This magical wooden Walking Elephant! Just like some old vintage little plastic toys i have, thanks to a perfectly calibrated weight, it will adorably wobble towards the edge, but never fall off! Hand-made in Germany in the Erzgebirge. See the video!

Sarah's Silks Magical Creature Collection of playsilks are 35"x35" heavyweight (8 momme) 100% pure mulberry silk... which are for kids, but might also make a great scarf or wall hanging? Look at those fun scales!

Yamauchi No.10 Family Office has the most delightfully magical world of a website to happily scroll and get lost in. (And yes, it's the site for the family investments of the descendants of the founder of Nintendo.)

OTOTO Design's Summer 2019 Collection just launched - lots of fun, playful designs for your home and kitchen. The Magic Mushroom funnel and Blade Rhino Knife Sharpener caught my eye.

Bloom and Blossom's Roald Dahl Collection has such fun packaging (with Quentin Blake illustrations!) - from Matilda's Magical Pillow Spray to Whoppsy Whiffling Conditioner, The Twits Wicked Hand Wash, Grobby Little Grub Hair & Body Wash and more.

VIDEO"A Look Inside Art of Play's Secret Showroom" - A brief and mysterious glimpse into the magical world of Art of Play in San Diego.

Chump Magic Banana Squid Stickers!

Spyce! Robotic induction-wok fast-casual salad/bowls based in Boston. (And there's Michelin-Star magic with Chef Daniel Boulud mixed in too!) Watch the video...

FEATUREDBreville Sous Chef Food Processor. We've been amazed + impressed with this in the NOTkitchen (So had to share!) The mini bowl and large main bowl as well as the adjustable thickness slicer + box full of tools have been magically efficient!

Candy Is Magic: Real Ingredients Modern Recipes by Jami Curl of Quin Candy!

RAD Lands! (Respect. Appreciate. Defend.) is like Captain Planet + Yo Gabba Gabba, teaching kids about making good food choices and taking care of nature from Chipotle, The Magic Store (the team behind Yo Gabba Gabba), and Discovery Education.

The Verge "Making Magic: Behind the Scenes of The Magicians' Hall of Magic Interactive Exhibit" - They learn more from Mash Studios about the "magic" tech and illusions that bring the hall to life.

TechCrunch gives us a peek "Inside Syfy’s ‘Magicians’-promoting Hall of Magic" - The Hall of Magic is a pop up experience in the William Vale Hotel in Brooklyn

This year's edition of the scandinavian vintage glögg 'Loimu' from Lignell & Piispanen is here, with a tasty hint of black currant, the jewel of the arctic nature. Packaging of this artisan product is designed by Jaani Vaahtera / Lönneberga design ateljé.

Feel Flux - a desk toy that illustrates Lenz's Law with a spherical neodymium magnet and a perfect copper or aluminum tube wrapped in leather. Without touching the sides it will magically slow down as it falls...

PULSIÓN is the new textile installation by Sara Coleman that you can find at Magical Girls Exhibition in Casa das Artes_Vigo (Spain)

VIDEOChildren of the Make-A-Wish foundation set up a fantastic surprise for Tony Parker: a magical meeting between him and the child he once was, in the form of a realistic hologram.

VIDEOAngry_koala painting the supa-juicy magic mural. Buchenweg goes Bonkers! Pure pappla_power - over 20 meters long and really high up.

MAGIC SURROUNDS. This banner is a good reminder these days to keep our eyes peeled for the little things.

Rock and Pebble Ele-Villa made of solid birch plywood. A magical dollhouse of sorts!

"How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist" by Tristan Harris. Great read on some of the ways design/UIs/magicians can influence your choices.

Emily C. Necklace - smart concept where you can magically loop your rings on to your necklace without removing your necklace. Perfect for safe keeping when at the gym, getting your hands dirty in the studio, doing dishes, etc.

Black Magic Performance Hydroponics have fun branding and packaging graphics!

Super Amazing Dessert Sprinkle Mix! From Atlanta's Beautiful Briny Sea (the folks behind Magic Unicorn Salt!) for Williams Sonoma

Six Flags Magic Mountain (with Samsung Gear VR and Occulus) announces a dedicated Virtual Reality Roller Coasters that allow you enter a virtual world with high-resolution imagery and 360-degree views that synchronize to the action of the coaster.

"This is a tasty burger" - Quentin Tarantino themed coloring print, complete with Big Kahuna Burgers, Red Apple Cigarettes, swords, guns, and more. Limited edition print you can color in yourself! By Rob Loukotka.

