French photographer Nicolas Everiste releases photos of his latest series entitled Dark Zoo. The series features animals including a cheetah, rhino, and giraffes in black and white.

Ryan McGinley shot a fantastic campaign for Wrangler - We Are Animals.

Dushi is the title of the solo show of Florentijn Hofman at Galerie West in The Hague (The Netherlands). He supersized stuffed animals so that they complete lose their function and feeling.

An abandoned church in Spanish Harlem is serving as a backdrop for this new group exhibit aptly titled: “Sacrosanct."

Alphabeasties and Other Amazing Types By Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss ~ on upcoming kids books ~ typography + animals!!!

Eleanor Grosch's Push Me Pull You Design Posters are such a gorgeously modern retro twist on animals! Love the colors and styles!

French fashion photographer Mikael Vojinovic teamed up with illustrator Jelena Petosevic and a very pretty model for this interesting photo shoot. (NSFW)

Wild Kingdom: Menagerie Bottle Openers ~ adorable!!! Woody animals with etched stainless steel openers ~

Swoon’s Swimming Cities of Serenissima, her latest fleet of handbuilt raft sculptures, launched into the Adriatic Sea in Slovenia and floated into Venice in time for the Biennale.

Toronto-based street artist Posterchild's latest project involves installing flower beds in the mostly run-down distribution boxes on the streets that dispense all those free publications and magazines.

Inspired by the animals and the sea creatures which were discovered by the famous German biologist Ernst Haeckel in the late 1800's, Lazerian’s latest in jewelry has indeed integrated the same quasi-organic form into his bangles.

Fantastic animals illustrations by Mignon Khargie. Beautiful and simple.

After pulling a marginally controversial painting of Barack Obama, artist Michael D’Antuono released this much safer work titled '…What I Meant Was…' in an attempt to answer some of the critics.

Australian artist Michael Doolan takes images of fairytales and cute animals and gives them a radical, fun twist – as part of a new show at Adelaide's Jam Factory.

Despite the first piece being stolen in less than a week, Brooklyn-based art collective, FAILE, installed another one of their signature Prayer Wheel sculptures in Williamsburg.

Emily Valentine's otherworldly feathered dogs. The artist uses the feathers of the Indian Mynah bird, a registered pest, to create these amazing animals.

Very cool new video ad from Belvedere vodka featuring Parisian based graffiti artist André. Set to the streets of NYC, his graffiti comes to life and causes all sorts of mischief.

Marc Bovino's 40 Days of Animals has me wanting more.

Montana is releasing limited edition spray paint honoring legendary cartoonist and graffiti inspiration Vaughn Bode (RIP) and son Mark Bode.

Street artist D*Face took his protest of the G20 Summit digitally with a series of billboards. Question is are they paid for or hacked?

Adorable woold animals made from recycled sweaters ~ hippos, giraffes, moose, elephants and more! from Viola Studio

Chinese Zodiac Animals Formed With World Map ~ "Piece Together for Peace" ~ Twelve Animals at Space Intart

Sydney based artist Dean Christ created a new Cyborg Animals art series explores the concept of Biological weapons delivered by cyborg insects.

Poster Boy cuts up MoMA's Subway Ads.

Alternatives uses for a small screen. A new Samsung viral: 38 Cute Animals, 1 Screen, 8 Different Uses.

the 'kanteleen kutsu' fabric by sanna annukka depics forest animals - birds squirrels, bears ~ part of the Marimekko 09 collection!

Japanese sneaker brand Onitsuka Tiger celebrates its 60th anniversary with "Zodiac Race." Created by PandaPanther, video tells the Japanese legend of how animals raced to earn their places on the zodiac calendar.

Animalia! A fantastic series of photographs of animals in urban environments by Mikel Uribetxeberria.

Marc Fischer's Alphabet Animals series. Made from vintage Letraset type on paper.

Beautiful series of prints by Pietari Posti. Giant animals roaming around in the city!

Non-Format designed three different album covers for The Chap in 2008 - I like the consistent use of balloon animals rendered atypically.

Holiday season on Main Street is not complete without humble animals and bales of hay, the l.a.Eyeworks stores on Beverly Boulevard and Melrose Avenue turns up the volume on a stable of seasonal sentiments.

The ‘Remains Benches’ , designed by Elyse Marks, comes in antithetical variates. The benches feature an Avant-garde motif of animals and trees... disturbing pattern of dead, skeletal animals, hanging off of even dead-er trees…

‘In Vestimentis Ursum‘ is a collection of stuffed animals that sing, dance, light up, or talk back. Matt Kirkland disassembled them to show the robot inside the toys.

