Just in time for Valentine's Day, House Industries unveils a full set of "Valentype" alphabet letter blocks. Block set are available in Red and Silver

From Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, Oregon, to unauthorized Duff Beer in Argentina, Morgan Spurlock delivers an entertaining documentary on the world's favorite dysfunctional (and loving) family. The full Simpsons documentary is now available online...

10 top cities from the Wallpaper* City Guide book series (published by Phaidon) have been modified for the iPhone. The apps can can be downloaded through iTunes (and the Berlin guide is currently free)...

Eric Cai Shi Wei has designed popsicle sticks in the shape of endangered animals to raise awareness for the WWF China.

students taking SVA's Communicating Design class w/ Jason Santa Maria have designed a mock set of currency for different NYC neighborhoods...

the Kurt Vonnegut backlist gets fresh new cover designs, incorporating an illustration by the author on the front of each book...

The House Industries "Type as Object" Exhibition and Pop-Up Shop is currently up at the Type Directors Club in NYC...

CMYK broadens their audience and appeal with a fresh overhaul of the magazine (due out in November). Here's a preview of a redesigned cover...

For the 35th anniversary of Hello Kitty, Sanrio has put together an overly cute animated promo showing Hello Kitty's evolution through the decades....

Brian Rea, Will Etling, and many paper cutters contributed to the great cover for "The Good 100" special Fall 2009 issue of GOOD magazine...

an awesome exhibition currently running in Japan: 33RPM | My Favorite 12inch Records Exhibition in Gunma Vol.01...

They Might Be Giants continue to amaze with their new line up of animated music videos. Added to the list, 'I'm Impressed' and 'I'm a Paleontologist'. Rob Shaw did a gorgeous job using paper robots in 'I'm Impressed' ...

Gestalten has published the first monograph for
Oded Ezer, Israeli typographer and graphic designer. Oded Ezer: The Typographer's Guide to the Galaxy takes a close look at his often experimental typographic work...

The first monograph for Dutch superstar Marcel Wanders is now available from Gestalten. His expansive range of talents are difficult to summarize --- resulting in his elegant and prolific works...

Stephen Colbert's shaved head graces this week's issue of Newsweek. Colbert was invited to be the magazine's first guest editor...

Designers will appreciate the new teaser trailer for Pixar's Toy Story 3,— where Woody and Buzz battle it out for the best logo design...

Contemporary Tibetan artist Gonkar Gyatso will be a participant in the upcoming 53rd Venice Biennale. Much of his recent work is filled with colorful pop culture graphics, but deserves a deeper look...

It was very interesting to listen to Mitchell Joachim explain the concept of Terreform's Soft Cars to Stephen Colbert...

A new in-depth conversation with Kidrobot founder, Paul Budnitz. He highlights current, ongoing and future artist, fashion and studio collaborations, as well as gives insight into his thoughts on where art intersects with everyday culture...

Celebrating the launch of the new Food2.com site, a party in Food Network's test kitchen at Chelsea Market. One of the highlights of the site is its original video content, including the new series, Kitchen Conspirators...

Takashi Murakami adds character to the May 2009 issue of Casa BRUTUS (which includes self-portraits of Murakami and a designed "Flower" plate).

Happy Earth Day 2009! Check out "Hot and Cold," Repower America's short stop-motion animation tv spot to raise awareness on carbon pollution.

a beautifully crafted hand letterpressed promo shaped as an oragami fotune teller by Libby Egan.

The well respected + loved family run graphic design trade publication, Communcation Arts magazine, celebrates their 50th anniversary. Through the years the publication has observed vast changes in the industry, challenges...

The classic children's story "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" is being adapted for a feature length 3D animated film. Sony Pictures Animation just released the trailer for the upcoming film.

Pentragram's new and impressive work for The Library Initiative includes brand new elementary school libraries with murals by designed by Maira Kalman, Christoph Niemann...

Great new silkscreen poster by UK illustrator Andy Smith for "The Art of Lost Words" exhibition.

Chronicle Books adds "I Know a Lot of Things" to their library of reissued Ann and Paul Rand children's book collaborations this month.

PepsiCo caved into consumer pressure and is reverting back to their earlier Tropicana design. The 'hated' new branding sparked much conversation in the design community. But should designers have thought more carefully about what they wished for?

Jeff Matz (Lure Design) asks designers to take 'A Simple Pledge' to avoid using what some deem forbidden typefaces, in a bold and quirky screenprinted poster, to be signed by each designer, accountable if the pledge is broken.

An original Harvey Milk speech is set to music and is put in motion with the use of simple graphics and expressive typography. (seems timely to watch after Sean Penn's Oscar win last night).

A growing collection of vintage international postage stamps on flickr, first starting with Israel.

The wraparound cover Fantagraphics' Paperback edition of the BEASTS! features a detail of a print by Jordan Crane. The cover was designed by Jacob Covey.

The Simpsons debut their first television episode in HD, including a freshly tweaked intro on February 15th, 2009.

Ashley Buerkett redesigned the Super Mario Nintendo game as a board game as a student project at The Ringling College of Art + Design.

Fun illustration work by UK-based illustrator and designer Simon Corry.

Hina Aoyama is an amazing Japanese paper cutting artist who uses scissors to create her elaborate designs. Her work is featured Gestalten Verlag's brand new book TANGIBLE: High Touch Visuals.

Shigeo Fukuda, Japanese master illusionist, sculptor, educator, and graphic designer, has passed away.

A retrospective exhibition of photographer Edward Steichen at the ICP looks to the pages of Vogue and Vanity Fair for a look at high style and fashion of the 1920s and 30s...

The anticipated Royal Mail British Design Classics stamps will be available January 13th. But, the Royal Mail has also announced that they will release a new stamp series every month of 2009, including a series on Post Boxes, Darwin, and Mythical Creatures.

Newly posted photos from Carrie Chau's Indigo Child public art exhibition in Hong Kong (via flickr user doc18).

The teaser trailer has been released for the feature length animated film 9. Tim Burton is a producer for the adaptation of Shane Acker's 2005 Academy Award nominated short film...

With a mission to create a "greener" holiday card, the advertising agency TURKEL found a fun way to recycle vintage greeting cards into something new. They collected 3,000 cards...

The Jetlag Alarm Clock, designed by the UK design studio Industrial Facility, was selected by I.D. Magazine as the "Best Travel Product of 2008"