Beautiful artwork by Nessim Higson for Pêche Noire album.

Watch CatPeople's new music video (by Nephasto)! It's really great, artistic!

Big on style but small on room? Here are 6 great solutions for small spaces that are functional and well designed and will help you make the most of your small home without sacrificing a sense of design.

Clover House, Nishinomiya, Hyogo - Japan / Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

Beautiful Illustrations by Mysterious Artist ( Chiara Bautista )

A graffiti in Barcelona that tells the story of Nadal and Federer like a fable.

A great 'advertising design awards' supplement from a 1957 magazine.

A Hudson Valley artist called Variegated manufactures "bedspread canvasses" out of old menswear fabrics. Because of the limited materials, each set is one of a kind.

Recent winners of the Bumble & Bumble Award, Philadelphia's American Mortal hair salon uses simple materials like chip board and vinyl to create their unique space.

Creative advertisement campaign from Lowe Bangkok for OGAMI CCTV video surveillance systems.

50’s and 60’s American Concept Cars gallery

What happens when Helvetica enters politics? Designer Joanne Chew gives the font a mind of its own - by making Democrat and Republican variations!

toycyte.com and toy2r are giving away a huge pile of designer vinyl toysfor halloween, including some stunning dalek and kozik pieces!

stuart haygarth spectrum
it reminds me of those i spy books from when i was a kid

A brand new Ithouse was recently completed in Joshua Tree National Park. The gorgeous off-the-grid residence is powered entirely by photovoltaic and solar thermal technology.

Camilla Diedrich's Nature Ray Charles Wallpaper series is a luminescent wallpaper. I wish it was clearer as to what the light source is - maybe fiber optics? Regardless, it's beautiful!

claire nereim always makes really gorgeous calendars. this is her star calendar - "zenith at midnight" there are also north horizon and south horizon at midnight versions.

Burritober: A burrito (sometimes really creative) every meal, every day, for the whole month of October!

The DUOC Corporative Building by Sabbagh Arquitectos, a mid rise glass tower with voids, won the World Architecture Festival prize in the tall buildings category.

The facade of the Auditorio Ciudad de Leon by Mansilla+Tuñón plays with view and perspective in a beautiful way.

Pepsi recently announced they are rebranding. Here it is. What are they thinking? It now looks like a cheap knockoff brand.

Compact, by Laura McCusker, is a modern day vanity. A reinterpretation of a traditional piece, it is designed for the bedroom or hallway where the busy modern woman can apply her lipstick and mascara, grab her keys and phone, all on the way out the door.

Dutch designers Studio Job stand next to one of their supersized sculptures for Bisazza. Pieces from the "Silver Ware" series are all covered in white gold mosaic tiles.

Gorgeous and sobering photo-journalism from Christoph Bangert.

An exhibition from the french brand Manoush during the famous exhibition Les Vendanges at Avenue Montaigne, Paris.

Love Juxtavision's illustrations of strange men in jars.

The anatomies of Godzilla, Mothra, Gamera and other Japanese mega monsters or "Kaiju" in glorious vintage drawings.

Hans Zwimpfer's 'Pile up' facade is a bit of a one-liner, but I love the sectional view articulated in the facade.

Spell out a name, business, or words of inspiration with our letter photo art.

Super intrigued by the new Asus Eee PC S101 ~ 10" screen, 1.8 cm thin and weighing 1 kg, up to 64 GB SSD with 30GB of Eee storage, 1024 x 600 resolution

Elisabeth Timpone's "Maybe Life Is A Fairytale" illustration.

amazing, highly detailed cardboard sculptures by los angeles based artist, ana serrano.

Sketch for Change ~ regardless of whether you're for obama, you have to admit there are some awesome sketches for auction from artists like Luke Chueh, Tim Biskup, Joe Ledbetter, Amanda Vissel, and more!

schwimmhausboot - brand new floating home in the north of germany, eco-friendly, zero emissions

Yeti Lemi paper toy from Tibetan Highland is the 9th personal customs of Lemi. made to celebrate the autumn.

