This tower with a rippling facade of faceted concrete piers is the new Berlin headquarters for French oil giant Total, designed by German architects Barkow Leibinger. More about Tour Total in Berlin by Barkow Leibinger
Can the shape, texture and colour of cutlery change the way food tastes? Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jinhyun Jeon created this set of knobbly, bulbous and serrated cutlery to stimulate diners' full range of senses at the table (+ slideshow). More about Tableware as Sensorial Stimuli by Jinhyun Jeon
The residential buildings of Paris appear to be sailing through the sky like kites in these dream-like images created by French photographer Laurent Chéhère (+ slideshow). More about Flying Houses by Laurent Chéhère
Designers Oscar Medley-Whitfield and Harry Trimble have turned clay dug from the muddy banks of the river Thames into ceramic tableware (+ movie). More about Oscar Medley-Whitfield and Harry Trimble at Designers in Residence 2012