Shabd Magic Jar Dye Kit to make your own silk scarf - "A proprietary blend of dyes have been expertly arranged alongside the scarf by artist/designer Shabd Simon-Alexander, ensuring beautiful unique results every time in this patent-pending kit. "

Clever Kash "Make saving magic again with ASB’s new cashless moneybox." - adorable elephant prototype that you can swipe money into for kids!

Scenario Architecture's fireplace design for a Victorian terrace home in North London is stunning - and magically one directional!

VIDEO101.86° by Thomas Vailly and Laura Lynn Jansen. A magical light that changes colors as you layer and rotate various pieces.

Gillemore Magical Gin - love the matte black erlenmeyer flask with cork packaging

Avakai are play companions that encourage screen-free play and emotive communication. The lovingly crafted, durable and locally sourced wooden figurines use Bluetooth technology, bridging the gap between traditional toys and mobile devices.

Outdoor sports brand, Peak Performance, opens virtual outdoor pop-up shops in remote places open only at magic hours before sunrise and sunset.

FEATUREDBreak Bar! It's what happens when Cool Hunting brings Dandelion Chocolate x Snarkitecture together. Limited to 500 pieces of small batch 70% chocolate made from Maya Mountain beans where 5 have a magic White Ticket inside...

Wiener Silber Manufactur Wolfgang Joop "Magic Mushrooms" Board - This objet d'arte features 6 silver mushrooms growing from a zebrano wood board and beneath each mushroom cap is a secret compartment.

Loena Lantern by Ontwerp Duo - A magical light source with a graceful afterglow which lingers for up to eight hours once all the other lights have been turned off and the sun shines upon another hemisphere.

The shoal of fish mobile from Flensted featuring eight fish and a tasty lure.

FEATUREDMount Engadine Lodge by the Spray Lakes in Alberta is MAGICAL! This swiss inspired chalet treats you like family, feeds you well, and isn't joking about the abundance of moose/wildlife sightings... and the perfect place to get snowed in.

Two limited-edition decks of playing cards inspired by the magical and surreal world of Alice in Wonderland.

VIDEOImpossible. Despite the deep and complex chemistry of analog instant film, with new meaning, it has returned to our lives. Turning light into images, if not ingenious, is then the simple joy of watching magic develop.

Phoenix Dawn, role-playing adventure game for iOS set in a world filled with magic and mystery. You play the character of Phoenix - a young girl with extraordinary abilities.

The second issue of Snacks Quarterly is now online with tasty stuff from Aaron Draplin, Jon Contino, Brian Rea, Paul Scheer and more.

Miss Muju Kickstarter! Adorable new Tree Spirit Sculptures and Magic Acorns...

FEATUREDGood To-Go Gourmet Dehydrated Mushroom Risotto, Thai Curry, and Three Bean Chili - beyond the pretty packaging, we try them all! Delicious and tasty, here's a look at all the little details.

VIDEO11 Paper Place is a love story about two 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper that magically transform into paper people as they are spit out of a malfunctioning printer into a recycling bin.

FEATUREDStreettoolbox by Pierre Paslier from the RCA Innovation Design Engineering. It includes a sticker-applying drone, a car that can draw with salt, bike tire stamps, and magic-pen style graffiti that is revealed by a portable projector.

Netflix + Magic School Bus! For a new Netflix Original Series in 2016. Luckily this is just early concept art for "The Magic School Bus 360°"

FEATUREDSpiralizing! Magically turning veggies into up to 7ft "pasta" with the Benriner Spiral Slicer. Delicious Zucchini Pasta with Bolognese for humans and some Yam Pasta with Salmon and Nori for the NOTpuppy.

Magnetic Wallpaper, interactive wallpaper using magic 'spontaneous gesture' and playfulness to enhance wall coverings. By Luis Pons.

Frame Custom Nightstand - Moldings transformed into functional furniture. Sense of humor, magic, surprise and interaction by Luis Pons for LPDL.

See the skull? David Welker illustrated the label for Black Magic, a newly released black spiced rum, and it's heavy on optical illusions.

VIDEOYoung Rival's Black Is Good music video is the trippiest Magic Eye (aka random dot autostereogram) video. Wow. Full screen it at 1080p and relax your eyes...

Walker Art Center's Sculpture Garden celebrated its 25th anniversary last year. Target and Tellart helped honor the garden and its birthday by capturing the magic spirit of summer evenings in the midwest.

Barbicide Jar Print by Human Shaped Robot. Now you can pay tribute to that magical blue goo that keeps your combs clean with a hand printed, 3 color screen print.

