Flexing with the Xtensor between gaming sessions will make your reaction-times much quicker, and will mean no cramping hands after all-night fragging sessions.

"I make these bowls by hand from fresh vegetables that have been cured for several days, then pressed, dried, and aged. I then mold the parchments into bowls that are paper thin and translucent." Margaret Dorfman@The Gallery of Functional Art.

The small pic can't do justice to Josh Hadar's bespoke metal bikes and cycles. Above is from the Mother Heart Johnson Pride series :Gun Black on Rolled Steel/Glass Tank - 80cc w/ pedal.

From Musical Furnishings: The Musical Rhumba Series. Design your own personal drum table with interchangeable percussion inserts. Site has 2 vids to help you choose which modules you desire. WANT!!!

lalique's new fall 2008/ winter 2009 collection of home accessories and jewelry, inspired by China, is titled 'China Mood'. Pieces include a collection of serpent jewelry made using semi-precious stones.'s

Storefront For Art and Architecture Gallery teamed with Abitare Magazine to bring a version of the ring dome to Milan for the Salone del Mobile. This new dome will use 1,500 hula-hoops and 12,000 zip-ties. HULA HOOPS !!

The ___Cards..... so many possibilities, so many dots.

It's late for Easter, but this felted bunny is better than just for keeping food warm (advertised purpose). I'd use it as a hand puppet. Manufacturer: Hut Up, Berlin

Michael Ferris.
At first, I thought...candy, but no. The sculptures are so visually tactile, they make my eyes itch.. in a good way.

Wim Delvoye's work with steel is startlingly elegant and graceful. He also tattoos pigs. *sigh*

Tim Simpson's Bread Spoons are made using a bespoke pastry cutter and baking tray that forms the shape of the spoons in pairs. I'm thinking... really thick soup....maybe. You'd use a lot of spoons with thin broth.

Panda nerds can be stylish. Small pic doesn't reveal the full furry goodness offered by Nike as part of their Tokyo Dunk series.

Schmidt Hammer Lassen recently won the competition to design a hotel and conference center in Lund, Sweden. The building will be located at the city's highest point. This gives me a huge grin.

"Kiss Your Little Girlfriends Golden Lunchroom Face Raise Your Middle Finger High Special Afterschool Embrace", Ivan Witenstein at Dere Keller Gallery.

The sky bridge in Langkawi, Malaysia is a curved suspension bridge guyed to ONE pole.

Yes, painted hands have been done. These are cuter and more creative than any I've seen before.

"Animani, omaggio al genio di Mariotti."

This light came from the idea of folding a piece of paper. 2004 VINTA : Kohei Okamoto + Tomohiro Yamaguchi + Toshitaka Nakamura

Enough with the haggis! THIS is what you do with a sheep's stomach. The glow of this lamp has a gorgeous hue. If you visit Julia Lohmann's site, be sure to check out the cow benches, as well.

Pull-off tag on a wine bottle label . I don't know who designed the label (short google session failed); this really is one of those small ideas that makes so much sense. Spotted on the Noisy Decent Graphics site.

During Stockholm's design week, Designboost is hosting an exhibition on sustainability in design . "Carpet" by Tejo Remy, is part of the presentation. Link is to gallery photos.

IKEA has converted the Kobe Portliner Monorail into a moving showroom before the April 14 opening of a new retail outlet. The exteriors are very cool, too. This will stay in place until May 8.

Granada Lifestyle.:Cities canvas prints. They also have London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Amsterdam, and Dubai.

I <3 these.

We're pretty much done with LOLCATS. Now it's time for LOLMANUSCRIPTS.

Stylo Design would likely not approve of my mashup display, but take a moment to go to their site gaze on the glory that I call: "playing with 8".It's a logotype experiment that left me smiling AND impressed.

"What do you do with a remnant space only 2.4 meters (7 feet 10 inches) wide?" Design a 4-story residential building. By: sculp(IT)Pieter Peerlings & Silvia Mertens

Rachel Denny makes sculptures. Some, like one-foot tall Clover, are made of angora, polyurethane foam, thread, and steel. [See also #8565]

Enormous pic of 500 magazine covers featuring Frank Zappa.

By 9 het Atelier , a lawyers's office,in Heereveen, The Netherlands. Lady Justice in modern iconography. I do like the darker windows depicting her blindfold.

Cast bronze. By Paul Julius Martus.

Pablo Reinoso shows some of his work at the Carpenter's Workshop Gallery in London.

Choplery concept from DesignGo. "The design forces the user to make a decision." Choplery is made from 100% bamboo. - This cutlery/chopsticks mashup gave me a grin.

Lily Lace - Lace Chair - Designer: Dror Benshetrit

Massimo Crisaldi's photos of birds flocking over a refinery at sunset (they're attracted to the warmth) are so beautiful.

Epicenter.

By Rob Voerman, graphic artist.

This man spent 3 months gluing 7382 used chopsticks into a 66 pound, 13'-4" canoe. It's beautiful.

Designer Oliver Peyricot's exhibition at Tool's Gallery in Paris includes these "psychomoulages". Most of the exhibition is.. meh.. but these containers are stunning.

MVDRV have been on NOTCOT before. This project: Didden Village, is in Rotterdam. Not only is the blue entrancing, the interior is a space I could happily live in. Check out the stairs.