Great 40 sec promo for BBC mini series House of Saddam created by Finish Post featuring an intimate portrait of his inner circle where evething meltdown.

Kissing an ice sculpture of Richard Nouveau of Pocket Change to get your shot from the ice luge going through his head... made by the most expensive ice sculptor in NY - Okamoto Studios

PAN_07 chair has often been described as the the first cantilever chair epitomizing the 21st century post industrial age. First introduced during last year's salone del mobile it has won multiple design awards.

"Peace for Dogs" is a poignant and beautifully executed anti dog fighting PSA from Michael Killen, the man behind the talking California cheese cows.

In a world without graphics or motion, emerges PAC-TEXT!

Loïc Sattler is a French Art Director experienced in web, multimedia, print, clothes styling, and corporate identity. Such intricate work and an insane attention to detail.

Cool video of the Public Farm 1 @ PS1 in NY construction in stop motion.

Impressive looking digital ST-2 shooting simulator from Marksman Training Systems is the first shooting simulator for shotgun and rifle shooting designed specifically for demanding users/pros/etc.

17 Cool Speakers Designs that Look Better than They Sound

Happy 4th of July ~ here's a peek into my day off enjoying the fireworks in Laguna Beach ~ (guitar lovers must take a peek at the door handles picture!)

Shepard Fairey's Obama HOPE Stickers ~ spread the word ~ 10 packs are being sold at cost! Only 10$. And they are that perfect postcard 4x6 size...

Help Firefox reach 1 million downloads in a single day! (I think their servers are already overloaded this morning)

Ooh west elm has designed some lacquered charging stations ~ with hinged back for surge protector, rear cutout feeds cords to outlet, and a nice large drawer for all those little extras!

Photographer Sam Taylor-Wood shot famous movie actors with heart-felt sobs for her "Crying Men" collection.

Life Fitness challenged designer to come up with an urban fitness machine... and gprero design won the competition by having it disappear into an Ottoman-Bench concept dubbed the "Otto-Bench"

400, 000 hollow black balls dumped into the Ivanhoe Reservoir to prevent sunlight to react with the bromide and chlorine producing carcinogens!

My homage to Helvetica.
Happy Birthday Helvetica! Sorry if I'm a bit late!

the ultimate magic trick - making furniture disappear into the balcony - aka just really cool space saving design by Sandy Lam from Vancouver.

Amazing trippy illustrations.

Ever felt stuck in your daily life? The animated character in this Lipton CLear Green website suffer from traffic jams, job stress and hang-overs. Until you refresh them.

Panda nerds can be stylish. Small pic doesn't reveal the full furry goodness offered by Nike as part of their Tokyo Dunk series.

Some awesome renders mixed with some top notch photography.

Over at Unbeige they are speculating that sunglasses dipped in viscous liquids are a hot new trend in the making... what's next?

Takashi Sugimoto, leading designer for Super Potato in Japan, has two contemporary tearooms on exhibition at the Toto Ma Gallery in Nogizaka, Tokyo. The first is composed of steel and the second out of water!

As the ICFF/NY Design Week madness dies down ~ here's the sunset out of the bathroom window

Return to Waster! Make louder statement when you return the junk mail!

Amazing collection of USA political election logos 2008-1960

Amazingly ornate, 1890s lady's bike from Tiffany and Co. The fixed gear masterpiece is estimated to sell for between $50,000 - 70,000 at an upcoming auction.

Penang Global City Centre. An entire tech city built in the middle of the Malaysina jungle, with two skyscrapers, medical centers and tons of futuristic stuff...

The Gift Cycle is a cross country cycling project that carries works of art as gifts from local artists of one town to local artists of the next town along the route---a 3,000 mile journey uniting 12 plus communities.

Schmidt Hammer Lassen recently won the competition to design a hotel and conference center in Lund, Sweden. The building will be located at the city's highest point. This gives me a huge grin.

TIME interview with the boys behind "You Suck At Photoshop" - which had a great 10 episode run that taught us all a lot, and got us through the writers strike... also check out the spin off series about Sw4shbuckl3r...

Anyone else tired of the whole green-global warming movement? Two young creatives from London made this fake Anti-Green campaign for Hummer.

Loyal Loot's "Hung Table" has a crocheted surface that "takes away the need for vessels to hold possessions".

Kanye West's bar ends on his custom Brooklyn Machine Works track bike read: "George Bush doesn't care about track people," a reference to his on air moment post-Katrina.

A Bathing Ape from Japan now got together with Rimowa, known for their metal luggage and they added a subtle camouflage pattern to it! Really nice!

miShare is a smart little handheld gadget for connecting iPods and sharing files.

The latest from Joris Laarman - WirePod for Artecnica - matching his classic radiatior, here's a flexible multi-point electrical "power pod"

Series of limited 'Cassette Badge' set that even comes in a cassette box! Made by EffektiveDesign.

No more green and new cups for S*Bux...my chai still tastes good. :)

Frances Whitehead and James Elniski's house in Chicago was built using a number of green technologies.

Keyport ~ i got hands on with one finally, and here are some closeups to answer those questions about HOW they get those keys on there... and how easily you can swap them! The dovetailing is quite nice...

Gray's Anatomy turns 150 years old - and is still one of the top anatomical references today! [for more images of vintage copies, see http://www.braceface.com/medical/ ]

MYBrain. The table lamp - A replica of the designer's brain, originated from an MR scan at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. The image was processed through a 3D-printer - by Alexander Lervik

The story of Chinese diver Hu Jia - Adidas' "In 2008 Impossible Is Nothing" ad for the Beijing Olympics. Created by 180/TBWA, Psyop, and Stink. The mix of live footage and "pencil" animation is amazing!

Robots made from range a of industrial tributaries: aerospace surplus suppliers, automotive salvage yards, long-haul microwave equipment recyclers, vintage hand-tool swap-meet winnings.