Jason Urban's poster ~ on political posters (McCain on one side, Obama on the other) ~ the double sided grid technique is absolutely fascinating. If you're lucky he may have a few left for 10$

Isabelle de Beaufort and Bernard Ramus created a maze in Cordes-sur-Ciel, France with a house hiding inside...

The new and humorous argentinean wine ads. Singing in the cup.

Lovely logo for Ink Trademark by Doug Alves

Photos Caleb Charland! “Demonstrations” combines my scientific curiosity with a constructive approach to making pictures. I utilize everyday objects and fundamental forces to illustrate my own experiences.

Welcome to Meet - Marc and Sara Schiller with the Apartmen have made one of the coolest meeting spaces in NY. Even the most boring meeting can be interesting in this environment. Book on line.

On 11 June 2008, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix opened the Graphic Design Museum, Beyerd Breda, the first museum in the world that concentrates specifically on graphic design.

Christopher David Ryan's desktop wallpaper for Kitsune Noir's Wallpaper Project is gorgeous!

Whether its for your Quaaludes, Uppers, Downers, Prozac, or Dolls ~ Jonathan Adler has you covered to upgrade your pill bottle collection into some stoneware canisters (also in brown + light blue)

The Sea-Urchin made by Oooms Studio with Dutch designer Rachel van Outvorst is truly a remarkable piece of work! It’s handmade of 8000 cable ties!

The entire Mammal Family Tree mapped by Dr Olaf Bininda-Emonds. See how everything is related and when they split.

Fantastic design from the great Hans Schleger - 1950's- 1970's.

A studio team has been working on wax figures of both Obama and McCain to be certain that the new President is ready to take up office at Madame Tussauds come inauguration day in January.

Tanner Goods introduces a new premium collection and the first piece up is this thick elephant print card holder. The leather is so thick, you can see it will last for years...

Can't you just see this "Keep Calm" light flashing wildly while complete and utter chaos ensues?

Yoav Kotik's work with bottle caps has focused on jewelry, but he currently has an exhibition at Periscope Gallery in Tel Aviv showcasing bottle caps transformed into sculpture and home decor products. My favorite is the bottle cap light shade.

Abandonalia has some amazing photographs of abandoned sites. Textures and colors abound in these old institutions, reversing the previous sterility and order.

Super nice Rings screenprint by HunterGatherer.

Binary Design Studio has a knack for creating beautiful desert architecture. Their innovative modern designs are based upon research into two unlikely sources: desert plants and prehistoric dwellings.

Another great illustration by Studio Volk (see post 14044) showing an inclination towards city planning. An illustration for Radio Citta' Futura.

A sleek white villa by the woods, by dutch architects Power House Company.

Gorgeous bottle design by Barber Osgerby for Ipsei - a non-carbonated fruit drink manufactured by Coca-Cola for the European market. The indented portion makes for an ergonomic design.

23 types of toothpaste in a bowl.

Beautiful Cubematic Max graphic by Eric Carl.

the Interactive Mirror designed and constructed by Alpay Kasal takes the user experience of multitouch interaction and gaming to a whole new level.

So strange - the Tuttuki Bako, an interactive game system that requires you to insert your finger into the device to interact with the games. The display shows a digital replica of your finger - you can then play with a panda or annoy a girl by touching her face.

amazing lookout over Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, by architects todd saunders and tommie wilhelmsen

PolaDroid! Long live the Polaroid! Luckily, with this new application, our favorite shakable images will live on, albeit electronically.

Nice packaging by Interbrand for Stolichnaya's Elit brand.

Jin-Young Lee's Da-Bloom table - a multifunctional piece of furniture with layered 'leaves' that can be used as table surfaces, a bench, etc. The design was inspired by a blooming flower and is made of plywood and plastic.

I [Heart] Packaging. Global packaging community. You can download and share packaging templates. Best of all, it's free! Check out IstockPack.

Impressive visualization by Quentin Delobel of the information available about Josef Muller-Brockmann and the international typographical style online. I love the pattern of inter-site links in the center of the circle.

Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple was built with more than a million glass bottles, in Thailand's Sisaket province, about 600 km (370 miles) northeast of Bangkok. Amazing! So, recycling is next to Godliness?

Postcard.fm - Send an audio postcard to a friend and make their day. Uber-simple UI and a nice gesture...what more do you want?

Bridge Project: visually demonstrates the evolution of computer generated "image work", exercise on free association and Internet search procedures.

Art House is doing another Sketchbook Project. However, this time they're taking it on tour to different galleries in six cities across the United States! Sign ups are currently open to participate.

Unraveling sticky tape in a vacuum produces enough x-rays to actually take images. Great video of the geeky scientists playing with tape and x-rays. The chance this could be used in third world clinics with no electricity blows my mind.

Gift brand Kinoo from NZ digs ponoko and has lasered up some sweet coasters out of NZ FSC wood. "Sweet as bro" as the kiwi's say...

Our favorite new vintage denim brand, French label Atelier LaDurance just worship their denim and that is what makes them so appealing.

The world's first commercial wave farm recently went live off the coast of Portugal. Designed by Pelamis Wave Power, the farm employs three snakelike Energy Converters to generate 2.25 MW of electricity - enough for 1,500 homes.

"Clash Collective 08 - The Purple Cycle" was the name for the collective art exhibit, that was in Lisbon this weekend. Some beautiful artworks.

The Prop, by steve watson, is an acrylic table lamp consisting of three laser cut moulded pieces that radiate from a central triangular form.

shayla maddox paintings: If I read this right these paintings appear to change color as you move past them and the glow in the dark!

Love the art direction in Xbox 360's "Fable 2".

Astearchitecture have completed a mountain-top viewing platform above a glacier in Tyrol, Austria.

Taiwa-Hensokuki by Mohri Yuko is a looping speech-to-text-to-speech-to-text machine where the spoken text slowly degrades over time.

Chip Kidd lecture on iTunes from the University of Michigan and talks about his successes and failures. Funny stuff.

A first look inside Chanel's new NYC art installation with Zaha Hadid. Looks expensive... and trippy!

Renowned jeweler Gabriel Urist, known for his sneaker- and NBA-inspired jewelry pieces, has designed this pendant to show his support for Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

Wired keyboards are vulnerable to electromagnetic eavesdropping.

A new project from Billy May, Nike Hindsight gives bike riders an expanded field of view through Fresnel lenses. No more getting sideswiped!

Titanium Goggles by Mike Brown.

A great renovation inside a 120-year-old Japanese house not far from Kyoto done by a young Tokyo-based architect Chikara (means 'power') Ono.

A eye-popping ad for PS3 "Motorstorm: Pacific Rift", where stunt drivers were dropped from real airplanes and synchronized with CG envinronments and motor vehicles.

And the Pepsi unveils its new logo and type!

Super spooky, Brothers Quay-ish short animated videos from author/director/animator Leopoldo Gout in support of his book Ghost Radio.

Architectural inspirations abound within designer, Craig Anczelowitz'a recent ceramic collections.

ReThink. ReAdjust. ReUse. MIX & MATCH!!
Make your own set with RuMe's ever-growing assortment of solid bags in a rainbow of fresh, modern colors.

Shepard Fairey unveiled a new Barack Obama image last night in Washington DC...

12 visuals have been selected for the SHIFT 2009 CALENDAR!

Lacy lamp shades by Kicki Möller.

Dezeen is featuring a nice selection of graduate student work from the show at Designhuis in Eindhoven as part of Dutch Design Week.

Emergent Architecture's Emerald Plaza addresses Abu Dhabi's hot climate through a network of canopies that offer shade to the walkways below. Pools also help cool the space.

It's called Desktop Vacation. Beautiful desktop icon downloads for both mac and pc. From Hybrid Works

this is an installation i did (screenprinting on found computer paper). its a social commentary on our overuse of copy machines and computer paper, and how they become ultimately wasted.