Toronto's Mariclaro makes durable carryalls out of exploded air bags.

Balloon couture by Japanese designer Rie Hosokai.

Wood Thumb - neck ties made in San Francisco from reclaimed wood!

Wish you could live in a bubble? This bubble dress by NYU student Hana Marie Newman protects you from air pollution by pumping in clean oxygen.

Ralph Lauren has launched a collection of waterproof bags, one of which features a solar panel to charge your mobile device.

Leave it to an Italian intimates company (Intimissimi) to trade one kind of stuffing for another: by recycling used bras into soundproof building insulation.

Talk about a dress with a real buzz; Barneys made this gown from recycled espresso foil bags.

You won't miss any life-threatening damage on this bike helmet—it'll smell up the works to let you know it needs replacing.

Researchers at Nokia and the University of Cambridge are developing a flexible circuit board that yields to your epidermis like a second skin. It includes a touchpad and responds to touch even when it’s pulled like a piece of gum.

Kate Cusack's Marie Antoinette-style wigs are fashioned entirely from Saran Wrap.

Band-aids by Cynthia Rowley for fashion-related boo-boos?

The C.O.P. suit aims to be both armor and mode of disruption, offering not only protection but also a means of voicing discontent. Designed by Elena Gianni, Benoit Espinola, and Ulrik A. Hogrebe of the Copenhagen Institute of Interactive Design.

Beautifully and quirky artisan luggage by Sarah Williams.

Super-amazing letterpress birth announcement by Mattson Creative.

Check out these amazing 3D-printer textiles, which are made using ink cartridges of powdered plastic that are fused into shape by UV light.

Stella McCartney's Fall/Winter 2010 collection for Adidas includes a range of glow-in-the-dark apparel—perfect for night runners and cyclists.

Annie Leonard's "Story of Cosmetics" is a animated short that sheds light on the hidden toxins in our beauty and personal products—very timely, too, since the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010 was just introduced in Congress.

A woodsy take on the Buckingham Palace Guards' iconic bearskin hat by designer Ritta Ikonen, one of the contributors to "Hat-itecture," a exhibition that combines architecture and hats.

Say goodbye to bulky bifocals. The emPower uses slim lenses that alter their prescription whenever a small electronic current passes through them.

Vivienne Westwood and Melissa Shoes have partnered once more to launch Mini Melissa, a range of baby shoes based on Westwood's popular Anglomania designs.

Timberland's new Earthkeepers 2.0 includes a boat shoe (pictured above) and a Venetian loafer that are made to be taken apart and recycled at the end of their lives.

The next time someone tells you to show ‘em the money, turn them on to Tine De Ruysser’s artfully folded origami necklaces and bracelets—made from actual banknotes.

Here comes a different kind of hot-stepper: A pair of Wellington boots that convert heat from your feet into electricity. The kicker? You can store up enough juice to charge a cellphone, so you can yak it up without missing a beat.

The biggest tech advance in Iron Man 2 isn't the CGI, but the 3D printing technique that produced Tony Stark and Whiplash's armor.

A living face mask that filters away bacteria, captures carbon dioxide and grows plants! Robert Ortega's Green Screen was one of five finalist in Project Greenway, organized by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture.

EDUN goes from ethical fashion to eco-beauty with two limited-edition makeup palettes for Sephora for Earth Month.

My sister just sent me these cookies from Botanical Bakery in SF and I can't get over the lovely packaging! Great flavors too!

Gorgeous packaging by VisuaLingual for a set of seed bombs available at Anthropologie for those in the US —you can get them tailored to your location: East Coast, West Coast or Midwest.

Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland for the iPad brings a new level of interactivity to the children's classic by allowing you to engage with Tenniel's original illustrations.

Individually, Eames House Blocks feature letters, numerals, and symbols from House Industries’ Eames Century Modern font collection. When pieced together like a puzzle, they form Eames House (Case Study House #8).

Three Northeastern University students have engineered a data-logging shirt for baseball pitchers that will not only help prevent elbow injuries, but also provide an electronic analysis of pitching mechanics.

Chanel used a 265-ton, 28-foot-tall iceberg as the backdrop of its Fall/Winter 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.

One of the upcycled couture gowns from Gary Harvey's New York Fashion Week runway show comprised 30 copies of the Financial Times.

The official website for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

To commemorate the Vivienne Westwood wallpaper collection, Cole & Son created these stunning paper gowns from sample swatches.

Worn Again is turning retired hot-air balloons from Virgin (yes, Richard Branson's company) into red-hot jackets, bags, and parkas for men and women.

These chic swine flu masks are printed with thermochromic ink, which changes color when your breathing temperature rises to serve as an alarm to other people.

An adorable eco-friendly sink built just for kids. The tooth is actually a built-in soap dispenser!