Noisolation, funky headphones by designer Alex Braiwood that alter the relationship between a person and the noise around them.

Seven awesome food trucks -- ranging from one selling empanadas to two vegan upstarts -- currently looking for funding through crowdsource platform Kickstarter.

Crocheted Olek (AKA Polish-born, NYC-based Agata Olek) crocheted Wall Street’s Charging Bull in a cool piece of installation art that only lasted two hours before being taken down.

A 23-year-old college student built this amazing replica Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles van.

In celebration of Elvis Week 2010, Hasbro has come together with Elvis Presley Enterprises and PPW Toys to release this special edition Mr. Potato Head Elvis.

Fred makes some great ice cube trays, just in time for summer! From ice invaders to dinosaurs.

A stunning collection of over 50 vintage tin lunchboxes from the 50s, 60s and on.

Artist Mike Leavitt was kind enough to sit down with us for an exclusive interview just ahead of his upcoming show, "Pitchfork Pals", which opens tomorrow in London. Above is his amazing Banksy sculpture.

Dutch company Thodio has collected an army of 50s style ammo boxes and stuffed them with high-quality Kevlar speakers. The A-BOX is functional and puts out a great amount of sound, even for a metal box.

Take a look inside modern travel gear and accessory store Flight 001's Brooklyn location.

Heads of State just released a line of really nicely designed travel posters in their series, "From Sea to Shining Sea."

One of the most unique fashion accessories in recent memory: The Bike Belt. By artist and cycling fan, Julien Jaborska (aka Recyclist).

After noticing her bizarre resemblance to George Washington, artist Craig Gleason created a series of 'Gaga Dollars' that combine the wacky fashion choices of Lady Gaga with our first president's image on the dollar bill.

The Sleep Suit is surely one of the more absurd inventions in history. It's a portable cocoon made out of foam that allows the user to put in on and sleep comfortably wherever he or she may be.

Amsterdam-based artist, Peter Schuyff, takes ordinary objects like baseball bats and colored pencils and carves them into intricate and delicate works of art.

Jeffery Augustine took the numbered and lettered sequences of the Captcha process and wove them into a Native American Dream Catcher. Thus the "Dream Captcha."

Using a variety of techniques, including stenciling and decoupage, artist Jason Rowland creates a unique form of collage. He ripped pages from a 1959 copy of Time Magazine and then stenciled in the face of writer Kurt Vonnegut. Buyable, too!

Artist Mark Giglio (notcot #19296) puts a modern and colorful spin on classic Japanese Kokeshi dolls. Two of his latest characters are available to purchase in very limited quantities.

Katie Paterson went to Iceland and recorded the sounds of three separate glaciers, and then pressed the dripping noises onto records made from each glacier’s melted (and then re-frozen) ice.

For the next 25 days we'll be presenting a digital advent calender, comprised of NYC-themed gift ideas for the holiday season. First up are these Five Boroughs City Blocks from John W. Golden.

Using fallen sycamores and miscellaneous light bulbs, four female designers known as the Egg Collective, built a series of limited edition, “Stumped Lamps.”

Artist Mark Gonzales built a nine skateboard contraption called the "Circle Board." This video shows his friend and fellow skateboarder, Anthony Pappalardo, attempting to ride it around NYC. The last clip shows that Gonzales is the master of his creation.

Last week, artist Karen O'Leary's NYC Map Cuts (#25841) were all the rage. Now she's back with another intriguing project: Paris In Pen and Paper. Check out an exclusive interview with her as well!

The "Type Chess Set" was created out of an old type tray and blocks of type. Each piece hand carved and represented by the first letter in their name! And even colored in black and white by the residue of ink left on top of the type.

Cartoonist Chris Ware designed the November 2nd cover of The New Yorker. It shows children happily trick or treating while their parents huddle on the sidewalk, basking in the ominous glow of their iPhones. Scary, but true.

Map of New York City that's literally cut into paper. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx fit together like panes of a window, revealing the city's intricacies only when placed against a colorful backdrop. Paris also available.

Torino, Italy-based artist Fabio Viale makes sculptures out of 100% white marble. His collection includes a video showing his fully-functional marble motor boat in action.

KAWS contributed his work for an editorial called 'Graffi-Couture" in the upcoming November issue of Vogue Paris.

Irreverent custom-toy maker Sucklord just released a limited edition series of collectible trading cards called "Suckpax." Included in one of the packs is a Golden Ticket that awards the lucky finder a one-of-a-kind custom toy designed by the man himself.

Exclusive interview with provocative Italian artist Max Papeschi.

Marge Simpson covers the November 2009 special collector's edition of Playboy Magazine, marking the first time a cartoon character has done so.

What happens when a secret agent fails? Find out in 'The Bronson Maneuver', a clever and imaginative animation about a Naked Gun-esque protagonist who meets his demise via a field of agitated laser beams.

Watch as a group of amateur artists work together to create a rather accurate rendition of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe pop-art print. Their tool of choice? Paintball guns!

'Terrible Yellow Eyes,' a collection of art inspired by Maurice Sendak's, 'Where the Wild Things Are' has spawned an exhibition at the Nucleus Gallery in Los Angeles.

Quoteskin is the brainchild of Lee Crutchley, graphic designer armed with nothing but a Moleskin, Asda pens, doodles euphemisms, quotes, song lyrics, and whatever else in his journal before posting them online.

Pretty fantastic music video for, "While You Wait for the Others," the second single off Brooklyn-based band Grizzly Bear's latest album, "Veckatimest."

Google Japan just released this short animated feature that shows how Google Maps’ Streetview function actually works.Perhaps to quell privacy concerns, perhaps not. Either way it’s clever and worth the watch.

Swiss photographer Francois Robert is known (among other things) for his book, “Faces,” in which he sought out the accidental existence of human aspects in inanimate objects. Now, his iconic work has been transformed into a rug by FLOR.

Nacho Gil's, "The Animals" are a series of abstract illustrations that take an ancient concept and make it fresh again. It's like seeing wildlife through a new set of eyes.

This new advertisement for Cisco titled, “Creation” spins the ubiquitous tale of Adam and Eve on its head, making way for the story to be re-told for the Google generation–where technology is the sole factor that holds our world together.

Set to the song, “All My Friends” by LCD Soundsystem, This is Japan!, a captivating seven-minute time-lapse by Eric Testroete, makes the viewer feel like they physically participated in every moment of his journey.

The EyeWriter is a new device that allows artists with paralysis to draw using only their eyes and a special software.

Nothing is more amusing than a time-lapse video documenting the evening of a man in a gorilla suit. Great score, absurd premise and worth the watch.