Oppenheimer is at it again ~ this time with Toy Monster ~ he takes on Mattel and the story of Barbie in this unauthorized biography ~ nice book cover, i'm strangely curious...

Travis Bedel has some nice designs available on skateboards on Zazzle

Cute idea ~ German bag made from a reclaimed hot water bottle used during the 1960s by the "Bundeswehr" (Germany's Federal Defense Force).

Phase Design Cheese Board ~ perfect for cheese and cracker addicts! Lovely solid walnut wood.

Scotty Reifsnyder's book The Man Who Couldn't Cry ~ looks adorable! Awesome illustrations, die cuts so the face is always showing in the same place on each page... and based on the Johnny Cash song!

liu jianhua's first solo show 'dream in conflict' at galleria continua in San gimignano ~ includes dice and poker chips stacked in the outline of shanghai!

Designboom's xmas post is too cute not to share ~ santa party!!! by chris haughton

LA Zoo ~ you've seen the warning signs, now see a gallery of the creatures! All the funny faces they made, crazy eyes, giraffe tongues in action, and more...

Warning Signs at the LA Zoo ~ while at the zoo, i got fascinated by the warning signage at the cages ~ so here's a look at the iconography used!

David Crla's Les Liaisons Dangereuses is boudoir ready ~ strangely appealing, nice legs in addition to that fabric!

Adorable spray can packaging for this Stussy x Kuumba Fragrance Air Freshener “World Tribe”

Samsonite's 20's inspired carry-on trunk is divine ~ although a little mixed about the lining ~ love the look!

Fantastic music video from Onesize for The American Dollar’s “Anything You Synthesize.” Absolutely beautiful ~ no people, incredible use of timelapsing, you have to watch it to understand!

Craig Hubbard's Chubbard ~ i just lost quite a bit of time browsing his incredible illustration and motion graphics portfolio

The Pollynation Leezard Smirk is adorable ~ over at Rocketworld!

On unexpected design... Bukket ~ a gravity driven pocket-sized bong that even comes in a wooden version ~ see the walk through to make sense of the design

Awesome inspiration: Mid-Century Illustrated Flickr pool!

I love this photogallery of Philippe Starck at Big Lots! in hollywood from the LA Times - "to show how far a dollar can go in recessionary times."

Gallery 1988's January show sounds incredible ~ "Under the Influence: An Official Tribute to Beastie Boys" - 100 participating artists

Great flickr set of the collab: "c13 recently teamed up with AMG to create a series of custom Munny’s for some industry heavies." Here's the Veuve Clicquot Munny!

Forvo ~ "all the words in the world. Pronounced."

There are of course the more sexy/creepy sides of Augmented Reality as proven by the japanese Geisha Tokyo by ARis that comes with two cubes, one the girl appears on, and the one you poke/gift/etc her with... see the vid...

Most involved Augmented Reality video i just found ~ Next Wall's "Tagged In Motion" Project - Free Graffiti!!! ~ tracking graffiti artist DAIM in virtual space where he paints with the tracking codes and sees through a headset/monitor

Pull-Along Zebra ~ something so cute about its disproportionate black and white little woodiness

Ooooh this one brings in to play the idea that Augmented Reality dogs can walk away from the marker, and add more markers, drink water, and interact ~ prototype video from Georgia Tech Augmented Environments Lab

Favorite use of Augmented Reality in the print+webcam so far ~ Boffswana's adorable green monster ~ see the video and try it yourself!

Here's a video of the making of and execution of that Mini Convertible 09 Magazine ad ~ over at the Augmented Reality Blog i just found

With ARplug-in, Google Sketch-Up: visualize 3D models directly in the real physical space! Sketch-Up 3D models can be visualized directly on users' desktop, by connecting webcam and a printout. By Inglobe tech

Wired blog piece on Augmented Reality as used in Pop Up Books!!! 2D/Virtual 3D ~ fun videos, awesome to see kids reactions - "ArsEdition's upcoming interactive 3D book Aliens & UFOs, provides a good example of Metaio's Augmented Reality (AR) technology"

Fascinating to see what inspires those who inspire us ~ check out Audrey Kawasaki's Ffffound [might lean on the NSFW side]

Here's another Augmented Reality example ~ McCann Brazil's xmas card ~ print it out and show it to your webcam to watch santa dance!

It's about time! Augmented Reality seems to be getting really trendy all of a sudden ~ print it out, show it to your phone/webcam, and spin it around in 3D! Check out the vid at designboom

Tres Birds has some incredible inspiring architectural, artistic and interior installations/spaces!

The Ovation iDea is the first guitar of its kind featuring a built-in MP3 recorder/player. A digital recorder is part of the on-board Ovation preamp.

Ooh cute white on black tote with red tag from Monocle when you get a subscription

Metal For Monsters! Metal necklaces with monster illustrations from Blend Creations ~ this monster is by Anna Chambers ~ very fun illustrations in the set

Super cute trailer for Studio AKA’s new short Film “Lost and Found,” directed by Philip Hunt ~ a 25-minute animation adaptation of Oliver Jeffer’s children's book!

Goldstar Beer: Flow chart ads!

Wow Villainess Soap is like the vintage pirate version of Lush... the packaging is pretty awesome, the naming even cooler ~ take a look at the clawfoot bathtub display too!

DIY Bottle Catamaran!!! From urban ~ and its nice and sleekly simple with just black and whatever bottles you use...

When looking for dining tables, i found these Shaker Workshop tables that you have the option of building/staining yourself even... nice, clean, classic designs

OMG busted open the monkey balls a few days ago... see the close up pics... and see how its exploded over the last few days!!!

Bacolicio.us ~ we got BACON'd!

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