Norwegian designer Per Finne has created a utensil based on traditional Japanese knives that he says offers enough flexibility to be the only knife needed in a home cook's kitchen (+ slideshow). More
Ingredients are displayed like fabric samples to help western readers recreate traditional Japanese sweets with common foods, in this cookbook by designer Moé Takemura. More
Graduate designer Moritz Putzier has integrated gas burners into the centre of a multi-purpose wooden dining table to bring the kitchen into the heart of the home (+ slideshow). More
Kingston University graduate Jake Rich has redesigned the common household microwave – adding wheels, a domed removable lid and a light that changes intensity with the power (+ slideshow). More
Chefs can collaborate remotely on recipes then get them prepared and cooked by this food machine created by Stockholm studio PJADAD (+ movie). More
Swedish design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has come up with a stove for the developing world that uses two-thirds less wood than a traditional cooking fire (+ movies + slideshow). More
This liquor-distilling kit by Vienna designer Francesco Morackini breaks down into four perfectly innocent household objects. More
Translucent polycarbonate sheets screen off the kitchen and office of this baking school in Seoul (+ slideshow). More
Product news: Oslo designers Andersson & Voll paired a bright yellow moka pot with a cooking hob sculpted from a slab of marble for an exhibition of Norwegian design at the Design Tide Tokyo trade fair this weekend. More
Jerusalem designer Avichai Tadmor created this scaled-up pencil sharpener for shaving curls of carrot onto salads. More
This barbecue by Barcelona designers Mermeladaestudio will char your food with geometric patterns. More
Test tubes of olive oil line one wall of this high-tech workshop designed for Michelin-starred chef Paco Roncero by Spanish studio Carmen Baselga Taller de Proyectos. More
These five measuring spoons give the correct quantities of flour, water, yeast, sugar and oil to bake the perfect loaf of bread. More
Estonian architects Muru & Pere have designed an outdoor kitchen in Tabasalu, near Tallinn in Estonia. More
Designer Gillian Westley has created a range of cooking utensils that don't leave a mess on worktops. More
New York designer Matthias Kaeding has designed a pair of ceramic cooking knives inspired by Stone Age tools. More