Muji is opening MUJI to GO at JFK airport on 10/22 - the first in the USA. The store will offer over 300 household items and 80 apparel items.

Westwood Hotel Identity created by Julien De Repentigny

This year's West Coast Green showhouse is a stunning shipping container home by SG Blocks!

Leslie Furlong is a photographer and video artist exploring the subject of the ever-transforming landscape and its psychological interpretive. currently exhibiting at Maryland Art Place

Lovely illustrations on vintage book pages by Annette from Norway. Very unique and childlike.

Kemistry specializes in building brands on-screen for television and the web.

Frida Jeppsson’s Brilliant ring for the Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Awards. I love the ridiculous size and the way it references both a diamond and a cocktail glass.

Absolutely spectacular new work from Polish designer and digital illustrator Adam Spizak.

Spore ~ super tiny billboards that make #13614 look huge!

Designer Karin Huber tells the story behind the Saltå Kvarn packing.

De Witt : what a Crazy design for that watch !

Since this is my post at NC, wanted to bring something very special. Lladro Re-Cyclos by COMMITTEE porcelains are too beautiful to be true.

absolut "size does matter" by sadidas:

working on a painting for "absolut - raspberry " cocktail party@Istanbul

Acidtwist - new works by Tavish of SF/Montreal

I've never fully understood mobiles as a decoration. But the small Danish company Flensted with their stylish and clean designs is starting to turn me around.

This gorgeous office re-adaption by Bligh Voler Nield recently won a NSW award for its airy open spaces and eco friendly construction.

Absolutely brilliant photorealism from Argentinian painter Diego Gravinese.

What I don't know about space at Museum 52 sees Esther Stocker transform the gallery into a three dimensional graph with only some cardboard, gaffer tape and sticky back plastic.

the nytimes takes a look at opening ceremonies fashion. great images of olympics through the past.

Norwegian Snøhetta has been commissioned by the Ras Al Khaimah investment Authority and RAKEEN to design the Gateway project which is situated at the entrance to the city and will form a landmark for the city entrance.

Beautiful new 2008 reel from the talented crew over at Studio Dialog.

The Australian Institute of Architects announced the winners of the 2008 NSW Architecture Awards - Reg Lark's Balgowlah House won an award for best new residence. I love the steeply sloped front facade in its suburban context.

Newly updated website with images of sculptures by Jeremy Mayer. They are made from typewriter parts without soldering, gluing, or welding- a process he calls cold assembly.

In the small coastal town of Ílhavo, what remains of the Manor Visconde de Almeida, a 17th century noble house, ARX Portugal Arquitectosa has created a modern library. Part of the old façade remains, giving the library a classic side.

Natalie Portman featured in an Indian Music Video.
Devendra Banhart’s "Carmensita"

To celebrate the start of production of the all-new Fiesta in Cologne a team of specialist designers and engineers from the UK have transformed the Ford plant covering the entire factory with a brightly coloured material.

Fencing Streetart! First i've seen ~ very cool find in London

Batman's tumbler as an autobot!

Green Graffiti Flower Bomb Balloons by studioTX

"I was inspired by architecture," notes Swedish designer Jon Radbrink about his design of Lexus Nuaero.

Batmobile goes up against a Toyota F1

China's new great wall - article from Time on the Greenpix - Zero Energy Media display.

Alice Wang's Grass Scanner device measures how green your grass is and outputs the result as a Pantone colour code. You can then compare with Royal Parks in the UK using the PARKTONE cards!

The new Carafe N°5 by Etienne Meneau, made of borosilicate glass in limited edition ~ 8 numbered and signed and 4 artist proofs.

Amusing remake of retro gaming on real backgrounds.

you've got to love the hats at ascot. the nytimes captures some of this year's finest.

Pictures of Corbusierhaus, one the housing complex done by Le Corbusier. This one is located in Berlin, Germany.

Amazing hand blown cupcake platter by up and coming artist, Amanda Goss. Brilliant!! You can vote for her and her design at Fred Flare - she's a finalist in their design contest!

Strata Hotel: The latest from London-based Plasma Studio.

In Boston a hotel has been transformed from a prison - the outcome is the very impressive Liberty Hotel!

Beautiful house by Portuguese Arquiprojecta. The house has huge windows that lets in light from both sides and gives the house a 360 view of the landscape.

Virginia has some impressively fesity wildlife ~ check out the toads, canadian geese goslings, huge snakes, chickens, and more found on this little NOTCOT "vacation"

Flute Handles: brillant idea of bicycle accessory, by Joseph Kim.

In the video for their latest single "Gobbledigook", Sigur Rós teamed up with amazing photographer Ryan McGinley.

Siamese Towers - Alejandro Aravena / This building in Santiago, Chile was made with several skins, each one of them taking care of one issue at a time

Great Karma graphic tee from Entropy Apparel ~ what comes around really goes around and might smack you in the back of the head?