I love Brandon Merkel's abandonment photography; some of the best and no doubt the most original. His use of floating chairs is especially interesting.

Swiss artist Sasha Huber's attempt to change the name of the mountain named after an influential racist and a pioneering thinker of apartheid, Louis Agassiz. Make history together and sign the petition!

Bubbles, Jazz, Moustache: In Slow Mo, need I say more.

Beautiful Constellation Chandelier from Studio 1 Thousand with lots of little LED lights.

"Just a moment" clock by FLUKE. Hours, Minutes, and Seconds each have their own hand and their own space...

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.

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.

I love leaning buildings. This one is the Menzis office building by Cie in Groningen, Netherlands.

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.

Acidtwist - new works by Tavish of SF/Montreal

Schindlersalmerón created the ZipShape as an investigation into new method of construction, where panels made out of any material can be easily bent without the use of any molds or jigs.

The Panhandle Bandshell in San Francisco’s Panhandle Park is an amphitheater built from nearly all reclaimed/repurposed materials. Recycling, while creating a free performance space.

Anna Schmid's gorgeous wooden ring. I love the grain.

Absolutely amazing video of all kinds of traffic, as seen from space. From the BBC's "Britain from Above"

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.

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is finally here!!! On wiiware and pc ~ 5 episodes will launch over the next few months! (i've been playing with the demo, and its awesome)

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.

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.

A literal way to display the periodic table at home...as a table. Complete with actual samples of the elements embedded within the glass.

The Red Bull Headquarters - a nice design by Jump Studio generates adrenalin and fun at work!

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.

Wow. Adam Brockbank's portfolio is amazing ~ the concept art and story boards from things like harry potter, tomb raider, spiderman, xmen and more are incredible!

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

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!

New Fiat Punto campaign Always In The Lead that includes tradicional media, web 2.0 elements, street art sponsorship and two funny virals.

Scent Map This new website offers an interactive way to find your perfume while sitting in front of a computer.

New Motion piece from Psyop for HP Maestro

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.

You know you're a designer when you get excited about receiving paper samples. I just got these from French Paper Co and they are truly delish.

Inspired by the japanese light-painting crew PIKAPIKA. Music and performance by: Sleeping Beauty

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

Amazing and mysterious visual journey. Jamie Livingston's daily polaroids from 1979 to 1997, when he died of cancer. Try Wiki for more info...

A beach house with an amazing view at Jardin del Sol in Spain. By Corona Amaral Arquitectos.

Prince of Persia : Next Gen. Beautiful concept art !

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?

Glass plate collection 3X3-3X2-2X2 by Martin Žampach, photo by Marek Bartos.

Takashi Murakami's manga style life-size sculpture titled “My Lonesome Cowboy” was on auction and sold for $15.1 million through Sotheby's... and there's a few left...