UK based illustrator Adrian Johnson has an incredible, light-heated portfolio of illustrated characters. The agency BBH teamed up with him last year for a series of adorable animated tv commercials...

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.

An amazing editorial by brilliant photographer Steven Klein for Vogue Italia 'Future Couture' with Guinness heiress Daphne Guiness. It's pure art.

Ark is a short movie directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys. This animated movie, though short, it has an epic underlay. Visually stunning, sounds are crisp and storyline is phenomenal. Wait til the ending.

Anorak - "the happy magazines for kids" - such a beautiful graphically designed children's magazine!

Scanned nails! looks like wax.

Amazing Feather Typeface by Lily Piyathaisere

Even Phillips is getting into the designer sex toy market ~ with products for "Relationship Care"

Stunning update to the classic Bubble Chair ~ Rousseau and INSA welcome you to view their first collaborative work at designers block 2008.

Incredible page on Curta Calculators

THINGS by Culture Code for Mac ~ i wonder if this pretty little app can really help get me organized, i can't wait for the multiple mac syncing

There is a politically opinionated poster show going on in Jacksonville, Florida at the end of the month called "Partisan the Sea"

Zirh Warrior Collection ~ interesting idea... making men want to smell like Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Ulysses, Alexander the Great...

Screw Chair by Revol Design. It is made from 3,726 drywall screws and a bunch of wooden blocks.

Klok ~ another little mac app i was just introduced to thats great for tracking your time ~ whether its freelance projects or email vs design time... and it makes gorgeous pie graphs!

Arkitip + Incase (limited edition boxes) + Ryan McGinness?!?!?! Signed and numbered edition of 2000 ~ issue number 48 is a must have!

Gorgeous typography and imagery by brandon lesley

The Heart of Love river bridge system, a structure with an expressive light work that turns the bridge into a urban catwalk during nights.

VISITORS LAMP by ZPSTUDIO, Florence, Italy

Strange ads for Museum of Communism invite you to "get intimate with history." Hmmm, no thanks! Campaign by EURO RSCG NEW EUROPE ad agency.

Ford wishes GM a happy 100th with light-up message

Creative way to protect your motorcycle from theft and bad weather.

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.

Rollercoaster Fruit Tray, designed by Janne Kyttanen, can hold up to 9 oranges, but then you will not see its beauty.

Typographunnies. submit or vote on your favorite font joke.

Artist Dennis McNett's latest installation focuses on innovative wood blockings. The show opens in NYC this weekend. The pics are awesome.

I've never seen more beautiful design in a soap dispenser than Umbra's Joey. I think they've got simplehuman beat here.

A showreel showcasing experiments with motion effects and a dark, distorted synchronized audio soundtrack. This piece consists of pieces from random animations, but soundtrack really makes it work as a whole.

50 amazing film posters from Poland, many of which are much better than the actual films they advertise. Can you guess what film this pic represents?

Hard Candy for OXYGENE magazine.
Stylist Vincent Poinas and photographer Arnaud Gouallec.

Benedict Radcliffe uses a wire frame technique to draw cars, life size in scale, in three dimensions and spray it artic white. His new project is the Lamborghini!

The UCSD StarCAVE at CalIT2 ~ The StarCAVE is a five-sided virtual reality (VR) room where scientific models and animations are projected in stereo on 360-degree screens surrounding the viewer, and onto the floor as well.

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!

My little Pony is celebrating its 25th anniversary and for the occasion Hasbro invited some great artists to customize their famous character. Claw Money added some bling and sneakers to the pony. Love it!

Rag Chair design by Tejo Remy for Droog Design...

In the brilliant Phillip Toledano's latest exhibition, "America The Gift Shop", he examines the last 8 years of American history and the presidency of George W. Bush with the stereotypical "souvenirs" we have to remember him by.

This video is crazy. It's a 30 second short shot by Martin Nordqvist and animated by Magnus Engsfors.