This is the Wish Catcher… a magical and decorative build-it-yourself cardboard icosahedron.

FEATUREDIn Pursuit of Magic ~ fun stencil/mini spray can set to spread a little magic around, and join the IPM movement around the globe.

Design Sponge creates amazing laser cut jack-o-lanterns with Dan Funderburgh!

Very funny viral video campaign for the new Mercedes-Benz. The superstar of the spot is a chicken…that move the body but not the head…as a new Mercedes that has the same control in the street.

Seemingly floating Monopoly-like mirror houses designed by photographer and creative director Autumn De Wilde, plus a roundup of magical mirror trickery.

Yahoo Japan's Hands On Search Project ~ this magical cloud machine searches with voice activation, and then 3D prints the results! First installed at the Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired, affiliated by University of Tsukuba.

FEATUREDCONTAINER! Issue #1: HOT&COLD is here and it's not your usual magazine. This one is quite the magical styrofoam box of wondrous themed art pieces - all specially produced in limited edition for CONTAINER!

Antoine Bridier-Nahmias's blog , Magical Contamination captures the beauty of bacterial contamination.

Graphic designer Alex Fowkes works his mural magic once again, paying typographic tribute to a host of musicians at the home of pop star Olly Murs.

Check out all the magical changes in design that have happened over the last 50+ years as Coke, 7-Up, Squirt, and some of our other favorite brands of soft drinks redefined marketing time after time.

VIDEOAdrift is a love letter to the fog of the San Francisco Bay Area. Simon Christen chased it for over two years to capture the magical interaction between the soft mist, the ridges of the California coast and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge.

FEATUREDNashville/Memphis, TN inspiration! From s’more mallows, pressurized ketchup, trained hotel ducks, seas of bodies, magic mushroom fountain, a giant meatwad, delicious bbq, fire truck mechanic’s shop, jar of fireflies, + more.

FEATUREDSneak peek at IncrEdibles: A Voyage through Surprising Edible Plants festival at Kew in London. From dying the lake + floating fruit boats you can row thru a banana grotto + magical glasses + pineapples + musical plants + more

YOY's peel light looks like you can peel the wall away to go see what magical world is beyond it...

Couchella: online music festival featuring original curated music, coming at you live April 23. A small, tasty slice of what the internet music scene has to offer, from the humblest of stages: the couch.

VIDEOSimon Katan's Cube with Magic Ribbons, a computer visual and synthesised sound composition for live performance that takes its title from a drawing of M.C.Escher

VIDEOThe Magic Cube by Gilbert Moity, Ben Vedren, and Pixelux Studio is a motion-graphic visualization on full scale architecture. 28 bicycles control the visualization based on performance and stamina of the rider.

Polka Dog's Cod Skins ~ love the packaging and playfully delicious dehydrated magic cod skin wands of crispiness (bucky's a huge fan!)

Rhino Raid is a free iOS game for good. Help Rad the Rhino stomp poachers, save his lady, and learn the real facts about the rhino situation in South Africa. Produced by Flint Sky and WWF South Africa. Developed by Tasty Poison with artworks by Kronk.

VIDEOGrow, a project realized by Xavier Montoy and Guillaume Andre, allowing to shape the material as if by magic thanks to the meeting between robotics and magnetism!

Birdy is half a bird and half a hanger. When you attach her to your mirror the magic happens- she spreads her wings and becomes an elegant hanger.

Bigshot Toyworks teams up with Stanley Chow on this charming 'Isaac from Manhattan' figure through the magic of rapid prototyping and micro manufacturing.

FEATUREDFour-Eyed Mercedes-Benz 2014 E-Class lights are quite the design detail... also, there's a magical pop up basket in the trunk...

Zweimaleins and star chef Stefan Hartmann cook up something special for Xmas. With some tasty infographics and a little film, anyone can surprise their family and friends with a gourmet Christmas duck.

Computer-Authored Books Are On Sale On Amazon. Philip M. Parker, a professor at INSEAD, has a system that takes raw data from internet searches and databases and magics it into book form.

Früute - "gift unordinary" - a new gift basket company out of Los Angeles where each one "features high-quality gifts, tasty treats, and a story in every basket - a message in a bottle that puts a personalized spin on each of the gifts."

This year's edition of the vintage glögi 'Loimu' from Lignell & Piispanen is here, with a tasty hint of arctic bramble, the jewel of the arctic forests. Packaging of this artisan product is designed by Trust Creative Society.

Bob's Tasty Habaneros, homegrown and hand stamped line of habanero products.

