Marionette Mac - most artistic use of the internal accelerometer i've seen yet

Someone's gone and done it - its like hot or not, for art... only prettier, you win money, and it got on techcrunch.

The Strandbeests are these incredible wind-powered robotic sculptures by dutch artist/engineer Theo Jansen

Joom is an artist, designer who makes pillows with a touch of asia

Ladies, protect yourselves with a stylish jacket! This article of clothing, when armed and grabbed, sends 80,000 volts of electricity through your attacker, while keeping you safe.

Every artist has a vision. For Momo , the vision was to tag the entire width of Manhattan.

Also over at the Zune Arts page ~ love Jeremy Fish's Antisocial poster.

mooncruise* magazine V2.05, featuring photography and music by international artists.

Great article about BOTERO's paintings depicting the tortures in the Abu Ghraib prison

amazing sculptures by a really talented artist, of other artists. this one of Tim Biskup is my favorite!

buff diss on the streets of melbourne.

*streetart by silis*

Love this feature at Wooster ~ The Star does a fashion layout infront of the artists work - then the artist creates a matching stencil after.

Colleen Baran is a Canadian, multidisciplinary artist (working in jewellery, photography and book-works)

The Optimus Upravlator is out... its cool but just one more tempting tidbit until the true Optimus keyboard arrives.

FEATUREDSO SO True. Currently obsessing about Artefacture Ts

Jonathan Harris (of We Feel Fine fame) ~ has a new project with Yahoo - Time Capsule - gorgeous site - really pretty/artsy UX - but not sure about the content

London's Rokeby Gallery exhibit features drawings made by trees (among other nonhumans). Artist Tim Knowles "creates drawings independent of his own hand, using elaborate apparatus or time consuming practices."

Learning to Love You More is a contributing site created by Miranda July & Harrell Fletcher. The artists give assignments & the public submit responses. Assignment #09: Draw a Constellation from Someone's Freckles.

artificial snow at home. now possible with this innovative product from switzerland. you can even use it as a pressure washer.

Rubber Stamp bracelet by Arthur Hash

FEATUREDWhat happens when designers/artists get their hands on the brilliant patterns of Deadly Squire? Find out this weekend!

thinking about Halloween...this is a cool print, and it's also available as a tunic and a hoodie.

Patrick O'Brien : Filmmaker, Artist, Visionary and he's slowly dying from ALS. He's attempting to create awareness for ALS thru the Patrick O'Brien Foundation and his documentary.

what do people think of denver's new art museum?

Gorgeous new power strip design - Rozetkus

the artwork of kurt halsey frederikson...im a huge fan! acording to the site, he just finished a project for urban outfitters

Tiny Showcase: A simplistic and affordable approach to finding new and inspired artists. Mentioned in past (.com) features, but never featured...

and just for good measure (i didnt realize there were so many on the market) here is another mug that holds your sugar

another two in one mug design, again, practical, i dont know, but i really like the handle even if it were empty

amazing: functional tiles that will hold onto things for you. designed by Pulpo for their 2007 collection, soon available at lifestylebazaar.com.

elvis impersonator wine caddy by artist Guenter Scholz

Attilio Codognato jewelry. Check out the diamond 7 skull necklace at the end of the PDF and the "Moretto" skeleton brooch

Sexy artsy doodly sheet sets over at True Love Always

sfgate article about DRAW ME A STORY: A CENTURY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION exhibit at the cartoon art museum here in SF

though it's meant to be a "jug with attitude," every time i look at it i think "that jug looks so UNCOMFORTABLE." i wish i could offer it a seat.

Loved what LISAJAY posted in 1419 so much that had to post this one for RUGENIUS.

by fujiko isomura, this one still has me grinning.

"girl power," by artghost. i'm not sure which is more disturbing, the image itself or how much i like it!

designed by Sarah Mann, it's called the "Collapsible Ring." Collapsible presumably so one can take it down and put it in one's pocket?

angelenos can check out shepard fairey's show till oct 14th.

The Pictograms for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

From SFGate.com: Jeanne Gang's 80-story residential tower set to begin construction soon in Chicago.

Re-Cycled (pun intended) bicycle parts create furniture by Bike Furniture Design

Striking glassware from Baxter Chang

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!)

"Roger Dean has designed a house for the new millennium: artistically beautiful, environmentally kind, but cheap and quick to build."

Mr PICASSOHEAD. original artwork brought to you by Picass-oO

5x5 = 25 artist collaborate on a patchwork (seen at Drawn!)

The fluid dynamics of artificially intelligent race cars. Mmm Pretty.

the BBC reports: Hundreds of Paris Hilton albums have been tampered with in the latest stunt by "guerrilla artist" Banksy.

