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The Leaf chapel by Klein Dytham sits within the grounds of the Risonare hotel resort in Kobuchizawa, a refreshingly green setting with beautiful views to the southern Japanese Alps, Yatsugatuke peaks and Mt.Fuji.

Cute Ampersand Tees from House Industries

Nastro Azurro presents their UnBEERlievable Collection 2008 filled with winning designs inspired by the beer

Jeremy Cowart's beautiful eye for photographic composition proves that his photography is art.

adidas just had their largest Brand Center open in Beijing. The building, made for the 3 stripe brand brings together a totally new experience. Sport Performance, adidas Originals and Y-3 under one roof.

google maps throws down a uncle sam icon for the fourth of july!

The beautiful photo diaries of Lina Scheynius are well worth a look.

Livescribe pen records your writing and relates it to the audio it recorded as you were writing. Audio quality doesn't seem great, but its a cool commercialization of an idea I first saw at CHI a few years ago.

FOOTBALL EM '08 ... FINAL MATCH ...
SPAIN vs. GERMANY ... there's one flag for all fans ; )

Zaha Hadid: Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion

By attaching a camera to the passenger side window of his car, photographer Andrew Bush took photos of his subjects whilst driving beside them in and around LA.

The Ojon Tawaka "BALL" ~ is basically like a baseball sized dark chocolate ball that you roll all over your body as a body exfoliating treatment ~ see how they package this - as well as how they make it!

The Arrebol Patagonia Hotel by Harald Opitz in deep chilean south features some nice wood work. Watch for its brise soleil made out of sticks.

Granollers School in Spain, by Jordi Badia Arquitectos.

A small spa at Las Palmas in Leyda, Chile. It has a wood skin that allows it to integrate with its surroundings while maintaining certain privacy. By Land Arquitectos.

Vienna's Museum of Modern Art has an exhibit called Bad Painting-Good Art devoted to bad art. They'll show paintings in various strategies of bad, ugly or malicious painting...that contain elements of irony, protest,trash, kitsch and shock".

The Lumeneo Smera is a two seat, four wheel electric vehicle that is narrow enough to maneuver as a motorcycle and taking thin to a new transportation extreme.

Back in the 1970s, when paisley was still funky and NASA let its visionaries boogie down, the now-staid space agency turned its imagination to the design of space colonies.

Goodbye Yves Saint-Laurent... just passed away on sunday at 71

In response to post #10871, this project was not an 'idealized' fake world draw. The project was a hoax , a big difference.

Whitecapri is a new label for bags and accessories from Berlin. The first collection Matchpoint is an hommage to the great movie "Match Point".

New crazy BirdGod figure coming from Amos... how mystical and cult like...

"Pergola", created by Montréal urban designer Claude Cormier, is a tribute to Claude Monet - made up of 90,000 plastic balls strung into the trees outside of Le Havre City Hall.

The view from #10756 was even cooler as it got darker out...

Ad by 123 Fleurs: Flowers would been a better idea...

That's one of the new "I love NY" logos announced by Governor Paterson. The plan is to increase tourism from 155 million visitors in 2006 to 200 million by 2020.

A simple animation for Say NO on Prop 98 campaign.

MOTLEY BIRD is a boutique version of an energy elixir. The drink was developed by creative nomads to boost the influence of the imagination of our society. Set 'em free...

A street sign in what I think is Estonian or Finish. This was uploaded to "The Big Picture Project", a living mosaic of "what life looks like this second" , See it at
showmethebigpicture.com

Umbrella Bows to You
Polite Umbrella is a shrinkable umbrella that enables users to morph its shape in order to reduce occupied space and to increase user maneuverability.

imagine what'd you'd rather be doing during gridlock... new renault sandero ad... inflatables...

I went hunting for some rain so that i could slip on some Swims over my suede flats, and give them a proper review!

An essay on artists who paint people looking at paintings. Over 50 paintings on the subject by contemporary artists that represent different takes on the subject.

As far as Trophies go - i want one of these awesome waves! Trophies for Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi and Cottesloe by Dinosaur Designs, out of resin!

New site designed by SUPERB illustrator Pietari Posti. new exhibition "giants" too.

TED has awesomely put up their videos. This is Jakob Trollback working on a video for Brian Eno and David Byrne. Check it!

An informative video showing how the 1983 HBO Intro produced.

The best of 101TOKYO Art Fair

Granada Lifestyle.:Cities canvas prints. They also have London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Amsterdam, and Dubai.

I <3 these.

Dyslexflix lets users recommend the absolute worst movie based on what they recently viewed. So, if you enjoyed "The Squid and the Whale" you will love "Free Willy". by the folks at Underconsideration

Fold US Candidate lets you download your very own do-it-yourself finger-puppets of the presidential candidate. Just download, cut and fold, and have now you have your very own presidential friends to carry around with you.

Stunning olympic spot for Freedy after the wonderful print campaign. By 1861 United, Milan.

dubois meets fugger - Exquisite simple design of a portfolio, using a flash based interface that makes the user play around jumpin' from section to section. [Editor's Note - love the wallpapers to dl]

Squid Scrub Brush

The Biodegradables are not here to stay.