The Louvre’s Arts of Islam “Magic Carpet” Canopy Prepares to Take Flight

The Swiss village of Romainmotier has an annual book fair for used or old books. Those 'left behind' are used by artist Jan Reymond to create magical landscapes through the village.

FEATUREDMolnár Réka’s Moringa Color Changing Mugs (and the most adorable fox tea towel) ~ add hot water to see the mushrooms grow ~ leaves turn into birds ~ rabbits appear ~ and more! The videos show how magical it is!

FEATUREDRunning around Tuscany with the Mercedes Benz CLS Shooting Brake, we discovered the most magical tree lined road ~ Località Lilliano near Poggibonsi, Siena, Italy. The trees are incredible!

FEATUREDPush a remote and this shipping container magically opens up into a bar! Solaris bar in the courtyard of OK "Offenes Kulturhaus" in Linz, Austria.

FINALLY! Carnovsky for Blik magical RGB nature inspired giant wall sticker mandalas are here! Three complex layers in each, depending whether you have red, green, blue lighting/glasses you see different things!

FEATUREDBotanicus Interacticus by Disney Research at Siggraph. Turning plants into interactive sensors, demonstrated by their beautiful booth, letting you caress, grab, and poke their plants, creating visualizations in the magic mirror.

The Sriracha Rooster Sauce Lollipop, a tasty firestorm.

In Águeda, a small Portuguese town, some streets are decorated with colorful umbrellas that seem to magically float in mid-air, sheltering people on the streets below from the hot summer sun!

This liquor cabinet hides everything magically to become a side table

Sydney's colorful new Zumbo Patisserie uses factory-like elements in a magical way!

Florent Coirier's Hide&Seek Illusion chest, a clever bedside table with inspiration from the magicians chest.

FEATUREDWatch our Magic Crystal Tiara grow in time lapse! A fun Selfridges exclusive from Bompas & Parr and one of a selection of fun tiaras in their Big British Shop.

ZigZag is a magic mirror offering weather reflections of the user, or a beautiful palette of colors, depending on his position in the room. by Mut Design.

FEATUREDUnbelievable 7 level Westland Magical Garden complete with 5 story SLIDE! Designed by Diarmuid Gavin and home to over 3,000 plants!

VIDEOTarget Decorated Apparel shares the magic of screen printing with this look at how they make the Funkalicious tee for Threadless.

Philips and Fairmont Hotels create magical suites. In Fairmont Singapore, the 'Hotel of the Future' suite has beautiful spaces with colors, effects and ambient lighting.

Caviar Kaspia commissioned graffiti artist Andre Saraiva to create a colorful limited edition box label inspired by the look of a magic box to 'access to a world beyond reality'.

Magical interpretations of Italian food from an Iranian collective run by Ali Boozari

FEATUREDThe magic behind food ads, London cocktails and reinvented Oreos are all part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

Adam Oehlers, illustrator and sculptor, describes his work as 'all part of a world that is not so different from ours, a grim, cobbled place that is trapped in its own time, with some little elements of odd magic which creep in at the edges.'

Makerbot launches the REPLICATOR (no it doesn't take one thing and magically replicate it) ~ but its like a bigger, better, makerbot 2.0!

VIDEOMagic Carp-pet Rug, winner of Red Dot Design Award, uses the Moire effect on a coffee table to make the fish appear to be swimming. Simply beautiful.

3M Whiteboard Eraser for Permanent Markers and Whiteboards - these are amazing and magic eraser like ~ just saved my whiteboard (just add water!) from super old residue...

Samia Kallidis's adorable personalized art kits for children in a homeless shelter in the Bronx.

A 3-D portrait of Albert Einstein that transforms into a portrait of Marilyn Monroe! 'Conversation' a 3-D printed shadow casting panel installation by Drzach&Suchy.

Artist's bright idea to create magical field of 5,000 Christmas lights. Installation by Bruce Munro at the Holbourne Museum, Bath.

Candyfloss Lemonade - Whether you call it Candyfloss or Cotton Candy, this magical pink lemonade will certainly put a smile on your face.

VIDEOStarbucks launches "Cup Magic" for the holiday season ~ explore the augmented reality characters through their ios/android apps that let you find and scan all five Starbucks Holiday Characters - on Red Cups, Christmas Blend bags, in-store and more.

Fantastique is a beautiful deck of playing cards inspired by the apparatus of magic‘s golden age and the automatons of Robert-Houdin When the cards are riffled through like a flip book, the illustrations come to life.

