Atelphobia: The Fear of Imperfection by Shannon Bonatakis... and some impressive harry potter sketches as well

it's the most creative way of playing the lottery. spontaneous art on lottery ticket by samowel

For our brilliant Fashion Photographers ~ Surface just let me know about their latest Avant Guardian Fashion Photography Competition...

Design Public is having their outlet sale ~ and i am smitten with the Offi Scando Desk and this Offi Overlap

Evan Leake is a great young designer out of the Chicago area.

Holy Cow, eco-friendly wallpaper by Louise Body, is decorated with a water buffalo pattern and printed with waterbased inks and nontoxic solvents on paper from managed forests

Reeves Design... beyond the bed in 4482, i love the mixes of teak & porcelain, dovetailing & shelving, cabriole legs & rattan

Momabomba handbags are made from recycled first-grader homework, filled with lettering and other exercises.

The Design Blogfest Party next week has a window. And we need something to put in it - How about your design? [Currently the submissions aren't that cool... get your fav designers to submit their work!]

This tiny keychain laser projects the time onto any surface.

Georgia Russell deconstructs books with a scalpel, transforming them into beautiful works of art. [Editor's Note: 3861 showed her work as well, but here's the whole collection]

Very pretty use of type and a Bob Dylan song to boot

Take a look (and a listen) to Whitest Boy Alive's Golden Cage video beautifully animated by Geoff McFetridge

Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360 launched today ~ and this ad spot is gorgeous directed by Pete Candeland, the Passion Pictures powerhouse director behind the Gorillaz videos!

this ninja dreams shirt at owl movement had to be posted. lots of fun designs, including my favorite, Eleanor Grosch's platypus. [Editor's Note: YAY! Wee Ninja!]

realmente muy buenas fotos! In "Empire Line" Gavin Fernandes explores the politics of clothing and its relationship with class and caste in 19th century India ruled by the British Raj.

Junko Natsumi's photo shoot of the Tofu Robot are incredible ~ not to mention how awesome an army of these guys look.

Chiaki Murata's HONO LED Candles actually react to wind and can be turned off by blowing on them.

Jeff Koegel's paintings tackle the landscape, hybridity, simultanaity, and transformation in the most beautifully disorienting way

Pour incredibly rich chocolate on bubble wrap? This is the most delicious thing i've found in WEEKS. De Lessio's Bubble Wrap Chocolate...

GOOD magazine readers ~ remember that sweet portrait of the Wooster couple? Check out the behind the scenes...

great shot by Muhammed Muheisen, an AP photojournalist working out in the middle east.

Cherryskulls, GhostBears and Robots...just some of the things you'll find on this collection of tees and bags

Sheik Saud and Rakeen of Ras Al-Khaimah has appointed the Norwegian architecture firm SnA hetta the prestigious task of creating an iconic gateway building for the new capital city of Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.

New transformers series features 1/2 scale transforming Nike shoes! Megatron and Optimus transform into Nike free 7.0.

Hurry Up, a show by Wieden + Kennedy 12 in Portland will be on display until the end of the month.

This ad is a MUST SEE. Its strangely devious and manipulative yet oh so sweet. What people will do for soccer... "Stratos: makes good better"

Great ad campaign (posters and tv spot) for Samaritans... doodles to show whats on your mind?

meduse pipes spotted on designspotter. what gorgeous water pipes...

check out the verrry cool holster purse by Koffski (by charles and marie guys)

On gift guide ODing ~ check out core77s - it even includes the april fools day mario shrooms! And other goodies you can actually gift this year

Crazy new Hummer design called the O2. They are apparently going super environmentally friendly, and just to illustrate the point for those of use who are slow, they made it green.

This clean looking "ElectroScoot" is designed by GRO design. You can drive it for about 40-50 km on its lithium battery, and to run it costs only 50 cents for 50km!

The new iPod Nano poster from Apple

Coffee & Cigarettes ~ on a ring. At Elsewares. What more can i say? Oh, it is by D-licious, of the beercan bracelet and ring fame.

RUGenius is on her Toast Loving kick (and has started her ThisNext list) - so if you want to contribute more toasters to her list - add it to ThisNext and tag it NOTCOT and TOAST

While the last post tells you about the line - here's my hands on review of all the goodies you get INSIDE a Mimobot. Yes, when you behead it to plug it into your comp.

2007 Calendar "monosashi." Bi-monthly calendar from decoylab that looks like a measuring stick.

i love books and illustrations...this blog is amazing and these anagram bookshop promos are great. [editor's note: prev seen on .com]

This rather Gothamesque bus will take you to your destination via your SMS text request, at a speed of 155mph, whilst assisting the environment running on electricity.

for some reason i love this flowery seal...and lots of other cute things on papa stour.

sometimes a single image says it all. this mx ninja takes recess to a whole new level. extreme panda riding anyone?

i couldn't trace this to any place where you could buy it, but had to post it anyway. via engadget.

kali spike cuff bracelet by John Hardy. yeah, let's do bracelets--rings are so earlier this afternoon. . .

Designers *groan* now. Sweet poster for Parra show at Lazy Dog

website doesnt look like much, but this was so cute