Venice, CA was taken over by tiny flags. Do people out there clean up after their animals? What's this country coming to?

Playful and educational Growth Chart by Basic Shapes. The animals have been designed exclusively through combinations of squares, circles and triangles.

Walter Bosse's Brass Figures are too cute...DWR recently began reproducing them. I love the play between the polished brass and the patina to give detail to the animals.

Playful and childish video by Kristofer Ström and his friends at Varelsen. The video is for the Malmö based electro duo Minilogue and their new track Animals.

Director Kristofer Ström has filled his new video for Swedish electro-duo Minilogue's latest single, "Animals", with a whole herd of super-cute animated creatures.

I recently got a chance to tour the completed CA Academy of Sciences! The stunning structure features over 38,000 live animals and is in the running for LEED platinum.

Nice ads from the ad agency JWT India and art director Jeff Emmanuel. Visuals are great, art is fantastic, and the fire animals are just awesome.

I'm not sure if this is going to move beyond the concept phase, but I love Studio Kudos' playful approach to the iconography of the different animals at the Bronx Zoo.

Danish artist Iris Shieferstein's series 'Life Can Be So Nice' creates an interesting typography out of her deceased animals which have been put through the taxidermy process.

Animals Inspired Design #3 / Arty

Animals Inspired Design #2 / Concrete

Animals Inspired Design #1 / Silhouettes

FEATUREDEnzo Mari's Animali and Pesci Puzzles from 1974 are incredible woody pieces of design history that would look incredible on any coffee table - see both up close!

Here's another piece of artwork being featured at the Manifest Hope Gallery during the DNC. The image was done by Jude Buffum and it will hang above a boombox playing a custom track by Computer Jay.

Artist Steve Ellis paints images of crumpled celebrity magazines as part of a new series of work.

This lightbox art of Obama and the Chinese character for "Forward" is one of many pieces to be featured at the Manifest Hope Art Gallery during the Democratic National Convention.

Del Mar Medical Spa | Campaign controversy comparing obese people to animals.

This interactive table, created by the Australian Lightwell company, is currently at display at the Australian Museum.

Duncan Riley at The Inquisitr (australian) has a video of his unboxing of a white iPhone... i'm loving the animals on his bag!

Popagandist Ron English pasted up oversized images of his striking Obama-Lincoln fusion image in Boston.

Photographer Robin Schwartz sure takes a LOT of pics of her daughter, Amelia, and what i want to know is beyond the gorgeous imagery, how does she have access to so many amazing animals?!?!

Patrick Dougherty's works look like nests, cocoons, hives, and lairs built by animals, as well as the manmade forms of huts, haystacks, and baskets, created by interweaving branches and twigs together.

FEATUREDCarlos Ramos' first solo show! The dexters lab art director does some incredible animals in his "Natural History Museum Part I" show for Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City

FEATUREDPolyface Farm ~ once you hear how they run their fully sustainable farm, and you taste their chickens/pork/eggs/etc ~ i dare you to try and eat industrially farmed animals again...

By simply pointing their mobile phones at blotchy black-and-white newspaper ads, consumers could bring to life colorful 3-D animals during a campaign by Wellington Zoo in New Zealand.

FEATUREDPentagon Design has a great "Touching" Exhibition concept for presenting paint textures for Tikkurila Paints. Life sized farm animals - in high gloss, magnetic, and more... much better than paint chips!

Great photobooth series of animals! By artist Kyley Hellhake.

Amazingly ornate, 1890s lady's bike from Tiffany and Co. The fixed gear masterpiece is estimated to sell for between $50,000 - 70,000 at an upcoming auction.

FEATUREDSmitten with #10303 ~ i couldn't help featuring the adorable wallpapers and calendars that go along with The Animals Save the Planet.

Bêtes de mode is one of the best works of Helmo .
They created gorgeous images with underpositioned blue portraits of models and a red image of animals.

* Special Forest * kissing animals sleeping bag by UK's Anorak

VIDEOInspired by Eadweard Muybridge + Theo Jansen: Solar powered kinetic paper animals... You can also order the kit to make your own! Bizarre video...

Artist Sean Christopher unveils some of his new artwork from his upcoming "Vanity Bonfire" exhibit at the Corey Hellford Gallery.

Pro bike builder Marty Walsh created the world's most nicely designed fixed-gear tall bike. It's not for sale though, he did it as a one off, he calls it the Frankendork.

Kanye West's bar ends on his custom Brooklyn Machine Works track bike read: "George Bush doesn't care about track people," a reference to his on air moment post-Katrina.

This 100% hand made wooden cube transforms into lively and playful home decor. Reposition them often to maintain the illusion of life for your returning guests. Designer Ryan Prochnau has eco-friendly plans to expand. Including more animals!

