Behind the Scenes of Book Cover Designer

A great video podcast with John Gall from Vintage Books (division of Knopf).

Dan Funderburgh was recently part of group show called Fellow Traveler and he created a series of 40 engraved tools. Absolutely beautiful.

The pixel art collective eBoy releases this "LA Poster". Welcome to the West Coast !

Primary school at Granollers, Spain by Jordi Badia from BAAS Architects.

Can you recognize a pixelated Harry Potter? How many else iconic figures do you see? An interesting pixel art project by a Hong Kong Chinese.

Flickr user Blueblythemonster's entire set of Embroidered Felt Objects is pretty impressive.

One of a striking series of posters for the Fabric nightclub which are among work chosen for this year's Creative Review Annual

Play with the sky : Nice set of pictures.

Delta Airlines To Install Non-Painful Economy Seating

During Stockholm's design week, Designboost is hosting an exhibition on sustainability in design . "Carpet" by Tejo Remy, is part of the presentation. Link is to gallery photos.

GO PSP, Cool new Add ons for the sony psp

HAZE the game experiance

A film combining graffiti and animation, on public walls. By Blu a street artist from Bologna.

Addictive game of the morning... Pixel Jams - Dino Run! Its so cute, and i can't stop playing... who knew racing away from extinction could be so adorably addictive.

ICFF maddness ~ here's my crazy list of events, roundup of links to lists of more events, and i'll probably update this as i find more that interests me... also - if you go to one we miss, take pics and share!

Ooooh a silver pencil - bracelet? Love this Pencil Promo by Promo Preview Style...

Gap introduces their artist series t-shirts and the line-up is impressive. Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger and the likes put their art onto the t-shirts that are available now!

More ICFF goodness to come ~ here's a preview of the newly launched design studio, Bond.

PARIS-NYC: Different ways to drink coffee. The hypothetically saucer become the cap of the cup.

As seen on the streets of Chicago ~ monopoly inspired luxury tax stencilling...

ICFF previews ~ Kundalini's Atomium and Abyss lamps will be on display at the Water & Air exhibition in NY next week! These lamps are breathtaking in context... see the pics!

SOS Sahel: Fat Death ~ advert from TBWA/MAP, France, Paris.

Creative's Vado Video recorder... could this be the flip killer? It charges via USB, has removable battery, 2GB, and a 100$ price tag!

Sightseeing in Liberty City.
A great Flickr Photostream comparison of the real NYC and GTA IV's fictitious city of Liberty City.

This building, located in Doetinchem, Netherlands, houses a school for vocational education as well as public sport facilities. Made by Erick Van Egeraat

Awesome design from Takeshi Miyakawa. The fractal 23 bureau makes use of every single last bit of space. What looks to be a simple cubic form to start out with turns into an organizers absolute dream.

A preview of Banksy's work that will be auctioned off during the Contemporary Art Sales in New York over the next couple days

Hotel Basico. A hotel in Mexico inspired by industrial oil rigs of the 1950s. (Editor's Note: oops, previously seen as #2267, but its so awesome!)

This years summer installation at PS1 in NY was designed by Work AC. A green structure made with sustainable materials and solar panels turns into an urban beach.

WOW. amazing paper cutout slideshow by flickr user hinaaoyama1

BettyLou from mmckenna, produces a warm, bright, beautiful, and safe light - create an intimate candle-lit atmosphere by placing this cordless rechargeable lamp on your favorite wine glass, it shines for over 7 hours.

The jewelery designer OctopusMe casts real shells, starfish, octopus tentacles, and other objects in silver and inlays them with precious stones.

Beautiful picture of Buddhists hanging pieces of paper containing prayer wishes on lanterns during a prayer meeting celebrating the birth of Lord Buddha on May 12, 2008

dreamy, textured photographic compositions from australian artist linda kruger.

Red Cross campaign prescribing Awareness, Compassion & Tolerance as drugs by Pier Madonia

a beautiful ad starring a pair of fingers... they walk, climb and skate through several lushly detailed miniature scenes... the new advert for smartphone manufacturer HTC...

