Toronto-based painter Andre Ethier combines traditional painting techniques with flowing, textured brushwork to lend his psychedelic paintings a moodiness reminiscent of the work of Ivan Albright.

Focus on Marine Peyre, designer of products. We visit his new showroom in Marseille...

Mixing jewelery with architecture, Joshua DeMonte's jewelery defined architectural space around the body, altering our perception of the figures, both the jewelery & the wearer.

Fun MICHAEL LAU X DE LA BARRACUDA toy

1 million particles inhabit this space, an interactive installation by ENESS at Art Taipei09.

Upcycle. An old sofa remade into a rocking chair.

Meet Crtl C! Just discovered some of the Brio Network collection toys in person! They are even more adorable and now there is series 1 and 1.5 ~ take a look at the whole line! Email, Search, etc as wood toys!

The Silent Giants are a 2 man design team who are quickly on the rise. Check out their new work for The Dead Weathers.

Beautifully design book covers- Fifty Design That Change The World by Design Museum Shop. Simple & Clean!

Amazing Life Size Catalog Flagship store by Danilo Leonardi, Joana Pais, Hafsteinn Juliusson and Rui Pereira

Erwin Wurm photographed Claudia Schiffer for the November issue of the German Vogue.

This week Ultimate Factories on the National Geographic Channel stops in Bowling Green, KY, at the Chevrolet facility that is responsible for the production of the amazing new Corvette.

Pop artist Kenny Scharf has a series of sculptures that were made to double as bongs. No, I'm not high..it's true.

torn and overprinted bookpages that double as haptic-enhanced and one of-a-kind, diy, cheap flyers. when the people gather at the bookstore they stand for, the book is -hopefully- again complete!

Screw Key! So simple. So elegant. Screwdriver tips on keys for your keychain!

Colin Lin's used recycled newspaper to create an environmentally friendly ballet flat that are crafted from recycled Chinese language newspapers that are woven into a lattice pattern, then dipped in plastic for weather protection and durability.

Set amidst Park Duranne’s landscape of large mature trees is the boxy form of this nursery school by Ateliers Fernandez & Serres, shortlisted in the AR Emerging Architecture Awards 2009

'Lola' by Jesse Hooker is a coffee table inspired by "Lolita" by Vladamir Nabakov. Made from salvaged antique yellow pine it incorporates letterpress inlay from the first line of the novel and has a hidden drawer lined with an original photograph.

Norwegian interest group Brød & Korn (Bread & Grain) has a beautiful and playful profile based on a font made out of bread. Design by Commando Group.

Invisible Creature for Target ~ The Winter Fishing Hole Game! Gift card that unfolds into a beautifully illustrated playful board game ~ see the closeups of the details!

The Katakana Lounge Chair is the latest addition to the Dare Studio collection.

Man invents electric lobster taser - The company is called "CrustaStun".

This temporary pavilion in the center of Zagreb was designed by the local ofice njiric+ arhitekti, and it was opened during the 44 Architecture Salon. The leaning bars give the structure a dynamic look as you look it from different angles.

Madrid-based artist and designer Luis Bueno recently presented a collection of new wood sculptures he created.

To kick off the first day of McDonald's Free Coffee promotion (running November 16- 29, 2009), McDonald's created a unique Stop Motion video showcasing an artist's troupe building a mural made entirely out of McDonald's coffee.

Shu Uemura Art of Hair ~ LOVE the custom box they ship in! Sealed with custom packing tape and tissue paper too! Lovely black and white unboxing experience!

The Mavizen TTX02 is a new electric race bike with top speed of 130 mph. Just released at SEMA, this green motorcycle is available later this year for about $40,000. Features twin Agni electric motors and 3 lithium-ion battery packs.

Dayna Decker Chandel up close ~ the EcoWood Wick is a unique wide woody wick that creates a lovely crackling flame in a beautiful votive. Quick video and up close pics...

The Last Days of Gourmet ~ Kevin Demaria's amazing photoset at the end of the magazine...

Ice is a complete fascination for cocktail heads. The Pegu Blog wallows in stacks of science fun with ice from cocktails on out.

The Grilled Cheese Truck now roams LA ~ amusing design... curious how the food is.

ARTINFO has the Best of Performa 09 with a sampling of the 2009 performance art biennial's massive offering of events.

Absolut's 30th Anniversary of the Art Collection celebration took place in an ominous mysterious black box that popped up next to the Lydmar Hotel ~ the lighting was stunning! Also see it being taken apart...

Xarchitekten recently unveiled their project "GKK Zahnambulatorium", located in Linz/Austria

Held Vodka born 1931 in Berlin. Nice illustrations of Siegfried and the lindworm.

Mental Togetherness by Truls Melin - awesome pipe dream of a sculpture outside of Magasin 3 in Stockholm

Bitossi Ceramiche will launches a limited edition of 49 Lamps from French Designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

Brio's My Very First collection has some adorable toys for those shopping for new borns... i'm smitten with the awesome walrus! and flying bunny (which can also come with a cell phone!)

Berkeley Repertory Theatre tweaked their logo for Thanksgiving.

These are tea sets using Japanese traditional wooden design of spin forming. These can be piled up to place.　They offer not only function as practical tableware, also the presence of artefacts to view.

Katherine Snelson is a photographer form the UK obviously heavily influenced by photographers like Martin Parr with her heartwarming documentary photography portraying english life.

Comic book god Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell) will collaborate with Gorillaz on a followup to Damon Albarn’s 2007 opera, Monkey: Journey to the West

Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction printing press Tote!

Recap of all the fun at this past weekend's Editions/Artists' Book Fair in NYC!

Stunning Hakutan Coal Air Purifier