Happy 4th of July! For the occasion, it seemed appropriate to check out the crazy packaging and typography of some roadside Fireworks!

Elk & Wolf Chardonnay - packaging designed by SocialUK - love the little silhouettes

Super cute TEAK ICE CREAM SCOOP! by Chabatree

Orange & Kaleidoscope Create Solar Tent Concept - Every year, UK communications company Orange creates solar concept tents for Glastonbury.

For the daydream jetsetter - world landmarks acrylic ring set - by Plastique

Field Notes - now in GREEN! Limited edition color that is available only through the subscription service!

Stunning! Sneak peek at Sam Flores' illustration for OM Records 15th Anniversary compilation album release.

Joints Brand packaging designed by Base - in response to the question: “What would a pack of marijuana cigarettes look like after legalization?”

Off Duty Ninja! Adorable painting from Kevin Dart (Available tonight at the Yuki 7 opening at Gallery Nucleus!)

Patrick Gannon - “Until That Day, I Make My Home Down Here” - cut and torn paper/wood ~ part of the Gallery 1988 Battle Royal show

Dolores Chiller ~ the new COOLER from Timbuk2 that looks like a messenger bag.

Leave it to the Campana Brothers to get creative with LACOSTE ~ a special collection of shirts using the little gator patches in ways you may have never pictured

Syfy ~ IMAGINE GREATER! Love it ~ check out this beautifully inspiring new video opening up the world of the newly rebranded SciFi ~ from escher-esque football to animal balloons to so much more!

Beautiful work of JULIAN CALLOS at the Gallery 1988 show Battle Royal

Checked out SciFi/Syfy's Caprica ~ and there are some fun inspiring design details in the alternate reality they have created! Love the tennis court...

Official Posters Set of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Incredible look at coffee culture by shenkar academy of design, tel aviv - this is c8- h10- n4- o2 by gilad davidi (see the others too!)

Wall Socket USB Hub ~ in black and white! by Elecom

Design Sponge has a gorgeous roundup of Bar Carts!

At the Standard Grill ~ under the highline in the Standard Hotel NY ~ the floor is tiled in pennies!!!

Great interview with Ryan Cox over at ComputerLove

HP Turns their classic finance/scientific calculators into iphone apps! And they are pricey! but so retro geek chic...

ic! Berlin x Freitag Trucker Sunglasses ~ awesome collaboration! The sunglass design was developed by Daniel and Markus Freitag, inspired by seventies aviator shapes.

How exciting to see that my retro radio collection has inspired Shelterrific to start a collection too! Her first find is adorable!

American Apparel has branched into SHEETS! Made of the same super comfy fine jersey as the classic tees ~ sadly, only in grey and white so far...

Close up with some of Megan Whitmarsh's tiny silver+gold canvases with embroidered little neon folks and geometric goodness

A Michael Jackson Facial Evolutionary Spiral?

PAD Outdoor's Inflatable pool lounger/chair prototype spotted at Dwell on Design at Ford & Ching

Even better in person ~ the Credit Card Bottle Opener ~ perfect corporate gift once engraved? Now if only i could just transfer my cc mag strip to it!

Junko Mizuno’s Red Tresses and Freckles Solo Show will be up at Narwhal Art Projects - a first look an interview at Spanky Stokes

Thinkspace has a special mini show going at CA|Boom and in it are some great pieces! Including this one with a hidden trio of supervillains... see my favorites!

Rene Lawter's Energy Efficient Dinos are truly the most playful eco-conscious subject matter i've seen recently... check out the full piece (cool frame too!)

Ford & Ching has the most incredible little giveaways at Dwell on Design... Branded Marshmallow in a perfect little wooden box. SO CUTE. And delicious.

WOOLLY POCKETS!!! Just fell for these fun modular felt pockets for planting! (Amazingly cute logo as well) ~ they work as living walls/vertical gardens as well as movable planters and centerpieces!

Yeti's Best Fruits & Produce!!! Whole Foods has some really fun produce box graphics...

Oooh my alma mater, UCSD, is the "First Public University to Provide Its Own iPhone Application"

Fresh from London ~ Hands on with the new HTC Hero ~ running HTC Sense/Android. It is looking pretty awesome, particularly the way it deals with Contacts and syncing based on people across flickr, fb, email, etc...

Meatball Grilling Basket.

Delta's Touch2O faucet ~ not sure how i feel about the touch anywhere to control idea... but interesting concept

Irina Shaposhnikova ‘Crystallographica’ ~ polygon fashions!

We've seen rain gutters mounted on the sides of buildings for planting... now as indoor desk mounted cable management!

From Sthlm ~ nice site that features products from a new independent swedish designer each month!

What if IKEA designed computers? As interpreted by the gamers of Destructoid ~ too silly and idea to imagine? or totally possible? someday... soon?

"Vizio to launch the most Internet-connected HDTVs later this year" says crunchgear ~ i love that the remote woudl have a slide out keyboard

Vintage Moneybag throw pillows

On late night silliness ~ i've come to realize a netbook is better than an ipod for my elliptical time! Balances perfectly, big (yet small) screen size perfect for tv show/movie watching! (And i can im when needed!)