How books can help to create icons ?

GeoEye has amazing satellite picture of the National Mall during Inauguration Day ~ download the high res to see so much more!

Someone made an MP3 Player from an actual grenade. And here's how you can do it yourself!

2 new prints from Amy Sol are coming soon... should probably get on her mailing list if you want one... they always disappear fast...

LuckyPix - A cool boutique stock photo agency that is Photographer friendly.

Red Bull introduces the Red Bull Energy Shot!

Elle Decor brings us Fashion Designer Matthew Williamson's home in London and it is---phenomenal!

70 really great images created with typography. Some are better than others, but there are some gems in there!

Kapero has a really nice office designed by Swedish N59.

7 unique fragrances: gluttony, lust, pride, greed, sloth, anger and envy constitute the last Demèche collection.

Playstation 3 "Movie Downloading Machine" ad.

The textural experience of Danish designer, Ditte Fischer's work is almost as important as its visual appeal. The outside is soft-sanded dyed china while the inside is finished in beautifully colored glossy glaze.

Versace has just released a collection of tiles called Stone Palace.

Wow. I really need to go Siberia - some amazing photos of windows/home exteriors. Love the ornate facades.

Futuristic Shell House by Kotaro Ide. The volumes are raised above the ground a bit and appear to float.

Wooteik Lim's Definition of Time turns the traditional wall clock into a sculptural object.

The white vine glögg Herrgårdsglögg has a nice, almost with summer feel, bottle designed by Oslo based Designers Journey.

Considering that Supersudaka calls this the Kiltro House - referring to a crossbred dog - due to the "bastardized design", thanks to the changing program, site, building permits, contractors, and even the view, I'd say it's a pretty cohesive project!
The modus operandi is rather based on mistakes than certainties.

The result: a mix, a bastardized design, a fusion, like a crossbreed dog, in Chilean:
A Kiltro.

Marshall Alexander the creator of the famous Foldskool Heroes just recently released his third series of Foldskool Heroes personal customs based on vintage game consoles.

The Mumbai branches of HSBC and Ogilvy & Mather created an ad campaign (and a poorly functioning website) to raise awareness of the dangers of global warming by submerging an aerial view of a city to the base of a swimming pool.

Xelor - Two birds were colored with Ecoline, then they printed their fight on a sheet of paper.

Jeremiah Maddock creates beautiful/semi-creepy illustrations.

Fun retro style prints from Lab Partners' Hunt and Gather show.

Installation art, created by David Bowen based on the movement of flies.

Here is preview of Turn, Italy's big annual art week, when the Luci D’Artista festival, the Turin Triennale, and the Artissima art fair all have their debuts. Includes works by Rebecca Horn and Olafur Eliasson.

Kathleen Hills' Made in England rolling pin leaves its imprint in your pastries.

Gwendolyn Huskens' super awesome Medic Esthetic footwear - inspired by and made out of medical supplies such as synthetic plaster, bandages, stainless steel and band-aids.

Johnston Marklee & Associates designed this house on a hill in the Pacific Palisades in California.

Fantastic 1950's Auto Industry logos collected together by Delicious Industries.

Gorgeous and sobering photo-journalism from Christoph Bangert.

The Big Picture covers World Animal Day. The narwhal is a crazy mammal.

A F1 screensaver simulates a track. Made with 15 synchronized monitors.

Sarah Silverman is starting The Great Schlep to Florida. But really, a very funny video and well worth the 5 minutes to watch it.

From Gym to Apartment...One day i'll have a space like this!

The interior of the AVA Bar in Bulgaria by JBDesign

Animation clip for Kap10Kurt. Tells the story about a super-hero in a world without music. Good 80's references.

The Ygne summer house is situated on the island of Gotland, one of Swedens most popular summer holiday spots. The design ambition was to build a house that would recess into the natural environment. By Sandell Sandberg.

Interview with Tad Carpenter, awesome poster artist (with tons of mix & match monsters!!!).

Admiring the clean lines and materials used in Bevk Perović Arhitekti's House D in Ljubljana, Slovenia. See post 13663 for more of their great work.

I'm not normally one for paper toys, but Spiteful's Disaster Dioramas are amazing.

ADD+ designed this house over a slope, with a complex roof that is actually a mini golf course.

The opening exhibition of the skateboard art-related show, SK8OLOGY presented by ISM

Chase DeForest is an artist designer who lets her pastimes of gardening and the outdoors meld with her work, the result... Hoseware.

Henrietta Swift's Letter Envelopes - a playful take on the traditional security envelope.

Amphibian Dynamic Scuba Fin by Designcraft. Allows divers to walk and climb boat ladders without removing their fins.

When graphic designers make music videos; independent music video shot by Egyptian graphic designer for Dutch folk singer.