The Spyropoulos brothers explore conversation through architecture.

Here are my mind-map style notes from TED. A visual way to digest the conference....

Fascinating geometric sculptures by Antony Gormley

An interior inspired by Legos, complete with a kitchen table covered in lego bricks!

The "Wall of Knowledge." A concept for a library in Stockholm, rendered by a group of students.

Coarsetoys vinyl toys have colorful, well-detailed packaging.

This Pavilion is inspired by termites, and is modeled after the inside of a termite mound.

James May and volunteers are building a life-size house from Legos in the UK, which May plans to live in after its completion [for a few days].

Cool - Makedo is a building kit that lets you make things from whatever "found" materials you may have lying around.

The Claytable by Erwin Zwiers is designed so that users can leave their traces, as they play and mould the table's inviting clay surface.

Blow-your-mind architectural concept from Magnus Larsson: use bacteria to create a 6,000km long wall to prevent the Sahara Desert from spreading further. Wow.

Peter Marigold makes these tables using scraps leftover leather from Fendi production.

Shinichi Maruyama captures the mixing of water and ink with high speed photography.

SP Architects designed this 'Pickles & Chutney Pavilion' with 3,000 mason jar lids hanging from the ceiling, and the jars creating the walls.

MIT's SENSEable City Lab monitors tourists via Flickr, creating visual representations of their presence, showing their travels and interests.

Amanda Levete does more beautiful work for Corian...

A hotel gift shop in the form of a vending machine - selling high-end luxury items and design & cultural symbols instead of the expected t-shirts, toothbrushes and souvenirs.

KILLED IDEAS: Where great ideas come to play. Submit your own killed ideas for a chance to be included in the book...

SYNTHe is an urban green roof in LA developed by SCI-arc professor Alexis Rochas and his students.

Plastic Logic - A cool e-reader in development for release next year - includes a touchscreen, so you can draw and mark up what you're reading!

Using Topobo, created in the MIT Media Lab by Hayes Raffle and Amanda Parkes, is like building a Lego robot you program with your hands!

WIRED does an interview with Philippe Starck - his impossible chair looks gorgeous!

Afro Coffee is a cafe that has started expanding into other product lines, all with gorgeous African-inspired packaging. This wine packaging actually has a working radio!

Tord Boontje's latest project involves kitchenware produce by South American artisan communities. A great execution of design intent, and working with their traditional techniques!

Scholten & Baijings : beautiful, bold colorful blankets. I wish I had one to cuddle up to this holiday season!

Andree Putman's Oceano trunk for Poltrona Frau reminds me of an old steamer trunk, but ten times cooler and better looking.

Studio Dror has gorgeous porcelain pieces, I love the gorgeous necklaces and the skeleton-like floral forms, but also some beautiful vases too.