BiCuadro Architects designed the Italian pavilion for the 2010 Expo Shanghai. The pavilion is made up of a series of plates that are meant to illustrate Italy's cultural and architectural history.

Stainless Steel Candelabra by David Mellor

Interactive virtual march for charity ActionAid in support of their work with the Indian Adivasi people. Users make their own character, personalise a message and join in. By Chroma London.

Modulorbeat designed Kubik, an outdoor club in Berlin, made from translucent containers that light up in response to the club's music.

Poketo launches their Australian Series wallets - showcasing designs from artists down under. The wallets will launch stateside in late November.

Designboom features a nice collection of silicone lemon squeezers.

Love Merijn Hos' super detailed, old-school China Ink On Paper drawings.

The Alcatraz Hotel in the western city of Kaiserslautern, Germany. Former German prison turned hotel offers guests a jailhouse feeling, with a possibility of walking out whenever they like.

The San Paolo Bank in Baia Mare, Romania, makes a twist to the traditional bank designs we see out there every day. By Parasite Studio.

London design collective Zoltar has created a fantastic series of sculptures and artwork for Nike, exhibited during the Frieze Art Fair in London.

The northern Netherlands in the middle of the tulip season.

This surprising switch Table Chair is made by Ellesco International and was designed by the Belgian Designer Ellen Ectors as her graduation work from Sint Lukas Brussels.

New interview with New York City-based photographer Meg Wachter about herself and her much-hyped photo project "Dumped."

Gorgeous 1927 edition of a Studio Handbook by Samuel Welo - all hand lettered!

Stores are closing left and right but owners Danny Masterson (of That 70’s Show) and celebrity stylist Ilaria Urbinati (previous buyer for Satine and Milk) came in with a big bang 5000 square ft concept...

Pixlr is a online image editor, that means that you can upload your images and edit them in your browser. It is built in Flash and you need to have a Flash plug in to get it to work.

Print called The Voyage from Erik Otto. Limited edition of 100 6 color screen print

Rubikon comes after 25 years to be a reaction to digital technology... Download, print & enjoy !

Swiss architects Luca Selva refurbished an old house, using a nice copper cladding that will age with the house, blending with the surrounding landscape.

New hoodies from Headhoods (see post 5698).

J.R. Watkin's natural cleaning products with gorgeous packaging.

Studio Mango created the Sliced lamp by cutting up an old fashioned table lamp and dividing it over 40 Perspex plates.

Callie Shell has had the opportunity to photograph Obama throughout his bid for president and has compiled a great set of photographs, including this one of him doing pull-ups before making a speech.

Li Jianye's Nutrition Pyramid Lunch Box allows you to align your diet with the food pyramid.

New poster by BORA DSN.

Oliver Hemming's Red Dot Winning, Spice Boy ~ finally a grinder that works! not just for salt and pepper but for all dry spices. Nicely done, Oliver!

The "Kikkit" is an interactive art installation that combines architecture and sound synthesis. It consists in the transformation of the perceived sound and space of the sports court of Wriezener Park into an urban instrument.

Todd Selby is in your place. He photographs the homes and lives of artists, actors, musicians and you name it. It is my latest addiction.

Sideways is the new chair made for Hâg by the Norwegian design bureau Formel. A chair to make meetings less formal and more open and inclusive!

Hyper Island is going on a global tour to meet those interested in learning more about the world renowned school. Stops include: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, London, L.A., San Francisco, NYC, Montreal, Prague, Warsaw, Oslo, Helsinki and Copenhagen.

Google Earth for iPhone. Is there any need for further description?

new spot for guitar hero world tour... starring a-rod, michael phelps, tony hawk and kobe bryant...

Charles Kalpakian's Dog book stands/light fixtures. The dog's tail/handle becomes the cord that switches the fixture on when you pull it out - cute detail.

Alan Penner from Goleta, California has the scariest jack-o-laterns of all ~ winky emoticon and red ring of death as well as ubuntu and obama logo

Oloom's Oloomette light fixture.

