A raincoat for children that recycles the fabric of umbrellas everything you need to self build such as pattern and instructions are available on the official site.

Sweeping Beauty, beautiful Calligraffiti by Niels Shoe Meulman.

Angry birds in space brought to you by NASA and Don Pettit from the International Space Station.

The Research Agency's new office definitely tops our list of spaces we would love to work in! Architect Jose Gutierrez turns a rundown old space into a bold new workplace!

Cupcake ATM ~ Sprinkles adds a fun automat to its Beverly Hills location in order to satisfy late night cupcake cravings!

THRT (pronounced threat) is a design exhibition that opens its doors tonight at Present Company in Williamsburg. Kiel Mead, one of the curators of the show, jokes, “This show is evil, but there’s also something so playful about it.”

Love these Pantone mini tarts!

‘Intervelometer’ by DAK (Deniz Merdanogullari, Aparna Kapur and myself) was made at Trick 17- a 52 hour Stop Motion Competition.

American Architect Adam Kalkin revolutionizes our idea of containers, he is an expert in turning containers into well decorated, sophisticated homes.

A bench made by hand by Street & Garden Furniture Co.

City Peaks, a fun project from Digit that encourages us to take the stairs. It allows you to track our stair climbing over the course of a day by tapping your Oyster card. You can then compare your ascent of the Gherkin to the likes of Ben Nevis.

Tea House by Archi-Union.

Adorable birdie letter opener whose tail is a paper knife.

Art Direction Instruments from Inside, great campaign for the Berlin Philharmonic by Bjorn Ewers, photographed by Mierswa-Kluska.

A carousel bar in New Orleans, stops for your Italian foodie tour and a weekend in Vietnam are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

Ghost Cars - A collection of photographs of hidden cars.

A tribute to Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames. Sent from my iPhone (literaly).

Amazing stop animation featuring a creative interpretation of a fresh guacamole recipe from PES.

Shwood, Bodega, and Bushmills team up to make sunglasses from Irish whiskey barrels! The eyewear comes appropriately packaged in a custom wooden whiskey crate with a crowbar!

Lovely illustration from Scott Balmer.

'SuperSputnik' stool by Ahmet Sismanoglu.

Stunning photography by Anton Jankovoy.

Muji Project Fitness 80 at the Design Museum asks “What would happen if we used 20% less materials and energy to make products?”. The clever exhibition pushes Muji craftsmen to develop products that use fewer materials and processing.

Ted's Drawing Room from Ted Baker - fashion portrait service that makes you a masterpiece. 11 illustrators in a London studio draw looks submitted via instagram from stores. Subjects receive the original portrait. Mar 17, UK & NYC.

The most powerful solar storm in five years hit Earth today and it could create northern lights far South of their usual range!

Blob, an unusual hanging bank created by studio Qmad for Vandidoo. This money box can be hung anywhere, even in your wardrobe. Saving all those pennies left in your pockets each day and you can afford a little whim each week!

BKME is a platform for empowering bikers to reclaim bike lanes from cars in NYC.

Tom Dixon launches the new Etch Web pendant lamp.

Andrey Pavlov's macro photography of ants.

Loosdrecht Island House in the Netherlands by 2by4 Architects.

Folk In A Box, a tiny pop-up concert hall developed for Folk in A box (led by Dom Coyote and Emily Barker) by architect Cristina Monteiro. Photography by Sakiko Kohashi.

Reverse Graffittii stop animation by Durban collective Dutch Ink.

Nature Valley Trail View is the Google street view of trails. Explore the Grand Canyon, Smokey Mountains, and Yellowstone on the trail.

Amazing footage of a chicken embryo's beating heart made visible through the injection of dark ink into the yolk sac artery. [Editor's note: part of the amazing 2011 Nikon Small World in Motion featured in #46029].

South African artist, Kronk teamed up with toy giants, Kidrobot, to produce these super limited edition Lovebirds as a thank-you gift for guests at his wedding.

Moon Glass, ceramic glasses for rice wine by Tale. Love the idea of pouring myself a waxing gibbous.

Self-Assembly Line by Skylar Tibbits and Arthur Olson, presented at the 2012 TED Conference, is a large-scale version of a self-assembly virus capsid, demonstrated as an interactive and performative structure.

Fun collection from LOEHR. This is the JL 1 stool.

Virgilio Villoresi captures the story of birth, life and death of a solider through handpainting in "Fine".

Beautiful artwork by Agnes Cecile.

Monocle first hit newsstands five years ago. Here's a film from Perfectlounge to chronicle those years.

A peek at the stunning design details of the one of a kind Lamborghini Aventador J... (the rear view mirror, the wheels, the lines!) and a look at their hilarious homepage gate...

Square, the company that turned the iPad into a cash register, will soon rollout a new device for taxis. The encased iPad has clean UI and map.

Vinyl Desserts at 33 RPM ~ A great collaboration between photographer Phillip Karlberg and Chef/Stylist Mattias Nyhlin. Beautiful dishes spinning on records like these pancakes spinning to the tune of Nuthin But a G Thang.