Amazing proposal to cover the roofs of NYC's big-box stores in a giant artificial mountain that offers ski slopes in the winter and verdant hiking trails in the summer.

Static stick figures made up of LED tubes, and choreographed to music, appear to be dancing in Groupe LAPS's installation 'Key Frames', part of the iLight festival in Singapore, last week.

FEATUREDTrampolining elephants, The Dark Knight rises in LEGO and how Aeron chairs are built every 17 seconds are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

Untitled is the name of the cozy diner-style restaurant nestled within the Whitney Museum's modern, brutalist architecture.

FEATUREDFun to see the design/inspiration behind the new Nike Free Running Shoes. There is awesomely glowing photography of them (they remind me of nudibranchs!) as well as videos with designer Mike Miner.

A fun travel shade idea - dreamstate's neoprene sleepmasks were inspired by vintage frames and come in 10+ colors ...

Uncontrol :: Disc from creative coder Manny Tan is a beautifully simple browser based music visualizer.

The Crane Lamp, by ever inventive - former LEGO concept designer, Sweden-based Charlie Davidson.

Surreal limited edition design prints of cities around the world by Reinhard Krug.

The Radiant Floor Lamp, designed by Steve Faletti, features an array of lamp elements, modeled after standard-sized fluorescent U-bulbs.

FEATUREDNatalya Zahn's amazing natural illustrations up close, a peek at her book, Tropical Forest, and the stunning packaging it arrived in!

based on the concept of Dazzle Camouflage, Matthew Parker Events created this mural from over 10000 black and pink drinking straws on view at the Viking Gallery at Western Washington University.

Paper Puppets by Héctor Serrano for NPW. Let your fingers do the talking...Just bend a finger to open and close the mouth! Each puppet is printed and pre-cut from card. Easy to assemble.

French 'Urban Hacktivist' Florian Rivière's works in Strasbourg, Berlin and soon in London and Dublin.

The triangulation series of Zhang Zhoujie uses parametric mathematics to create digital formed furniture pieces

"The Blue Trees", beautiful project by Konstantin Dimopoulos for Vancouver Biennale 2011 that involved dyeing the trunks and branches of trees blue.

The Brooklyn mini bar from the Portuguese - based company Boca do Lobo's "Soho Collection".

Lovely photos of the Rare, Beautiful and Disturbing Objects From the National Library of Medicine from Wired Science.

Francis Ooi's "What I see When I run", captures beautiful botanical portraits of plants and fungi encountered as he jogs in Singapore.

'Gustave Courbet' Museum in Ornans - France by 2/3/4 Architecture.

VIDEOCute ad campaign encouraging people to take buses rather than walk alone from De Lijn, the Flemish public bus company in Belgium. Concept by Duval Guillaume Modem in Antwerp, 3-D production by CC (Creative Conspiracy).

Hockerbank, or “stool-bench” by Johanna Dehio.

VIDEO"A Strat is Born" takes you on a high-speed ride through the creation of a Fender Stratocaster guitar at Fender's U.S. manufacturing facility in Corona, California.

Paperself now even has under the sea and peacock false eyelashes

VIDEOThe Ubi-Camera concept developed by a research group at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences will allow you to take photos by framing targets with your hands.

The 38 series Planter Chandelier by Omer Arbel.

Casey Key Guest House in Casey Key, Florida by TOTeMS Architecture.

Luzinterruptus' Mutant Weeds take over Madrid.

Do you want to see how hand made glass is done? Product development behind HRUSKA SET by designer Martin Žampach in pictures.

The NYtimes on the controversial practice of dyeing chicks for Easter.

VIDEOBBH's new campaign for the Audi A5 with a bit of ugly duckling inspiration.

Hungry Hungry Hippos for iPad? You can never tell with ThinkGeek ~ "The original Hunger Game returns."

VIDEOGiorgio Biscaro's YaLog experiment with blown glass and wood molding it has a beautiful and fascinating video sharing the process and story behind the project.

FEATUREDGreat giftset packaging from the Savory Spice Shop, and a peek into the new OC Mart Mix, an interesting interiors/fashion/foodie space in Costa Mesa.

One of the nature's more bizarre looking baby mammals, a little aardvark has arrived at Busch Gardens.

A set of fun and fluffy images made by stupid to celebrate Easter.

FEATUREDKBL Eyewear ~ fell in love with a few of their sunglasses at Alexander Gray. Fun to see their inspiration for collections like sea glass and guitars!

Timbuk2 Apron! Interesting variation on their usual messenger bag materials!

'The Histrionic Wayfarer (After Bosch)' by Tim Storrier wins the Archibold prize for his faceless self-portrait, inspired by Hieronymus Bosch.

Luxirare makes a mini adidas tracksuit for their dog, Rocky.

Poster series featuring Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Peter and Wendy and The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Torani did a whole April Fool's Campaign around a Chicken n' Waffles flavor and are saying if enough people want them to "Make It Real" they just might.

Killspencer Dopp Kits - It can swap from a box like dopp shape to a flat folio shape.

Imajen Exploration Tools. Sustainable tools for children, to cultivate their imagination, connect with and appreciate nature. By Kenji Huang.

You've heard of dressing the table but what about dressing the plates ? This new project from artist Sonia Rentsch presents plates in their formal attire.