Ricardo Legorreta's La Purificadora, a new hotel in Puebla, 90 miles SE of Mexico City, once a water purification factory, now gorgeous hotel.

For the baseball junkie in your life ~ cufflinks he may actually wear, with pieces of yankee stadium. fenway park, etc.

The Isle Lounge by Asobi would be great fun in a large open courtyard space in the future studio.

Although I shouldn't be 'encouraging' smoking, I do think this invention is long overdue. Finally, you can have your nicotine and keep your hands warm!
From Tobias Wong (of course) & Suck UK.

Paul Loebach's Chippen Chair ~ look closely.

Phillipe Starck teams up with Puma and creates skin hugging intimates - hilariously odd site/story as well (of our 'evolution')

Far too fun to procrastinate by making simpsons characters.... too bad mii's weren't this fun.

Venere growing up by culture. And at the same time a library between Venere means books between love. Between Beauty.

Gui Borchert was recently featured in Print magazine as one of the 20 most talented designers under 30.

Illustration for Mtv Base by South African Illustrators - Am I collective.

these tiny robot bugs from bandai japan can automatically avoid obstacles.

Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

Concrete House in Montevideo, Uruguay by G+ Arquitectos

The "queen of felt's" Tipsy Bag may be the ultimate wine 'purse'.

Karakiri is a friendly octopus who's loving arm holds you when you sleep.
Custom made creature with a great buying experience.

Polly George of the Mr & Mrs Jones lime and lemons squeezers has expanded her line greatly. Check out the great butterfly, bird, and Mr & Mrs Jones toast racks, cupcake holders, egg and soldier holders and more.

T-Mobile HotSpot @ Home ~ phones that switch between WiFi and Cellular seamlessly. Apparently showing up in a bathrobe can win you a phone, router, and a year of the service?

TheSparetimer.org is a website that create a timeline of things to do in your sparetime.
All the users can write and draw an action to do. For the moment... in italian.

Also announced - Belkin's Mousetrap ~ the mousepad zips right up to become a carrying pouch... do people really use mousepads still?

Belkin's Washable Mouse... finally cleaner components? Or underwater mousing?

The EME designed by Shao Wei Huang takes that approach in designing a mobile device queued for video, music, and gaming.

The Gents Business Card Case by Blomus is a contemporary business accessory. It has a classy appearance and will look impressive every time you offer out your card.

I rounded up 10 fans to keep you cool over at Surface (my CNET Design site i'm posting at once in a while)

The infamous Citizen Citizen Coke Spoons of Tobias Wong and Ju$t Another Rich Kid get into SFMoMa.

Pretty nice GTA IV special edition bundle. Would've liked to see some more thought put into the actual game disc's box though.

Icy Bag ~ reminds me of lunch bags when i was in elementary school. Brilliant idea, mini gel pack and insulated bag that my car needs for everything from makeup to candy.

Nice presentation by Josh Jakus' Wine Pocket if you ever have to bring a bottle somewhere

The marquetry project focuses on using wood in a contemporary and graphical way. Pieter Maes

Diesel Wall 2007 Winners Announced

Some pics of Theatre in Niteroi, the last wonderful architecture designed by the 100 year old living legend Oscar Niemeyer! Photos taken by Marcela Grassi.

The Human CD holder. I'd need like hundreds of these for my CD collection. Can be ordered from wrapables.com

The National Gallery and HP bring art to the streets of London

Edo, created by Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet. When not in use, it could be mistaken for a beautiful outdoor table or piece of sculpture.

Scenographic elements and give away pasta for Espace Contemporains. The project remind the alphabet letters of our childhood, but they are shaped like chairs.

We get hands on over at the Skirball Cultural Center's Noah's Ark Exhibit that opened today. Incredible use of found materials to recreate the ark experience for kids to play with.

Featuring Ree Treweek's gorgeous , darkly surreal illustrations, South Africa's Blackheart Gang have brought to life "The Tale of How"

I Love New Work! Cool collective of young people working in New Media

Han Yajuan's paintings feature little chinese shopaholics

we finally launched inpholio, a portfolio and news database for photographers, art-directors, stylist s, etc. we focus on the best possible presentation of the work (big images, no disturbing ads) and easy navigation.

New Velvet Banana T-shirt collection for this summer, mainly inspired by "The Forever 27 Club" (all those artists who died when they were 27 years old, like Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones...)

A clean new look for brewing tea - designed by metz and kindler for wmf of germany, the smar tea (get it?) has heat-resistant glass and matte-stainless finish.

jared drew moody, a new york artist, creates boldly colored pen and ink illustrations that are very evocative.

Really nice Wimbledon Collection by Nike for Roger Federer. They created a custom collection with a new RF logo!

From the Apple I to the iPhone: the visual evolution of Apple design from 1976 to 2007

Cool graphics and fine art portfolio of London UK based artist and graphic designer: Paul Robinson.

When design meets fashion... Catalina Estrada's collaboration with Brazilian label Anunciacao