If i'm a little slow on posting ~ it is probably because i'm over in philadelphia for the weekend exploring the latest design/fashion/etc (and this is the view of city hall from my room!)

Crayon shootings...

Vestal Design found the best Talk Like A Pirate Day video (it was yesterday!).... its a great tutorial on how to talk like a pirate, in the form of a retro foreign language vid

I seem to have acquired a morbid fascination with this whole Burberry attempt to go pseudo punk with over studding...

Mosmea designs tote leather bags decorated with Morse alphabet letters.

I LOVE Faryn Davis's work. She captures images and pieces of nature in resine. I get compliments on the necklace of hers whenever I wear it (which is often)

The Miam-Miam Mushroom invasion is here! Popping up all over the globe in different shapes and sizes, these mushrooms are on a mission to rid the world of boring dishes. Designed by industrial designer, Nicolas Denhez.

andrew byrom's typographic furniture.. is it too obvious? you decide.

Great article over at the NY Observer on Tyler Brule and the understated launch of Monocle... and the question of whether americans understand what the "cultured europeans" already do...

Simply stunning illustrations that show you how to move an obelisk (just in case that's on your to-do list)

Loving the animals in Shag's "The Immoderates" - especially "The Faux Pas" (a piece of it seen above)

I can't imagine the patience that goes into these fabric coated tack sets by Alli Coate

CODE: REN
PROJECT: people's building Shanghai
TYPE: Hotel + Conference center

stainless steel cocoon collection from denmark's philippi design -- functional mod simplicity.

Kameraflage - whats there and what isnt... new technology to have things that appear only in your pictures... ugh?

Photos of the steam volcano yesterday in Midtown Manhattan. These are what we should have on stamps. Not Willa Cather and rose bushes.

new york artist chris silas neal combines hand drawing techniques with digital artistry, to create great illustrations.

Wow Stephane Kardos's 50's style posters for Ratatouille are so much more fun than the ones up everywhere!

3-D Graffiti with Light! Using LED glowsticks.

Fun salt and pepper shakers over at urbn

One of the IWG's (Insurgent Wilderness Gruppo) Special Edition Exclusives for SDCC 2007! Cute vespas, dangerous creatures.

Eco Ware

Home ware made of bio-degradable plastic, 80% Bamboo. Remaining 20% is a resin binder compsoed of synthetic compound polymers

Bikini Vase By Pickel Pampanel
Ceramic Vase with plastic pole.
Exposing flowers as they've never been seen before.Size: 6 x 6 x 9 inches (15 x 15 x 22.5 c

From September 4th to 10th 2007, Istanbul will again attract design fans from all over the world, hosting it's one and only Istanbul Design Week.

Apparently SSD's Childhood Memories comprised of bugs and spinning tops ~ not much unlike myself.

This tiny keychain laser projects the time onto any surface.

Design To Inspire: Too often we what IS instead of what COULD BE. Look in the negative space btw black arrows coming down, white arrows going up. Isn't hope belief in things unseen? (from Widgets&Stone)

Add some color for spring, while feeding neighborhood birds, with these Egg Bird Feeders from J Schatz

Wall Invaders by Radi Designers - shoot to infest your walls...

Gorgeous sets ~ beautiful costumes - Sneak Preview of the first two episodes of Showtime's latest - The Tudors ~ story of young henry viii (password: king) [editor's note: US only]

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

First there were the Mimobot USB guys... then the chocolate ones... then vinyl ones... now even DIY VIMOBOTS!

Puckish Handbag - bungee cord handbags straps~ cant decide if i love em or hate em, but its def worth checking out.

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

In Brazil, the Salvation Army has launched an interesting outdoor campaign to raise awareness, donations of clothes, and money.

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

Just a little cute sex humor [Editor's Note - AMAZING ... basically the best bunny animation music video i've seen in ages.]

Pret a Manager goes DIY giving away their recipes AND using the work of brilliantly witty food photographer, Jorgen Ahlstrom. You need to see the spoons... and the avocado claws...

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

Canadian artist Ryan DeBiasio has some unreal work. Take your mind on a magical mystery tour with his paintings, and then check out his online shop or buy an original.

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

illustration by recent pratt grad dan-ah kim, view more works at dkim-art.com. so beautiful!

Secret swallowable notes for pill poppers... these should have been THE xmas present tags for the new year... oh well, next year.

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

Just fell in love with Twiggy, the new lamp by Marc Sadler for Foscarini.

artificial snow at home. now possible with this innovative product from switzerland. you can even use it as a pressure washer.