Grow in the dark plants? A new discovery by a team at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany will coerce plants into growing in total darkness.

Casa Xieira II is a stunning new addition to the coastal town of Leiria in Portugal. Beautiful contemporary home by A2+ Arquitectos

Beautiful music video for the song Østersøen by Ödland. Directed by Vincent Pianina and Lorenzo Papace.

Explore the endless options that exist beyond the ultra popular Helvetica, Typecache teamed up with TNW to create this list: 30 of The Best Alternatives to Helvetica.

Variable Contrast tile by Eliza Mikus.

Real Games are physical games for the physical world. A beautiful new launch with this hand-crafted, solid-wood 'Real Big Top'.

Bright Light, an app that tells you the sunnier spots of your city by Ray-Ban.

A sculpture of a mushroom cloud made from feathers for an article on the threat of bird flu in the latest issue of Scientific American. By Kyle Bean, Photo: Sam
Hofman.

Modern pendants by Machine Shop Lighting of Austin, Texas.

Bike Pavilion, a design commissioned by VANKE for a resort in southern China.

Totem, a transformable wardrobe designed for people that need space in their homes. Totem can work in a corridor, wardrobe and mobile support plane and is wheeled for ease of movement. Designed by Francesco Ferretti.

PLAY, a new collection of short documentaries about the Mexican creative scene. This is 'Bacalao' plastic artist, by Toctoc in collaboration with Javier Garza Yañez.

An interview with food designer Andrew Stellitano and a gallery of some of his amazing creations.

Danielle Kroll's beautiful illustrations for Zodiac Tea.

ZeroN, a physical and digital interaction element that floats and moves in space by computer-controlled magnetic levitation. Created by Jinha Lee, in collaboration with Rehmi Post, and Hiroshi Ishii.

Peter Madden's artwork created from found photos in perspex.

Ryan Enn Hughes's playful animated gifs with sparklers.

Happy 80th Birthday Lego! the tallest Lego tower ever constructed at 105 feet by 4,000 children using over 500,000 LEGO blocks. Located in front of the Olympic Stadium, Seoul, Korea,

The Liar fireplace collection by Borja García for Gandia Blasco. The minimalist framing reminds me of aquariums!

Brand new 'Thank Yous' by EDF Energy ad campaign.

Like a little fluffy dinosaur! it's a two week old Red-legged Seriema at Sea World Orlando.

The Kukje Gallery K3 building in Seoul designed by SO–IL Architects is covered by a chainmail mesh that diffuses the hard edges of the white cube.

Flora & Fauna, Dan Hinde's conceptual packaging design for a new brand of Scotch whisky, which included naming the brand, an identity design, packaging and a container.

This mesmerizing water display created by Koei Industry is located at the Osaka Station City shopping mall in Japan. It uses water to display the time, temperature and even artwork.

Braingate is a neural interface for controlling computers as well as physical devices. In this instance, a paralyzed woman is able to pick up her coffee and drink it by controlling a robotic arm with her thoughts.

Colosse - A Wood Tale, a short film from director Yves Geleyn about the unlikely friendship between a giant wood robot puppet and a curiously friendly woodpecker.

Branding for the Caribou Resto&Bar, by Maxime Brunelle.

Amanita Design unearths the secret life of plants, with Mr. Lantern, Mr. Twig, Mr. Poppy Head, Mr. Feather and Mrs. Mushroom in a quirky new point-and-click adventure called Botanicula.

Street Artists from Hamburg gave advertising their own touch.

Into the world of toy designer Ferg ~ a look at his studio, hometown of Austin, TX, behind the scenes of the Squadt toys, mini screenprinted tees and more!

Steamer Set is a modern twist on the traditional steamer, designed by Office for Product Design for JIA.

Tokyo Plastic render doodles of possible sex toy characters

Boston Society of Architects building by Höweler + Yoon Architecture.

Emporio Armani EA7 presents every athlete they are sponsoring for the Olympics in beautiful black & white videos.

A thorough look through Tom Sach's new exhibition SPACE PROGRAM: MARS

Alessi's Sbriciola Bread Cutting Board catches all those bread crumbs as you slice.

Core77 on turning old branches into household hooks.

Street Seats, a furniture project by Bade Stageberg Cox for the Pier 94 Coffee Bar at The Armory Show refurbishes found chairs and paints them in taxi cab yellow.

Interesting article from Wired about the convergence of the shapes of subway networks.

Paul Elliman's Found Font installation at the MoMA's Ecstatic Alphabets / Heaps of Language.

A completely underwater music video shot in Switzerland. Directed by Andrea Todaro, music by Stendeck

Minimalist, plywood chair by architect Pierre Thibault.

My favorite NOTCOT spots in NY ~ guest post on Mulberry's blog!

Porsche has revealed a pre-production model of the new 918 Spyder Plug-in Hybrid super car with more than 770HP. It also gets 78.4mpg!