VIDEOPure Smoke allows you to make thick, vaporous, ethereal streams of smoke emerge from your bare hands. Used by magicians, bartenders and stage performers around the world.

FEATUREDDavid Roux-Fouillet’s Diamond Shot, the gun literally shoots magic diamond bullets into the ring setting!

Photographer Christopher Boffoli's 'Disparity' series brings together tiny model figures and tasty looking foodstuffs, all tied together with clever captions.

"It has been my experience that the simplicity of a bicycle is actually the magic of it." Fairdale Bikes introduces its first run of bulletproof commuter bikes.

A site-specific light sculpture by Warsaw based installation artist Jerzy Goliszewski. Magic!

VIDEOAstonish Me, a short film for the WWF telling a magical tale of adventure and discovery showcasing some of the extraordinary species recently found around the world. Created by Stephen Poliakoff and director Charles Sturridge.

FEATUREDA peek into legendary Carmageddon weekend LA Street Food Fest's Summer Tasting - A look at the Baja contingent and this ridiculously tasty dish that won both Best in Show and the People's Choice Award...

Beautiful outdoor lighting by .PSLAB for Iris, a rooftop bar in Beirut.

A young Chinese designer Yunfan Tan comes up with ‘Magic Emotion’ concept, an eyewear which helps people in expressing their emotions and brings some fun to face-to-face communication.

Melvin the Magical Mixed Media Machine (or just Melvin the Machine), a Rube Goldberg machine with a twist.

VIDEOAchieved through a miniature Dolly, this video was shot in the oldest motor plant in the world, built in 1864. The result is impressive, and reveals the magical atmosphere that haunts the old factory buildings.

FEATUREDNew York City is looking downright magical under the glow of the full moon tonight ~ views from the 25th floor of the Mondrian SoHo.

XKCD meets Magic School Bus.

PrintBrush is a mini inkjet that prints on any flat surface with a wave of the hand and it was invented by Alex Breton.

Magic Trip - Ken Kesey's search for a kool place ~ fun movie trailer!

A beautiful gift for dreamers, fantasists and bubble builders! Blow soap bubbles through a magical castle. The bubbles are still round but they are big enough to imagine your castles floating in the air! Made in Germany.

This wonderful video takes you inside the magical world of Disney cartoon making with their feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Behind-the-scenes photo tour of West Coast print powerhouse- Gemini G.E.L. This is where the magic happens.

FEATUREDJawbone Era Unboxing ~ this latest headset has an accelerometer allowing for motion magic, and the packaging is eco friendly and nearly unboxes itself! See the video to understand...

FEATUREDDyson Digital Slim DC 35 Multi Floor ~ the UNBOXING! This is my favorite dyson yet, like a magical vacuum stick/cordless hand held of sorts... hybrid between dustbuster and vacuum.

FEATUREDA perfect San Diego beach sunset highlights all the curves of the Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG till it glows almost magically.

The new 2012 Mercedes SLK has just been unveiled featuring Magic Sky Control, which replaces the standard folding hardtop’s metal panels with polarized glass panels. You can actually change the level of tint.

'Light Butterflies' by Chiara Lampugnani Design is an innovative project displayed in Paolo Sarpi Street and Canonica Street in Milan as part of the the Milan International Led Light Festival.

FEATUREDHP Envy100 e-All-In-One ~ seriously, its so pretty and sleek it is like a magic box. That happens to print, scan, wirelessly connected with apps, makes toys, and even prints what you email to it! Reusable bag packaging even! See the unbox.

Andreu Zaragoza's packaging design for Herokid, a clothing brand by Robert Roman.

FEATUREDSweet, savory and stylish, it’s another roundup from the ever tasty Tasteologie and Liqurious.

It's always fun to revisit vintage packaging. Gotta love the Chadwick Magic Brain Calculator from the 50s. It never makes a mistake and can add, subtract and multiple up to 99,999,999!

The sinister side of the benign family pet. We’ve printed his skeleton on top of its silhouette in a varnish of the same color. The skeleton won't show at night – so it’s not too scary when the lights are out. But during the day ... creepy fun.

FEATUREDTasty bite sized treats roundup of Tasteologie goodness as we count down for Halloween!

Jim Campbell's "Scattered Light" installation turns Madison Square Park into an amplified version of a Lite-Brite, illustrating figures running through the park- Magical!

Tasty, girly and almost childish ceramics that seem to come straight out of a Lewis Carroll's tale. Designed by Studio Lenneke Wispelwey.

Canon Cross Media Station - canon charger by induction! and a way to download/share your pics and vids too!