Mark Turpin's Pine Island: These architectural replicas, miniature doll houses, buildings and furniture are breathtaking. You can even have a custom replica of your home made. And the interiors are just as impressive as the exteriors. WOW.

Marc Owens created the Receipt Clock - a physical twitter machine of sorts. The Receipt Clock prints out the time and date on a lined slip of paper, which allows you to write a personal message which is significant to that particular moment in time.

4Moms Origami self folding robotic stroller

Usona's Moheli Wooden Chair with a drawer - living in New York City, I need storage wherever I can get it.

SCACCO MATTO! (aka~checkmate)
a playful suggestion on food-design...
this and more ideas in the website...

Gorgeous minimal packaging for Southern Alps lets the dried fruit sell itself.

Nice packaging on this Max Longin Float Bed

The Krenit bowl and Salad set was designed in 1953 by the Danish engineer Herbert Krenchel. For decades it has been a collector’s item, but is now back in production by Normann Copenhagen.

Spence Harris Hogan have rebranded a few of the UK's McDonald's restaurants with very sleek and modern interiors. I wish US McDonald's could get a face lift.

Back Side Flip 360° by O-S Architectes - cardboard boxes with a golden lining - temporary installation at Hotel Saint-Côme in Montpellier, as part of the Festival des Architectures Vives 08.

melli ink editions - cramer + cramer, geneva - september 19 – november 7, 2008 - Glass emulating bone, in these incredible glass skeletal sculptures

The Plamp by moomoo architects. The lamp doesn't have a traditional bulb, using several dozen meters of light tubing as both the shade and the light source instead.

Nice ads from the ad agency JWT India and art director Jeff Emmanuel. Visuals are great, art is fantastic, and the fire animals are just awesome.

Interesting album design by Turner Duckworth for Metallica's Death Magnetic album. Follow the link for an interview with TD about the design process.

Check this out... it's a site that uses rudimentary graphics controls to let you create amazing symmetrical designs.

I don't love the look of this watch so much as the idea - a diamond digital watch by collaborators Gourmet and Christian Tse. I like how the digital display appears through the white diamonds.

Beautifully detailed furniture by Christian Vivanco - all sides are carefully considered and the back is often as nice as the front.

La mosca is a great graphic design studio from barcelona, doing an excellent infografic work for La Vanguardia

AAARRR!!! Studios Classic Pirate Dice Game. Re-released today.

Sweet little Babushka lights by Mathmos.

Designboom's coverage of the Chilean pavilion at the Venice Biennale - I love the jellyfish-like pedestals, and the idea behind fetishising architecture in tourist trinkets.

I love the playfulness of these jewelry pieces by jacob lewis

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day ~ now you can even have your google language of choice be... PIRATE!

To show their work to clients, Sydney creative collective Happy Soldiers had a bit of fun on stage with a human website.

Microsoft Ads: Bug or Feature ~ nice article at Portfolio ~ was it viral attention grabbing genius? or a huge failure? Must say i hated the seinfeld ads, love the new "i'm a pc" spot...

Imagine the Peugeot in the worldwide megalopolis of tomorrow. Here are the finalists of the Peugeot Design Contest 2008

Great on-street bike parking continuing to grow in Portland, Oregon.

I love the Japanese design of Stoneware's sugar container. I just picked up one for myself, a beautiful example of how design can be traditional and contemporary at the same time.

Are you ready for International Talk Like a Pirate Day? RedBubble has a ton of art for you yellow-bellied sapsuckers - and a boatload of contemporary art too.

Congrats to our friends at Cool Hunting on their NYT Slideshow (go to the main article to see picks from Design*Sponge, MocoLoco, Apt Therapy, Un-Beige and more!)

The only thing i love more then these Brogden Leather jackets, are the images that UNICA shot of them !

Mars is launching the new spot to promote its Mars Planet chocolates with a robot-inspired animated TV ad...

