You can't compare the balloon animals from a child's birthday party with Terry Cook's work. The Scottish artist photographs his ballon birds in nature, and they look as real as can be.

The fashion designer lives and works in Weimar, where Bauhaus got its start. She's about function, not frills. Anne Gorke's designs put her squarely on the side of Bauhaus thinking.

The Sechseläuten in Zurich goes on for several days. The climax is the burning of the Böögg, a paper-and-cardboard snowman stuffed with excelsior and fire crackers.

The Michelin gourmet restaurant guide has just awarded Juan Amador a third star for his Amador Restaurant in Vienna. He’d already had one three-star restaurant in Germany, before following his heart to Vienna.

A Berlin museum is the venue for the Flying Steps. The urban dance crew is staging the classical piano suite "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Modest Mussorgsky. The sets were designed by street artists Os Gemeos.

A couple in Berlin have opened Germany’s first vegan zero-waste restaurant. They go all out to avoid generating trash. Even the furnishings were chosen with sustainability and environmental awareness in mind.

The architecture of many cities is dominated by gray functional structures. Young photographer Paul Eis counters this dreary sight by coloring the buildings facades digitally in his images – with impressive results.

The Bauhaus school was founded 100 years ago. A colorful new edition of Bauhaus designs is the brainchild of a German cabinet-maker who aims to give the classics a contemporary make-over.

The street art of Spanish artist team PichiAvo has turned up in a museum. Graphics and sculptures by the dynamic duo are now on display in Valencia. They combine graffiti with motifs from classical antiquity.

This dessert called Mama’s Favorite Flowers looks like a potted plant that fell onto the floor. In fact, it’s a scrumptious creation of chef Igor Grishechkin from St. Petersburg.