The magazine La Cucina Italiana is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a brainy advertising campaign that reminds viewers that cuisine is culture in Italy.

Bubblewood is a new concept store in Paris

Who knew Thomas Paul loved PBJ and Macarons ~ the parisian delicacies even inspired many of his collection palettes!

new campaign for quorn. 70's quirky illustration brought up to date.

A bbq made of rvs with lots of space to place your drinks and plates!

Fun guest post from the ladies of Design Glut over at Core77 ~ with the brutal truth and top finds of the NY Gift Fair 2009!

The New Bmw K1300R. The bike inspired by the technology of F117 Plan (the invisible plane).

Amazing 3D showreel showcasing the work of Peter Roe. The opening sequence is great.

Haus 47°40’48”N/13°8’12”E, Austria / Maria Flöckner + Hermann Schnöll

This past weekend Gap and Pantone opened up a pop-up shop on 5th Ave in the company’s ‘concept store’ space.

ClickforArt.com. There is a 20% OFF with code JANUARYSALE at the checkout to receive the discount. These cracking faux suede feather filled pillow and cushion by Artist Jules.

typographic study of A Holes...

The Macbook Wheel - Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard. Hilarious video from The Onion New Network!

Los Angeles artist Derek Albeck has his Solo Debut - "Its Just a Ride" - Opens next Saturday in Los Angeles.

David Bowie curated this video art installation created by Alpay Kasal of blog.LitStudios.com as part of the Highline Festival in New York City

Part 2 of 3 of the Big Picture's 2008 in photographs.

Fox has finally released the first official trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber.

More disappearing chairs - Cube 6 by designer Naho Matsuno goes from a cube to six stools.

Bouffant is a boutique commercial production company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Pocket size plain moleskines with logo deboss and unique metallic illustration. Christmas gifts for clients.

Daniel Libeskind finally gets to build in NYC - One Madison Avenue is a 54-story condo building that incorporates a series of visible "sky gardens".

Fascinating gun in garter tattoo ~ sources unknown....

Mario mosaic made out of 17,000 Pins. True art.

Rugged and awesome winery by San Diego based architect Sebastian Mariscal. The Tercio Winery is located next to Casa en el Valle de Guadalupe #6673

"Penn has been one of photography's conspicuous innovators and distinguished performers in at least two of the medium's oldest and most successful genres: still life and portraiture."John Szarkowski.

Gift Guide: Goodies for the Home!!!

Alton Brown it’s a spice range made specially for blind and visually impaired people, and it comes with a measure spoon for balsamic vinegar and olive oil which makes it a lot easier to measure.

Creative Milk Glass LED Night Lamp

beautiful ceramic works by matthew chambers

Gmail now has themes! From old school to Ninja.

Hands down the most impressive and unbelievable domino set up/knock down i've ever seen. The Dutch take the cake, using 4.3 million dominoes on "Domino Day."

Inclusive Objects - David pompa - why do we always think about functions when we talk about inclusive design? design icons are icons for an exclusive range of our society. why?

Hall House 1, Otsu - Shiga, Japan / Kentaro Takeguchi , Asako Yamamoto - ALPHAVILLE

Robert Hunter is a British illustrator with a great portfolio of work - I love this illustration for the cover of Penguin Classics' reprint of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man.

This eclectic Illy espresso collection by Joep van Lieshout artistically interprets the four systems of the human body involved in drinking coffee.

This house in Somosaguas by A-cero arquitectos has very clear lines that makes the facade more dynamic.

There is just something wonderful about propping my door open with a life size gold bar. ~ Gold Doorstop by Arik Levy

Bulbs with heatsinks ~ an interesting idea

Malmö Streets Project is a sweden group of artists that replaced the usual grey street tiles for beautiful and inspiring images.

CNN's Jessica Yellin goes holographic to chat with Wolf Blitzer in New York, from Chicago.

Designed by Brits mosleymeetswilcox, ToothBrushBuddy keeps flies, faeces and all kinds of germs off your toothbrush (and out of your mouth).

The Yangtze is the longest river in the world to run through one single country. Nadav Kander travelled its length to take these photographs.

Our friends over at Canvas Gallery and Boutique were just telling us yesterday about their latest trip to Tokyo and how fabulous the new Niel Barrett flagship store was so I felt it

Juvet Landscape Hotel by Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor. Basically each room is a detached small independent house with one, or sometimes two of the walls constructed in glass. In this way every room gets a awesome view of dramatic landscape.

300 love letters.

I love this amazing photograph by Dustin Snipes of chihuahuas racing.

Cassette Tape Skeleton, created by Brian Dettmer.