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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…) View the full article

Can the shape, texture and colour of cutlery change the way food tastes? Korean design student Jinhyun Jeon created this set of knobbly, bulbous and serrated cutlery to stimulate diners’ full range of senses at the table (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

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…) View the full article

In a movie filmed by Alice Masters for the Designers in Residence exhibition at the Design Museum, Oscar Medley-Whitfield and Harry Trimble explain how they turned clay dug from the muddy banks of the river Thames into ceramic tableware. (more…) View the full article

Architect and writer Sam Jacob wants to transform St Paul’s Cathedral in London into a live map of the phases of the moon. (more…) View the full article

British artist Jeremy Hutchison will open a pop-up shop selling completely useless objects at a London gallery this December. (more…) View the full article

Product news: this magnetic bicycle light by Danish design studio KiBiSi lights up instantly when its two halves snap together. (more…) View the full article

Product news: these chunky wooden structures provide the legs for a colourful range of tables, cabinets and benches launched by Barcelona design brand Sistema Midi. (more…) View the full article

Here are photos of the full collection of furniture designed by actor Brad Pitt, which features a dozen pieces including a bed, tables, chairs and a marble bathtub (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen we’ve been focussing on architecture and design in China, with Hong Kong designer Michael Young telling us that China will produce as many world-class designers as Japan within 20 years but Shanghai architects Neri&Hu maintaining that “architects in China are lost”. (more…) View the full article

We don’t usually publish single photographs on Dezeen, but we really like this atmospheric shot by photographer Edmund Sumner showing London skyscraper The Shard framed by the towers of Canary Wharf in the east. (more…) View the full article

Our pick of the positions on Dezeen Jobs this week is a vacancy for an interior designer at David Collins Studio in London. The studio is best-known for luxury interiors including stores for Alexander McQueen and restaurants like Nobu Berkeley Square and The Wolseley (above). Visit the ad for full details or browse over 20 more interior design positions on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Chinese firm MAD has today unveiled plans for a village of towering apartment blocks beside the Huangshan Mountains in eastern China (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: Chinese architects need to develop their own design manifesto to stem the tide of “half-assed” building projects in the country, according to Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Shanghai studio Neri&Hu. (more…) View the full article

Product news: Japanese designers Nendo used glass from old Coca-Cola bottles to make these bowls with dimpled bases, which are meant to resemble the classic green bottles with their tops sliced off. (more…) View the full article

In this movie filmed by Dezeen, east London designer Paul Cocksedge describes his discovery of the interesting forms created when polystyrene cups are heated and how he used the process to create a pendant lamp. (more…) View the full article

Product news: Austrian design company Schmidinger Möbelbau has created a chair that’s a cross between traditional alpine furniture and Danish modernism. (more…) View the full article

When Zaha Hadid Architects’ 330,000-square-metre Galaxy Soho complex opened in Beijing last month our readers were left guessing how it relates to the surrounding neighbourhood, so here’s a new set of images by photographers Hufton + Crow to show just that (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

French artist Olivier Grossetête used three enormous helium balloons to float a rope bridge over a lake in Tatton Park, a historic estate in north-west England. (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects’ winning proposal for the Japan National Stadium is the top story in this week’s issue of Dezeen Mail, which also features all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments. Read Dezeen Mail issue 127 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: London watch brand Uniform Wares has updated its best-selling 200 Series range of watches with three new models featuring an improved Swiss movement and new finishes. Buy now at Dezeen Watch Store with free worldwide shipping. (more…) View the full article

News: architect Sami Rintala is constructing a twenty-ton treehouse for Swedish hotel Treehotel. (more…) View the full article

Danish architecture studio CEBRA has revealed a proposal for a snowflake-shaped ski dome that would be the biggest in the world, with three kilometres of slopes arching over a river in the Danish city of Randers. (more…) View the full article

News: UK firm Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected to design the new national stadium for Japan. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: three updated editions of the best-selling 150 series by London watch brand Uniform Wares are now available from Dezeen Watch Store with free worldwide shipping. (more…) View the full article