MINI, Airstream and The Republic of Fritz Hansen have teamed up to create a special surfer MINI Cooper S Clubman and Airstream trailer with a beautifully designed interior. Cowabunga!

A round up of some of the most beautifully designed dumbbells or hand weights on the market.

Mattel is releasing a fab Goldie Hawn Laugh-In Barbie Doll! An exact replica of the sexy sprite as she appeared on Rowan and Martin's Variety Show- down to the faux tatts! Available for pre-order now.

I love this Limited Edition classic Arne Jacobsen Swan Chair upholstered in real shearling and Mocha suede.

David Trautrimas' Habitat Machines and Factories: digital composites of photographs that take everyday objects like sprinklers, staplers and coffee pots and turn them into architectural residences and factories.

As a complement to #19325, you can see the other not yet released photos of Barbie with Italian model Baptiste Giabiconi as Ken taken by Karl Lagerfeld here.

Designers Niels Van Eijk & Miriam Van der Lubbe have created these fun flower vases. They have a resevoir in which to hold the water and various holes so you can design your 'boy' or 'girl' in infinite floral dress.

Pandora design of Italy, known for their plastic cutlery now has a limited edition called De Beauty. It has skulls around the tip and base of the handle and comes in white, black, coral, smoke, purple and clear.

Photographer Paul Graves' Balloon sculpture series is in it's third incarnation. After creating balloon celebs and a Garden of Eden, he's now done people and their innards.

Artist Hanna von Goeler has taken dollar bills and by painting upon them has created a whole new currency. See the series here as well as the 11 for sale at HANG gallery.

To promote two different vintages for Dom Pérignon champagne, Karl Lagerfeld teamed up with Claudia Schiffer in 2007 and Eva Herzigova in 2006 for some very sexy (albeit sexist) photo campaigns.

It's the 5th year of the exhibit of artist's interpretations of the traditional Christmas Tree at Germany's Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. Check out some of the best entries since the inception of the exhibit here.

Australian artist Emma Hack's body art is just unbelievable. Her series in which she paints nudes against Florence Broadhurst wallpaper is really impressive.

I'm in love with this leather bag collaboration between Assouline and Cole Haan. It has the Didot typeface embossed upon it!

Marcel Wanders created a Christmas collection for Bijenkorf dept store in Amsterdam, complete with in store decor and amazing window displays. Three Queens decked out in gold, black and white to match the collection announced it's arrival.

Cake Designer April Reed has made this year's hippest (and most expensive at $4,320) gingerbread house based on the mid century modern masterpiece, The Farnsworth House, by Meis van der Rohe.

Didi Dunphy's Products for Modern Convenience is like bringng a hip playground into your home. See saws, swings, indoor skateboards and more are fun and functional.

Eamon O'Kane's debuts his first solo art show here in NY. His fabulous oil paintings of modern architecture are my newest fave find.

The outtasite lite brite table created by Jellio is a fun end table for grown ups or kids based on the classic game by hasbro.

Going to the top of my Christmas list this year, is this limited edition Coach leather case containing 40 of Assouline's signature books. $2,500.00 USD. Wow.

The PossibiliTree is one of the hippest Christmas trees I've ever seen. A fabulous collapsible walnut wood tree in a tabletop design based on an original by Richard Babcock.

TVs favorite serial killer, Showtime's Dexter has inspired products from dishes, flatware, candlesticks, lamps and glasses to posters, toys and jewelry. See them all here. What bloody fun!

Over 140 hip Chanukkah menorahs! No 'novelty' menorahs, just a huge collection of nicely designed menorahs that are great alternatives to traditional ones.

Samsonite's Black Label Collection by Alexander McQueen Goes silver. The hardside "rib cage' case and the travel case in croc texture are both launched in a special silver finish this month. Wild.

Big on style but small on room? Here are 6 great solutions for small spaces that are functional and well designed and will help you make the most of your small home without sacrificing a sense of design.

The M-velope is a transformable structure by architect Michael Jantzen and is available for purchase for $100,000.00 smackers in this years Neiman Marcus christmas catalog.

The Saatchi Opus is THE book for contemporary art lovers. 850 pages about the history of the Saatchi gallery, it comes in an art inlaid wooden crate and is limited to 950 editions hand signed by Charles Saatchi

Portraits of people wearing clothes made from the fur of their own dogs! That's right, 'dog wool'.

Say it with a candle from Atelier wm in France. The actual size candles are cast from real hands and say what you're feeling for you!

Rollout's latest custom wallpaper is Bollywood on Acid. Two beautiful designs for the restrooms in a contemporary Indian restuarant named Mango Shiva in calgary.

Giles Deacon's runway show for his 2009 Spring Summer Collection: Models wore large metal helmets making them appear as characters from the 1980s pac man video game...just beautifully dressed, of course. Wocka wocka wocka

The loss of legendary actor, devoted husband, philanthropist and race car driver Paul Newman will affect the entire world. Here are images, links to movies,his charities and a video tribute to the beautiful blue-eyed sex symbol.

Suzan Fellman's slipper chair with acrylic legs is made from vintage Chanel scarves. Cozy and chic.

Graphic Concrete of Helsinki adds images, patterns, photos, colors and textures to both interior and exterior concrete walls and flooring, making an otherwise bring grey slab really interesting.

Mark Turpin's Pine Island: These architectural replicas, miniature doll houses, buildings and furniture are breathtaking. You can even have a custom replica of your home made. And the interiors are just as impressive as the exteriors. WOW.

Joep van Lieshout of Atelier Van Lieshout creates some unusual skulls in which you can sit or sweat. Here's two of them, the Sensory Deprivation Skull and the Wellness Skull, which has a sauna inside!

The Paganini Caravan from Tabbert is the way I want to road trip! An effort to revitalize the brand, this caravan may very well do away with the term "trailer trash".

Vipp and Helena Christensen have solicited designers to create trash cans for a charity auction to benefit Food Bank NY and CCPI. Here's a sneak peek at some of the offerings. Auction takes place Sept. 18th

If you like origami or geomety, chances are you'll be a big fan of Austria's Buchegger Denoth Feichtner Design. Everything from their lounge chairs and lamps to water bottles and cutlery are very... edgy.

This fun open teeth bank is limited to a production of 400. It was designed by artist KAWS for Original Fake and made by medicom. Soft vinyl and measures 5" tall.

Conmoto's Dragonheart andirons are great looking ways to make a hot fireplace look very cool. Designed by Seiger for Conmoto's design series.

Melanie Favreau makes lots of clever jewelry and this sterling silver pine car air freshener is one of her latest pendants. I love it!

I am getting more and more impressed with Zazzle. Not mugs and mousepads anymore. Now you can design your own skateboard and your own Keds. Ever since teaming up with Artsprojekt, they've become very hip.

Viktor & Rolf's amazing retrospective on dolls at the Barbican(#12726 and #11356) is compared side by side with the original fashions as they appeared on the runway!

Maclaren has been making baby strollers (or pushchairs as they call them in the UK) for decades. But production of this special edition black leather and gold plated stroller is limited to ... 20

The frellstedt lightbench looks great both indoors and out and is available in just about every color in the rainbow.