This Chanel No.5 is part of a set of screenprints from Andy Warhol's "ADS 1985" suite that are being auctioned.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of arcade classic Space Invaders, 55DSL and original game developer Taito is releasing this limited edition t-shirt and a special online teaser version of their new 2.0 Space Invaders.

This commercial for Molotow's new 'Masterpiece' marker is stunning and beautifully scored. It features graffiti writer BATES from Copenhagen.

Im a sucker for new fonts, and this one with animals looks so good - by robert samuel hanson

Sea Pig! and other "Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica"

Plastic Bag Animals! ....that pop up to life when subways rush past ventilation grates!!! So awesome.

Another simple and creative action using bags. The Dentsu, Beijing, China developed this policy for Greenpeace to promote human consciousness and that the ill-treatment to the animals and ultimately we can "give us your hands" and live in harmony with them!

FEATUREDGotochi Dissection Animals - For all the carnivores, biologists, and butchers ~ here are some crazy anatomical keychain/charms in tuna, bull, panda, rooster, monkey, etc...

I love the work by Amy Ross. Morphing animals with plants seems like a crazy notion until you see her interpretations.

FEATUREDGift Guide Day 21! Today its all about naturally inspired picks... focusing specifically on animals... tomorrow is flora! I think this may be my favorite day so far!

FEATUREDA roundup of all of the silhouette rings we've been coming across, from diamonds in plastic to handscapes and farm animals...

FEATUREDHoya Crystal ~ Design Boom opened up my eyes to their incredible crystal animals in black cages, skull collection... which sent me exploring the rest of this beautiful Japanese line as well.

Corey Arnold has a really fun photography portfolio of "human animals" including some flicked off swans

The Harry Allen Pig Bank is cast from a piglet that died a natural death. No animals were harmed in the making of this product

FEATUREDAndrew Zuckerman's upcoming book Creature... incredible imagery of animals ~ with a teaser making of the book, and video of the photoshoot to keep you going until you can see the real thing Oct 07.

I just noticed the background of "Next Nature" is all Corporate Animals.... also check out the "Bisected Brontosaurus in a Water-filled Case" a la Damien Hirst's "Natural History" series

Loving the animals in Shag's "The Immoderates" - especially "The Faux Pas" (a piece of it seen above)

Tired of normal animals? Make your own with Custom Creature Taxidermy

Take a look at this incredible set of pins... layered and laser cut looking scenes and stories in animals

Natureza Viva, discover the animals for a good cause. Gorgeous flash cross stitching... MUST try it out.

Catherine Lender show us animals in a different environment. I love it.

as a lover of animals and architecture, i would be remiss not to post the design commissions' modern bird, a contemporary collection of bird houses.

With this coat it's fun to play outside. When children are playing outside during the day the day-animals will change colour. When they are outside in the dark the night-animals will glow. Zo Design's Bessie

Blaine Fontana posted this fascinating video on his blog, explaining how he made the paintings for his current solo show Taxonomy Animalia. [via Ektopia]

JungeriusLab and Tom Schmelzer have both thought of interesting dish design - animals in your food

Animals painted on walls and wall sockets - all this is "Vinyl", a project by French designer team "Domestic"

There's something rather mesmerizing about this collection of money covered animals...

Impressive flickr set "Tiny Animals on Fingers"

If you like mermen, unicorns and brilliant artwork with a humorous edge - check out artist Michael Hsiung. Tho his website is not up yet, prints, shirts, and bkmarks are available. I'm fond of his "Violence to Animals" Series.....

'the authority on contemporary tableware', Vessel, or more specifically Hella Jongerius has created bowls with little animals in the center. ever wanted your morning cereal to create a little lake around a fawn, snail or bird?

If you don't like putting real animals up on your wall, but still like the idea and the look of it, this moose bust made of beech wood might do the trick.

The iconic Battersea Powerstation and the area around it (think, Pink Floyd Animals album cover) is being redesigned to be an energy efficient residential and commercial area.

Unlike the traditional zoo this is place where the animals remain by choice, a zoo without cages.

ok, i know im just attracted by the corvids, but blackstock's visual lists are pretty cool. There's not much he doesnt list (and lots of animals!)

more new stuff on wooster, wild animals projected from your car, so they run alongside. kinda sweet?

i feel guilty posting something this retarded, but it also struck me as kinda cute. "animals" of the underground. hehe.

jason polan draw some pretty wicked animals, but he does non-animals with style too.

Also from ANGRY - go to goodies - look at the scales - they have one that weighs you in ANIMALS and another in CELEBS!

Mark Ryden paints traditional kids (and animals) in untraditional environments.