The World, a series of man made private islands in the shape of a world map off of Dubai has finally been completed. The islands are for sale staring at $10 million USD. Created and developed by Nakheel.

The ARTrelic by Seletti is a classical looking female or male bust, only it's coated with a chalkboard finish so you can graffiti it! Limited edition, numbered and comes in a wood crate like a real relic. My fave new find!

Authentics' Inside Out Cabinet is wall-mounted and painted bright yellow with fun illustrations of bottles and items that would go INSIDE a typical medicine- only they are on the OUTSIDE. Art that is functional!

Bombay Sapphire's Revelation, first of 5 spirit bottles designed by Karim Rashid. The crystal bottles are handcrafted by Baccarat, and adorned with sapphires and diamonds from Garrard. $200,000.00

The collaboration between children's modern furniture manufacturer, Argington and ODA have yielded a new bassinet and easel for children which use earth-friendly materials and look awesome! Debuted last week.

Designed by Satina Turner for Umbra.
Solid wood coffee table with slots in the surface for magazines.
39 x 19 x 13" (99 x 48 x 33 cm)

Can Sayinli & Jørgen Evil Ekvoll silk rugs are amazing. This is their 'drug' rug, but take a look at the sex rug, the rock and roll rug and the war rug --which sold at Art Basel Miami for $60, 000. USD

Architecture playing cards. Images of many top 20th century architecture designs . Pre-Modernism, Modernism, Post-Modernism and De-Structuralism are the four strong suits included in the pack. Go Fish!

The Versailles Fluo is a collection of traditional looking porcelain tableware but with a modern twist. One handle, base or element of each piece is glazed in a bright color. Formal and fun at the same time.

The go-one³ is a "Human Powered Vehicle" [HPV], complete with headlight, backlight and turn signals. By the end of this year these electrical conveniences will be expanded to include an optional 500 Watt electric assist motor. Designed by Michael Goretsky

A very cool black out curtain called Better View gives the illusion of a city scape outside your window . Designed by Elina Aalto for SAUMA. Available in black or grey and from 2 different images.

Big news! It was announced today that commemorative Eames Stamps will soon be available from the US post office! And, at 41 cents a pop, it may be the only time you can afford their classic furniture.

Paul the Wine Guy's Art For Geeks is a flickr set of fine art photos with computer and tech language atop them to help explain it to those who are left-brained. Clever and fun.

Birdhouses based on historical architectural models and made on a 1:33 scale. There are five different models, all are stunning and for sale. Site is in German, but they have a pdf price list.

Last week in Munich at the Optics Trade show, OPTI 2008, Porsche Design unveiled their new ultra light reading glasses, the P'8134. Colors vary from matte gold and matte titanium, Price: TBD. Pretty wild.

The Secjo vanity is a wild combination of a full length leaning mirror, with working sink (faucet and basin) as well as electrical lamp. Not yet available but in production. By Alta Marea of Italy.

Davone unveiled Rithm at CES, yet another designer loudspeaker. This one uses danish design and lovely woods to emulate furniture more than tech audio. Available in various woods.

A luxury leather fly swatter from Bill Amberg and designed by Sebastian Bergne. Cost? $108.00 USD.
Are your flies worthy?

Real leather bag in the shape of a Dacshund, available in brown, red or black leather. Designed by Caroline Borger & Klaartje de Hartog. Available for you wiener dog fans this month in the US and abroad.

The Multi Culti by Bas van der Veer allows you to plant four herbs or plants in one communal vase. Available in black or white.

Diamonds in Glass (DIG) has come up with a new use for bling. They suspend real diamonds in the stems of glasses, keyrings, napkin rings, perfume bottles, ashtrays and of course, jewelry. They also have a video of the process on their site.

Philipp Plein has come out with some amazing "death head" (that's what he calls skulls) jewelry and accessories in sterling silver and 18k gold.

Type Designer Oded Ezer has come out with his Biotypography 2 project. The main idea of the 'Typosperma' project was to create some sort of new transgenic creatures, half (human) sperm, half letter.