Think twice next time before you take a bite into that yummy, fleshy meal. Remember these "mystery meat" macro photographs. GROSS!

California leads the way in the U.S. with it's very own High-Speed Rail.

Vitamin Living expanded on the I.V. Plant Pot ~ with the Bio Logic Collection ~ "Smart Ideas for Plants" ~ see the full line of brilliantly functional and well designed new homes for your indoor plants.

Fun portfolio of Schtock

Durham University in the UK - "interactive multi-touch desk" is a major part of the SynergyNet framework, an interactive classroom environment based on a gaming engine called jMonkey.

We really are kids of the digital age through and through ~ love this image by italian design group, Volk

Dangerous Curves: Mastering Logotype Design by Donald Young ~ Take a peek inside, this book looks beautifully inspiring!

Parking Day LA is tomorrow! (sept 19) ~ here's a map of some parking spots that are becoming parkified...

Update ~ added the time lapsed video of Toyota Project Chief Designer, Ian Cartabiano, sketching the Venza on Paper! Fun contrast to the sketch demo in photoshop.

DWR Tools for Living ~ love the invite that came in the mail.... black (and one red) iconic + simply silhouettes on cardboard... see the full scan!

Beautiful mid-century inspired cabinets for vinyl junkies. Offers multiple configurations for just LPs, or a mix of singles, CDs, etc.

Animation clip for Kap10Kurt. Tells the story about a super-hero in a world without music. Good 80's references.

Griffin's Clarifi iPhone case has a close up lens you can easy slide on and off! Apparently ideal for things like business cards?

The Ladurée Bar : the french House of macaroons deals with ancestral and futurist design for that new trendy place.

KITT got jacked. An infinite resource of cutting edge technology and he's still missing.

Great colored pencil and ink work from self-taught Melbourne artist Scarlett Cat.

Really nice packaging design from Atlanta based designer Anwar Pack for the Mister Nesbit grooming kit. The grooming kit is made to have an old school feel but still appeal to a more youthful audience.

Images from Salzzeitreise, a museum located deep in a salt mine in Berchtesgaden, Germany.

Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation designed by Chicago-based architecture office Ross Barney Architects. The building just received a LEED Platinum certification.

Kawasaki recently announced that it is developing Japan's fastest high speed train! The “Environmentally Friendly Super Express Train” will propel passengers along at 217mph, besting the record-holding Shinkansen’s 186mph.

Mauritian Sunset ~ by Sandy Smith ~ a gorgeous display of colors, check out the back to see all the cables/monitors as well!

Beautiful Anemone Shade by Heath Nash for Artecnica. The honeycomb shade is made out of Tyvek.

Recycled glass bottle utensils by Laurence Brabant, just one of many amazing products.

I love Francisco Mangado's spanish pavillion for the 2008 Zaragoza Expo. There were 750 clay columns that provide a modern take on greco-roman temple architecture.

Amazing photos of Socotra Island, located off the coasts of Somalia and Yemen. The tree above is called a Dragon's Blood Tree, and the island features around 700 rare species of flora and fauna, 1/3 of which are found nowhere else on earth.

Artek and Marimekko have an exhibition - Be Honest! - going on at the Spiral Garden in Tokyo, featuring interventions by various designers on Alvar Aalto's iconic Stool 60. The exhibition is on until 09/23.

Ward van Gemert deconstructs an old chandelier and reconstructs it into a more modern form, resulting in the Exploded Chandeliers series. Debuting at Mint Gallery in London today, 09/18.

5.5 Designers redesigned Baccarat's luxury Harcourt glassware into a more accessible line. The traditional Harcout silhouettes have been superimposed onto simple glass forms.

Beautiful Light Frame by Stephen Burks for auction at Philips de Pury & Company next week.

Is this stop-motion? or not? Cute animation for BC Dairy Foundation by Bent Image Lab. Directed by Jun seo Hahm.

Portal Prelude gives us a peek at the new game trailer!