Alex Pinna, italian design working mainly with bronze make extraordinary sculpture.

While Rugenius will always be my sword wielding Mei Mei (little sis) ~ there is another... the adorably cool House of Liu toy

Samsung has launched some seriously sexy laser printers ~ it's about time! [and yes i blocked the girl because she was creeping me out]

Wow. Can YOU spot the airplane factory down there? Must check out these pics of how the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant was hidden during WWII

basic baroque surface decor for your walls, made of lovely tactile, thick felt, courtesy of uk designer rachel horrocks.

To bring in the new school year Core77 has put together a design student school guide.

Audrey Kawasaki posted some of the life-drawing sketches she did at Dr Sketchy this weekend. Makes me want to attend one of the life-drawing sessions we have at work.

Lynn Kingelin Design Studio has just launched a new ceramic design for gas fires. FIRE JACKS are an innovative alternative to faux coal, pebbles and logs and are set to become s ‘must have design class

Neil Burke on the show Human Hair. Great works and a funny atmosphere.

pour that kool-aid (or soup) into this ceramic topography bowl, from japanese designer kouichi okamoto, to create a lovely, edible landscape on your table!

We found that cupcakes are the culinary cleavage on tastespotting... so i needed to share these "cleavage cupcakes" and low beams on NOTCOT

Loving the print on my new C&C California Octopus tank

Dali inspired work of a Russian artist.

News Knitter is a data visualization project which focuses on knitted garments as an alternative medium to visualize large scale data.

Stressed day ~ and on brilliantly packaged masks worth every destressing penny ~ i'm fully backing the vials of blue and cloth pellets of the Skyn Iceland Cool Therapy. (yes i posted it on com a while back)

I wish i could draw like KYLE RANSON

Astonishing photography by a Bulgarian photographer Duni.

Seattled-based designer Sally Brock has created a great line of geeky jewelry, including amazing Binary Bands with gems.

Designed by Jean Marie Massaud for the
Serralunga Collection 2007, these beautiful vases give the foliage the illusion of being trees. Comes in laquered white, red or black.

Thorbjørn Ankerstjern: a bit of graphic design coming from Denmark but made in London

How to Work the Design Blogosphere: Design Blog Editors Teach You How to Get Your Shit Published Online - Core77 did a nice round up of tips from a bunch of us bloggers on how to get seen

Become a bird lover with this great poster with a ton of birds by a bunch of artists.

"World's most famous graphic designer" David Carson opens a Swiss studio - here

Chinese workers at a panda breeding facility are fashioning panda poop into souveneirs for tourists.

Inspired by the lore of Houdini, this limited edition series is handcrafted from the most luxurious heavyweight silk, each adorned with a unique, reclaimed antique skeleton key and hand-patinated, solid copper and solid brass chain.

Available in several finishes (timber, acrylic, white marblo) and in 2 different sizes, these Trees by Millicent & Frank bring some 'nature' to any environment.

My addiction for tonight is Kitsune Noir ~ also Mauricio Alejo's pictures for Wired's article ‘Turns Out, Money Does Grow on Trees‘

Niina Aalto designed Everyday Sunday, a set of beautiful cup holders for plastic cups - part of the Helsinki Hotel exhibition.

For all the voyeurs ~ John Huck's Couples ~ an installation piece showing images of couples mounted on wood.

My Private Sky Plates by Kram/Weisshaar - custom plates featuring your personal night sky map from the time and place of your birth ~ hand-painted in gold and platinum

Love Paris. Lampe Tour Eiffel je t'aime- finition laquée noire - Designer : Pierre GONALONS.

If Apple made Biscotti, their packaging would probably look like this. Cantuccini from Deseo Prato

A levitating wirelessly powered lightbulb

Wire-less power

Woody Wood by Yvette Laduk (YL design) is a round carpet with a print of cross-section of a tree. The rug’s border is cut, burned and sprayed.

Aluminium placemat - take the components out of the middle, slot the together and you have a face to face nightlight holder. By David Louis

interesting way of transportation, n'est-ce pas? Easy Glider. [also seen as #4745]

Beautiful combination of artistic techniques, illustration (by colorsponge) on photographs (by nesmanpro).

WAR GAMES by Lydia Venieri in N.York

adorable ad for Epuron with surprising ending

Now you can actually get a safe tan while you shower with the prosun sunshower. Completely safe, functional, programmable & even nicely designed.

Sigur Ros release their first-ever film this autumn. Check out the beautiful trailer for Heima!

Open! Design and Concepts studio is making most unusual jewelry. Their latest inventions include clothes-peg earrings, bandage ring, screw earrings and much more

The Gummy Bin is the world’s first collection and recycling system for chewing gum.

Meeting the collector Selim Varol and seeing his more than 10,000 toy figures inspired artist duo Daniel (born 1966) and Geo Fuchs (born 1969) to create their latest photo series: »Toygiants«.