Povl Kjær's Rocking Sheep are once again part of the Danish Crafts Collection and will be at ICFF again... but now in hot pink! (and black and brown and grey)

"Greece Is For Lovers" Skateboard.... built in leather deck shoes!!! Its kind of like snowboarding bindings... that are sandals?

Marcel Wanders' incredible collection of Deflt Blue Vases for Moooi

This excellent floor pattern was put together with remnant pieces of linoleum left over from a range of projects. Very cool pattern and smart waste use. Above the parts are laid loose for a test fit.

"lucyandbart" is a disturbing and fascinating collaboration between artists Lucy McRae and Bart Hess, exploring our own ideas of physicality and art in their depictions of mutated and evolved human beings.

Eva Mendez Vogue Italia photo shoot photos. Very artfully done. Classic!

Making of the new PIXAR picture book for the WALL-E Film.

Martin Ruegg Rush: action camera set

Quick post i did for PC.com on some places to find recipes online - and the laptop as your digital cookbook of sorts - including TasteSpotting!

"What do you do with a remnant space only 2.4 meters (7 feet 10 inches) wide?" Design a 4-story residential building. By: sculp(IT)Pieter Peerlings & Silvia Mertens

Clearly inspired by digital design masters eBoy, check out these hyper-pixellated new print ads for Sky TV from Giovanni + DraftFCB São Paulo.

Photo web site of Fernando Guerra architect and photographer with the best of Portuguese architecture. More than 200 projects online.

Hubcaps Creatures by Ptolemy show an aesthetic art, the designer create a great art from unused objects. With a little effort and imagination, the designer from Hubcaps Creatures transform them into something which gives people a great deal and more pleasure

In 1957 the Norwegian designer, Hans Brattrud, designed the chair collection Scandia. Now the classic chairs are back, manufactured by Fjordfiesta furniture.

Excellent graphic design for cans of the brewery Cidra Krönleins Bryggeri, creating an emoticon using the very type of packaging.

concrete art... the way to refine a popular element of contemporany interior design such as polished concrete flooring...

BKLYN Designs features some incredible local designers that use locally-sourced materials, sustainable production methods, and high-quality hand-craftsmanship.

Over 20 contemporary artists' versions (not parodies) of The Last Supper from Damien Hirst and David La Chapelle to Warhol and Dali. Tons of images and links and some history about the original as well.

Some fantastic illustrations for the Adidas Teamgeist soccer ball. The Da Vinci-like sketches were hand done by designer, Mike DiLuigi.

Using untreated larch wood and black fibre cement panels to optimise solar energy gain this house blends with its surrounding. By Peter Kuczia

Artist collective WeeWillDoodle collaborates on the simplest form of art and turns it in to some kind of organic art.

Portfolio galleries of architecture photographer Marcela grassi.

Play the Next Track has some new illustrations up for their latest chapter.

Perhaps one of the most intense murals i've seen.... an extensive look of evolution and back.... that tiny strip on the very bottom is how far the mural spans...

Meet Helbotica! Toronto based graphic designer, Jonathan Yule, explores illustration using typography.

Extraordinary words by doodler, daydreamer, and author, Andre Jordan.

In a stunning example of biomimicry, Scottish architecture firm ZM Architecture have come up with a brilliant scheme to provide more solar power to the city of Glasgow - Solar Lily Pads!

Iron man 2: War Machine

Canadian design team Bookhou's steam bent ash wood children's chair. Comfortable with a removable industrial felt lining. Sturdy enough to handle whatever kids throw at it. Literally!

Video Interview with Mark Foster Gage from Gage Clemenceau Architects. Interesting thoughts on current state of practice, networking and media.

The Hillside House in Weidling, Austria.

Designed by Syntax Architects.

Wow ~ the much anticipated Blackberry 9000 (Bold) has been officially announced! Looks like a leather/textured back... check out the official images!

Carve Your Own Postcard.....st carve or scratch your own message with a key or knife.

ZeroTAG (Zero Tolerance Against Graffiti) strikes again, this time banning the posters for the graffiti inspired Adidas Cope collection. Citizens were warned to ‘distinguish themselves during this enforcement by wearing plain attire’.