These are porcelain vases made exquisitely to look like supple leather. Imagine how unusual with flowers in them. Leather Vase $295.oo a piece.
Designer: Madieke Fleuren

Armrevolution is a new London based luxury men's brand of Arm Architecture (cufflinks). Made of the finest japanese steel, they have six designs, that are stunning with package design and a site to match!

Zune Arts has some of the best animated films and accompanying music I've seen in a long time. And all are downloadable along with wallpapers and icons.

Art Lebedev studio always has fabulous wallpapers in various resolutions incorporating their bar code. This one is perfect for today! New Champagnes By Den Poddubny. Happy New Year NOTCOT!

Matteo Thun's Pluviae : The shower head at the end of the shower curtain rail.......simple and ingenious.

These Book "shelves" are wall mounted picture frames. 3 different styles, all beautiful. Produced by Presse Citron and designed by Clotilde de GRAVE and Didier CHAUDANSON. size: 40x32x8.5cm

Vivid Audio will unveil this new bizarre shaped loudspeaker sound sytem, the G1 GIYA at next week's CES in Las Vegas. Suggested price? A measly $54,000. USD.

The Nimbus Cloud suspension light comes in blue or white and would not only look adorable in a child's room, but think of many of them hanging at different heights from a high ceiling! Propylene.

The Powerblock is a modern sculptural hidden powerstrip or recharging station. It kinda looks like a mouse made a Geodesic dome for his entrance.. Designed by Jérôme LOPÉ & Johann AUMAITRE

Joshua Ben Longo's cuddly but curious creations are a must-see. With felt wool monster rugs , furry monsters that have anatomically correct bums & more. The above pic is of the Longoland booth at Brooklyn Design 07

Possible futures include:* Professional Bowler * Flamenco Dancer* Donut Tycoon*Monkey Wrangler* Romance Novelist* Dog Show Judge * Criminal Mastermind* Mafia Accountant *

E. V. Day’s ‘‘Mummified Barbie’’ series is a wry commentary on society’s obsession with preserving female beauty. This one is $3,000 at Deitch Projects, 76 Grand Street.

Austrian ceramicist Renate Hattinger unveiled her series of porcelain hearts and brains at Blikfang 2007 in Zurich last month. In Biscuit or Gold, you can order them at www. Pureaustriandesign.com. But look at her other work as well.

Air-sickness bags were the inspiration for a series of vases and dishes designed by Hedwig Rotter and produced by mano designs of Vienna. They have air india and air thai as well.

Lavazza's 2008 calendar is here. Amazing photos by Finlay Mackay and a fabulous flash site with stories, games, behind the scenes and more.

Studio Job's newest work was unveiled at Design Miami. This table is a patinated bronze “factory”, whose four chimneys produce a “polluted cloud” of polished bronze, which becomes the open-work tabletop.

CONTURA platinum 10mm - a ring that is made from the profile of the carrier or the presenter. You submit a profile photo along with ring size to Fitzsu and we send the information to Germany to be custom made. WOW.

BeoSound 3 by Bang & Olufsen. It’s a portable radio, clock and digital music player that also integrates a single, full-range loudspeaker unit within its compact form. Powered by a rechargeable battery, there are no cables or plugs – just incredible sound.Pre-order now.

Woof Love! 12 Artists have each decorated a Magis Puppy for an auction whose partial proceeds go to Action for Singapore Dogs. Auction ends January 6th and you can download bids forms here.

Share the love. Decorate your pipparkaka and send your best images to us at bilder@pipparkakan.se. The most lustful and funny cookies will be published on the web.

The Global Incident map is a live world map of suspicious and terrorist related activity. It has so much scary information, you'll hardly want to leave your home!

These new Tea Code cups by Gazin Create have a silicone button -available in three colors-- to which to attach your tea bag. The mugs are double walled too, keeping the tea hot and not your hands.

Called SOUND, Visionaire 53 has five 12 inch vinyl picture discs packaged inside a dome case. Each issue includes a MINI clubman vinyl killer record player: A battery operated toy car that acts as a portable record player. 4,000 made.