Cool Hunting shares the Middle Colors Humidifier designed by Takashi Hiroshi Tsuboi

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

Mac-O-Lanterns are adorable ~ best halloween recycling project yet! Instructions on Instructables

Brando's Spy Pass Card Micro Camera ~ Capture Still Photo, Record Video and Audio and Record Audio, 4GB memory!!! Video Resolutions: 352 x 288 pixels & Still Photo Resolutions: 1280 x 1024 pixels

Bride And Wolf ~ love the hummingbird timber cut out ~ this aussie based line is inspired by an multi-generational hansel and gretel piece in a paris shop

Even more interesting than the Classics iPhone app is the behind the scenes, where they designed every book cover and book layout just for the app!

Laser etched wooden cubes designed by collect.apply. Each set of 16 cubes can be arranged to make a number different patterns.

Jason Sho Green got stiffed by a few major clients that went out of business ~ So he's selling off some older sketches in hopes to get by ~ help one of our favorite artists out!

Nano-Tech Water Drop - similar to the age old children's game, only using water drops instead of metal balls.

Tim Berg's Installation, Hope Springs Eternal, 2007 ~ has incredibly cool penguins

A unique industrial and product design portfolio by Elisabet Fluff Kärrberg, student at the School of Design & Crafts in Gothenburg

Designer Lou Dorfsman has died. Here's a look back at his extraordinary contributions to the field of graphic design and broadcast television...

get rid of the messy cables under your table, put them in the air with "platine", a new product by designer annika frye. seen at www.bonogoo.com

Nice new website for NY photographer, Timothy Hogan

Somehedgehog: Adventuring Party Politics: The Campaign is Getting Ugly ~ this livejournaler is writing the story of the elections as if in D&D

Art House Scoop Atlanta ~ One artist will be selected to come for 2 weeks from November 14th 2008 - November 29th 2008. Room and Board and studio space are included!

Maxalot from Amsterdamn teams up with MWM Graphics for a series of custom wallpapers.

Susy Oliveira's photo sculptures.

Jordan is out with some new and colourful cloth pegs that are environmental friendly, don’t leave marks on the cloths and are colourful and fun!

Pockets is a traveling exhibition based in Atlanta, Ga that collects things from peoples pockets and purses from all over the place!

Dominatrix style spike feet for the monster Joby Gorillapod SLR-ZOOM

One Dollar Origami! Brilliant work from Won Park. I love the camera, the spider and the koi. And you?

Gorgeously cute prints by 64 Colors. Acorn Boy! There is no more to say. Perfect! A total of 10 prints to choose, ranging from Strawbaby to Miso Tippy! Love it.

An amazing collection of conversations via chat/email/AIM, highlighting conversations and situations we never want to speak of. Great commentary.

gorgeous stop motion videos (and clothes) from shipley & halmos.

A comprehensive collection of all of the wonderful obama /voting posters, prints, shirts, and web-pages the internet has to offer! Over 100 links!

Screen captures of "The End" found at, well, the end of movies.

La Mamba studio, a new young Spanish creative group makes its debut at Valencia Furniture fair show in Spain.

colorful felt sculpture by artist emily barletta

The romantic murmurs of the ‘little prince’ for you to carry on your arm when you’re feeling whimsical

Nylon stitched Opaque Red Perspex cuff; Dimensions 60mm

RUBITONE (Rubik + Pantone).
Concept by Ignacio Pilotto

FlashLauncher shoots incapacitating pepperballs like a machine gun. It's like a paintball gun for pepper spray, with a flashlight!

The Sonic Vox iPhone app from Smule is a brand new audio engine that allows you to do real-time audio processing on the Apple cell phone.

Johnny Cupcakes now also making quality leather belts. As usual, the packaging is on point.

This guy uses his face as a music visualizer by taping electrodes to it. Very strange video.

"Easy Parking" - Great ad for the Citroën C4 with Parking Assistant.

Cassette Tape Skeleton, created by Brian Dettmer.

A film for Nokia Navigator produced by Wieden Kennedy London.

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.