Animated illustrations from Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks. LDV was my childhood hero.

Splish glass centerpiece by Jeff Zimmerman for Steuben Glass

OK, enough rings already... This one is from Susanne Kleem, seen on CarrotBox, the ultimate blog of rings.

HERE is a limited edition coat hook by Richard Shed

Baby Suit [Editor's Note: This was also seen as .org #210]

Symbol coat rack by DESU. I love the way each hook folds away when not in use.

Orbiculus, from Art Lebedev design studio.

Perly Burly is a swirling almost wood pattern generator written with Processing by Dave Bollinger

a series of portraits by second-life photographers Eva and Franco Mattes.

Koko is an adorable little wobbly penguin, available as a light or in ceramic. I hate every single one of them...

before Tetris there was Tangram, a puzzle transformed into shelves by LAGO.it

bracelet made from previously played guitar string, from Ben Harper to Ziggy Marley.

Nathan Sawaya is a Certified LEGO Professional which means he builds things out of Lego for a living. Here's his lifesized Han Solo in Carbonite sculpture.

Duncan Wilson designed a wireless version of the 2-paper-cups-and-a-piece-string telephone.

I like the shirt, hey

Dunny for Dinner

'skine art is dedicated to moleskine lovers and their art. Inspirational work from the notebook of a number of artists

Speech Bubble cardboard coffee table by Leo Kempf [via Elmanco]

Availabot prototype. the USB device stands up when your friend is on IM and falls flat when logged out.

FAFI + Victoninox. Seems that everybody's getting into the art branding game, after sneakers and skateboards, the famous swiss knife

Paula Scherr's infographic maps are entirely hand-lettered. The result reminds me of a typographic equivalent to australian aboriginal art.

I wish that Hero carry-on suitcase from Alexander McQueen for Samsonite existed as a backpack.

A Chocolate Bar-Yoyamart Project. 10 artists and designers created the labels for these new chocolate bars. features Gary Baseman, David Horvath, Sun Min Kim, Dalek, Nathan Jurevicius) and many others

Fiona Zobole's puts the text back in textile (sorry, couldn't resist the pun)

STAMPS , cool little mashup of a watch and a limited edition stamp. sold in packs of 2.

Also from KLOSS the Delightable. from Ektopia

At first glance, I thought these photographs by Desiree Dolron were oil paintings. Still, I'm amazed how she captured the soft lighting of old dutch masters.

Brilliant public service campaign at the beach in Barcelona

Flip TV. New millenium girl sees ad, new millenium girl shreds ad to bits.

Obscene Interiors by South African artist Von Brandis. Removes the naughty bits in the foreground to focus on the interior design in the background.

Mike Leavitt's Art Army is expanding to include Audrey Kawasaki, Travis Louie and others. Opening Dec 8 at Copro-Nason gallery in Santa Monica.

Amy Crehore is only one of the many artists participating in the Painting By Numbers charity show. Don't miss the before and after pictures

Buddhist 2.1 from Plug'n'Pray. Christian 5.0, Jewish 3.2, Muslim 5.1 and Hindu 2.1 conversion kits are also available.

VIAGRA Ring. I love the very manly design

Hand made uchiwa fans coming to my favorite store in Venice.

Another baroque furniture mashup, the Lego inspired CEO desk by Staffan Holm and Johannes Tjernberg

Play with negative space in this series of foam furniture called FILL IN THE CAT

Jeronimo Lopez Ramirez aka DrLakra is a tattoo artist with a twist. his tattoos are drawn over illustrations from vintage pulp magazine covers.

Another great design from Argentina. Romeo, holding a flower, available in 3 different poses.

While I'm not ready to spend $350 on a pair of Jeans, I love the multi-layered drag and drop interface goodness of PRPS's website. [found after reading #7999]

Supratherm is a radiant glass heater, but the slick design is raised to the next level by the amazing fire image printed on the panel.

Clever use of GoogleMaps as the web page of design duo James&Joe. And I love their I<3MY MUM T-shirt.

I love the photography of these Kiri-Origami or cut and folded paper insects by Japanese artist Taketori.

Blacklist (a spinoff of the brilliant PsyOp) has a fantastic showreel, and a georgeous Ambigram as a logo

Venturi Eclectic, announced at the Paris Auto Show. I want one.

Who wouldn't want a matching Mini Cooper and Smeg refrigerator?