Chinese artist Tsang Kin-wah uses text in floral shapes to create beautiful wall paper and art.

King-size jewellry that replaces the traditional chains at car entryways

I like the mathematical / organic feel of these ceramic sculptures by swedish artist EVA HILD

Orbiculus, from Art Lebedev design studio.

a beautiful self-portrait by simon pais, a young talented artist from chile.

Artist in China makes an anti-slavery statement in China - very Katamari-esque

great article in ping mag on bike couriers and their influence on urban subcultures.

Illustrations by Eugene Artsebasov.

Masterful Mixed Media artwork by Gregory Euclide

Semi-Permanent 06 Book is now available. 500 Pages of artwork from around the world. I have last years book and i will be purchasing this one too. Worth every cent.

this image was too striking not to post. an article on the "battlefield" of group shows in chelsea.

great times article on skull imagery in society.

DIY RFID kit for artists from Italy

too bizarre not to post.

the classic enzo mari zoo puzzle features prominently in tomorrow's nytimes article on yves behar.

this image made me so proud of america. the article is about how messed up and wrong it all is, which is true. but professionalism in children beats the amateurism in this country.

Artistic and scientific images from the Wellcome Trust's Biomedical Image Awards. Including this beautiful electron micrograph of a piece of pork.

Amazing traditional japanese wood block prints by english artist Charles Bartlett.

Artist Marco Evaristti needed 790 gallons (3,000 liters) of red paint, three fire hoses, two icebrakers, a twenty-man crew, and two hours to paint an iceberg in the Ilulissat Fiord, Greenland in 2004. Evaristti said: "It’s so poetic, it looks

3D CROP CIRCLES!

Artwork/Imagery from studio twentysix2

spraypaint is so 20th century.

I wasn't gonna post this, but since RUGENIUS posted her pic of the mongolian festival... hehe.

great nytimes article on a new documentary on tintin.

Here's my thought provoking - get off your ass - article for today. What type of genius are you? and what could you become... being over 25 is no excuse.

Austin-based artist, Steph Gordon creates fabulous portraits.

I'm excited because my favorite graffiti artist FAFI is speaking at Semi-Permanent Sydney this weekend.

another incredible sketch artist, this angeleno's site caught my eye.

FAIL HARDER - 12, a dozen creatives who form an experimental school at Wieden+Kennedy, had purchased 150,000 boxes of clear pushpins. Great quote for all creatives in this article.

Handselecta works with famous graffiti artists to turn their signature calligraphy into fonts.

Artist Ben Sum creates charcoal tree drawings that look like photographs from far away. You'll also find "remixes" of famous paintings on the site.

as many of you know, the amnh is my all time favorite museum. found this gorgeous series via coudal. =)

you know i love words, so when my mom sent me an article on the most frequently used english words, that was awesome, when i found this sweet visualization, i was doubly so!

Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction - logo tee - sweet graphic

British grafitti artist Banksy also makes interesting re-claimed paintings.

famous Asian pop stars the "Backdorm Boys" They apparently graduated this week from the Guangzhou Arts Academy sculpture program and these life-sized statues of themselves were their final projects.

ever feel like kicking some heads?

we're all about saving endangered species, but that's not the only diversity we're losing. years of non-speciated, artificially selected diversity is disappearing from our farms. save the rare breeds! some are so cute!

Signature label for Fifty24SF series. This artist's work is kind of Yellow Subarmine-ish. I just like his ghost guy. He's done ads for Diesel & stuff too.

Water Guns! Another fun piece from Jellio.

Director and General Manager of Nintendo Shigeru Miyamoto in a silly performace playing tennis on a big screen using the Wii remote, the noises he makes are great.

Chinese gated community modeled and named after Orange County! Article is great. More pics here http://www.orangecounty.com.cn/news/detail.htm

Great video of Stephen Wiltshire, an artistic savant drawing a 12ft panorama of Rome from memory after seeing the city for only 45 minutes.

Sweeper Hit RECYCLED VACUUM LAMPS Created by French designer Angele Riguidel, an artist who gives new life to recycled household items by turning them into highly original lamps she calls ULOs or unidentified luminous objects, these unique light fixtures

my-brand - interesting exhibition - some cool imagery - really sweet artists involved - but i dunno - couldn't find the perfect stuff to post... cool pins also.

GET DIRTY! there's a great article in today's nytimes about muddybuddy. check out the site for more info. =)

YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO - it is SO AWESOME... why you need to click? a red guy gets angry and STOMPS.

my favorite Edvard Munch woodcut print, "Two Women on the Shore"