duo Färg & Blanche created this furniture collection by sewing pieces of plywood together (+ slideshow). More about Färg & Blanche stitch wood together to form furniture
Product news: London designer Samuel Wilkinson has launched a blown-glass lamp with a digitally created lozenge pattern for Danish brand &tradition (+ movie). More about BLOWN lamp by Samuel Wilkinson for &tradition
Product news: Japanese studio Nendo has created a range of porcelain with patterns that play on archival designs from a traditional Japanese pottery. More about Ume-play and Karakusa-play ceramics by Nendo
London Design Festival 2013: Mexican designer Liliana Ovalle is presenting a series of clay vessels based on the geological phenomenon of sinkholes as part of a group show at Gallery Libby Sellers in London. More about Sinkhole Vessels by Liliana Ovalle at Grandmateria III
Swedish designers Glimpt worked with Peruvian artisans to produce the hand-carved wooden bases for these coffee tables (+ slideshow). More about Prehistoric Aliens by Glimpt
These tiny cups by German designer Hanna Kruse are topped with geometric wire grates to support and show off small objects like jewellery, flower heads or leaves. More about Soe cups by Hanna Kruse
News: government proposals to remove crafts from its list of recognised creative industries have triggered "disbelief" and "frustration" in the sector. More about "Disbelief" over plans to remove crafts from UK creative industries
News: crafts will no longer be considered part of the creative industries under proposals published by the UK government this week. More about UK to drop crafts from list of creative industries
Israeli ceramics designer Shlomit Bauman combined white porcelain with the very last batch of clay from a local pit to make these stretched and distorted objects (+ slideshow). More about Ran Out by Shlomit Bauman
Maison&Objet 2013: French designer Benjamin Graindorge has created a series of vases with tops that loop over the flowers to frame them. More about Heirloom by Benjamin Graindorge for Moustache
Italian designer Guido Garotti worked with traditional ceramicists to create a hand-painted vase with the appearance of a stereoscopic image and a pair of road signs that look like decorative plates (+ slideshow). More about Deviazione and 3Dzionale by Guido Garotti
In the next movie filmed for the Stepney Green Design Collection we curated, east London designer Donna Wilson talks about the knitted tree with creatures nestled inside it that she contributed. More about Donna Wilson on her knitted tree for the Stepney Green Design Collection
The forms of this tea service by design graduate Eunjae Lee are based on the components of an engine. More about Silent Machine by Eunjae Lee