I'm loving the dark, floral, Intaglio prints of Jenny Ostraff.

Today the Nobel prizes are handed out in Stockholm and Oslo. Take a closer look on the medals designed by Erik Lindberg, Gustav Vigeland and Gunvor Svensson Lundkvist.

Maison Biscuit by Pierre Minassia, AUM. The house is located in a small village in the area of Lyon on a very steep slope and facing an open landscape.

And.... here's the link to this years awesome Core77's 77 gifts under $77 gift guide! Some very fun stuff, most familiar, some hilarious... now i want 30 lbs of dum dum pops for $54

Love this print, Pattern, by Tilman Faelker. I appreciate the limited use of color.

An unusual map of The United States made of only individual road segments by Ben Fry.

“Airside” series, photographer Richard Mosse captures the disaster-response training practice of setting life-size model airplanes on fire. Mosse’s pictures demonstrate that, in a post-9/11 world, an image of aircraft on fire, for any reason, can stoke fear.

The evolution of true luxury in comic form by french illustrator Sempé

Localarchitecture and Danilo Mondada designed this temporary chapel in Switzerland. Folded planes on the walls give the building structure, while generating acoustic refractors on the inside.

Photographer Erich Morton's photos of the open ocean and urban waterways.

A 20-year-old model photographed as if she were 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 years old

The green Casa em Arruda dos Vinhos by Plano B, with a small footprint, rammed earth walls, structural framing made from wood recycled from the previous building, and a cork board facade.

SurveillanceSaver is a screensaver that shows live images of over 400 network surveillance cameras worldwide. A haunting live soap opera.

Australian artist, Kill Pixie, is now holed up in L.A., so Anthem Magazine swung by for a little studio tour and Q&A.

A large gallery of vintage Pelican book covers, organized neatly by year!

Love Joseph Riehl’s Alright rocking chair.

Incredible skate decks by Charlie Owens, Atlanta GA.

French society "Brochier Technologies" develops optical fibre weaving solutions for light applications. It looks like textile with patterns of light !

Portuguese architects Aires Mateus turned an old lighthouse into a sleek white museum. Photos by Joao Morgado.

when reading a nytimes article on the suffering economy in china, i spotted this shot of piles of santa snoopys. one looks like it might be escaping!

Interview with Duty Gorn, one of the most important contemporary artist in Milan. His works are becoming well-known for interior design projects.

Pierre Vanni's mulitfaceted bunnies are awesome

Great logo design by 300million for the Guild of Food Writers.

Charles Kalpakian's Dog book stands/light fixtures. The dog's tail/handle becomes the cord that switches the fixture on when you pull it out - cute detail.

gorgeous stop motion videos (and clothes) from shipley & halmos.

Shaz Madani plays with paper in his Arctic Paper project.

Cemal Okten's I ♥ VEGETABLES : Part IIA project - a project that explores our connection to food, desiring to bring the process of farming vegetables into the home. The final product is a selection of vases which support the growth of vegetables.

Boudicca Wode sprays on as a blue spray , and then fades into nothingness (completely invisible). And it comes in a pretty bottle that looks like a spray can.

Irena Zablotska has a great portfolio of illustration work.

Beautiful entrance for Orange's Studio37 from Paris-based studio Moustache.

Little intriguing portfolio from Arnaud Lajeunie.

Adorable! Speechless! Breathtaking!! A poster by Paul Grabowski for the Type Directors 54th TDC Show. Also see the ornamental type examples.

Take a look back at Google in January 2001!! It's Google's 10th birthday and they are binging back their oldest available index!

Love the illustrative style of Tin Salamunic, whose sketches describe everyday life in Richmond, VA.

Volvo launches the market’s first commercially viable hybrid bus. The lower fuel consumption of the Volvo 7700 Hybrid reduces the emission of the greenhouse gas CO2 by up to 30%.

GTA for Intellivision?

Dutch design duo Idiots (their term, not mine) are the latest incarnation in a long line of taxidermy artists, and when I say “artists” I do not mean the nefarious creators of jackalopes, etc.

if you've ever had your lunch stolen, you know the the frustration it causes. Anti-Theft Lunch Bags are regular sandwich bags that have green splotches printed on both sides. After your sandwich is placed inside, no one will want to touch it.

Sidewalk psychiatry graffiti in NYC

Honda recently revealed the vehicle that it hopes will be the ultimate Prius killer: the Insight Hybrid. At less than $18,000 it's vying to be the most affordable hybrid ever.

Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter has designed a beautiful day-care center in Copenhagen. The most stunning part is the Prism, the greenhouse structure, with it's huge windows that opens up the garden as a third space for the children to enjoy.

The World Bodypainting Asian Awards were held in Daegu, South Korea from August 25-31 with the participation of many world renowned artists.

As a response to a fan video from Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, Tiger Woods and EA SPORTS demonstrate that the "glitch" found in the game, is not a glitch at all.

iHologram - This cool iPhone app concept uses the accelerometer to make an animation look like it's popping out of the screen into 3D space

Beautiful animation in Processing, inspired by the Boards of Canada track 'Music is Math'.

The Choy residence in San Francisco by Terry & Terry Architecture