Otrivin: Hounds ~ advert from Saatchi & Saatchi, Milan, Italy

Photographer Cristobal Palma just launched a new website, featuring amazing architectural photos. Cristobal has been featured on several covers of the most famous arch magazines.

Alpha: two-person whirlpool tub. Just a little piece of paradise. I really need one. Jacuzzi Morphosis...

CONFRONT/(A)VOID - New works by Joseph Shaeffer May 23rd at Artyard Contemporary Sculpture, Denver Colorado

House in Las Rozas by spanish architects Abalos & Herreros.

Mother's Day at, Earnest Sewn, in the Meat Packing District! Campbell will be designing a series of traditional “mom” tattoos for the day at $100 flat –- a nice discount from the $1,000/hour rate.

The New Organic is a design collection that celebrates the handmade aspect in modern design. To be launched by Stanley Ruiz at the Designboom Mart, ICFF New York, May 2008.

"Vitruvio & Sons" is an architectural studio making their best to create a superb image on St. Petersburg streets. Amazing projects and a strong concept!

Very unique music video for The Birds and the Bee’s song “Again and Again” using the mac OSX desktop by a digital filmmaker named Dennis Liu.

Opal is a portable ceramic light that can be used wirelessly in any room of the house. It can be sat on the table, held in the hand or suspended on the string provided. The translucent bone China shell emits a warm glow similar to that of a candle.

BRD - a bird feeder and a bread cutting board, to share your crumbs with the birds.

"First Paperless Architecture Book EVER: Piel" was what the email subject line read, and while skeptical, i was actually impressed with this digital book that even lets you jump right to google map views of the locations.

Witness Print Liberation’s totally wacko trailer for their book The Screen Printing Primer which will show you how to screen print.

beautiful organic creations in porcelain from uk-based artist claire palastanga.

Illustrator Dave Franzese has put up his new site. Really clean style, all done by hand. He'll even make you a hand-drawn t-shirt if you mail him one in your size.

CTRL+Alt+Del shaped black licorice candy. At ctrlaltdel.org

Direct Designs's Notebook Portable Grill is finally available in the USA, after being blogged to death last year! Fold Flat grill at an under $50 price tag.

Extremely cool pedal-powered Wire Lamborghini

Panadol Menstrual: Situation ~ advert from Olgilvy, Singapore

Hermes jumps into the DIY Paper Craft world with their pdf of the classic Kelly bag - simply print, cut, glue, and you have your own!

D.L. & Company has some gorgeous black reed diffusers that i ran into at Fred Segal yesterday ~ part of the Art Nouveau collection, my favorite is the Belle Of India pattern

an antiques roadshow evaluation kickstarts an action-packed experience...
new ad for BBC HD created by fallon...

Beautiful and interesting video: Excerpts from 8 videos done for the RSA conference at Moscone Center. About the life of Alan Turing, the inventor of the computer. Client: Halloran Associates Design Company: Cyberia

Curly-Sue is a distinctive and innovative desk lamp designed by Wendy Tytherleigh. The lamp has a collapsible and spiral shade which allows the user to achieve varying light levels without the use of a conventional dimmer switch.

Zoomdoggle ~ Fun for Fun's Sake! A cute new site taking on something fun and crazy daily - check out the A-team post-it mural (first post ever)

"See your world in a new light." I really like these ads for Earth hour from the advertising agency Leo Burnett out of Sydney, Australia and art director Nils Eberhardt, simple yet very effective ads.

For anyone who has even woken up in a strange bed and not remembered how they got there, "Walk of No Shame" is a hilarious new spot for Amp Energy Drinks from BBDO NY.

Top It Up - blog: Illustrated fashion advice with a lot of sense plus a healthy dose of nonsense.

Working with paper and much more! A dress by Heidi Elizabeth Rodriguez

Dave Devries is a New Jersey based artist and illustrator that has a very unique way of creating his art. He takes little kids drawings of monsters and superheroes and brings them to life in his own style.