its fascinating to look at old maps...

suburbs. sigh* mission playground - found them at whole foods.

Once just the packaging graphics for stickers sold from Obey Giant, now a lovely screenprint poster made to support Dave and Holly Combs, the creators of PEEL Magazine that lost their house to keep the magazine alive!

The Peacock Chair's feather automatically open when someone sits down.

The Bamboo Lantern, an installation by Atelier FCJZ at the Gwamgju Design Biennale in Korea. On the outside it looks like heavy mass, but when it opens in half it reveals something completely different.

Thalys Metamorphosis - beautiful motion & campaign to introduce the new sets of Thalys.

Some creative truths that we should all take to heart, shared by legendary figures. All illustrated in a clear and clever way by designer Shirley-Ann Dick.

Maison & Objet 2009 : ALESSI news products 2009

Rosemarie Fiore's colourful pieces are made with fireworks.

Just add water. We'll take care of the rest. A promise from a the oldest shipping company in the Netherlands. They have the images to prove it.

Perkins + Will Architects have proposed this green urban park for Chicago's West Loop, right on top of the busy Kennedy Expressway.

Inspired by Escher's "Waterfall," Dyson's "Wrong Garden" incorporates a clever design to create the illusion that water flows up.

Really great piece of street art by ABOVE in Rome–and just a block from the Colosseum.

A polar ice station - part of a new book looking at Extreme Architecture from all over the world. Includes chapters on cold, high, wet and space.

Through the use of gallery style imagery, Britain's Best Buildings aims to highlight the best in the built environment throughout the UK.

Another cool way to dress up that boring light bulb. Petal light shade, designed by Vanilla Design Store from New Zealand.

Visa launches their 'Go' global advertising campaign - a great interactive site with fun statistics and features flickr images users submit

Come within. Gaze without. Retreat within the orb from a world of straight lines. The newly unveiled Spheroid Chair by William Emmerson is available exclusively through Ralph Pucci International.

From the hoop is a short 3D movie directed by 3 students of Supinfocom Arles in 2008.

The Office of Blame Accountability. Food for thought.

Dumpsterette is a diminutive wooden dumpster. This one-off piece of functional art has a hinged lid, casters and space for two standard trash cans.

Amazing Collages made from thousands of cut out photos by artist Adrian Kenyon representing the crazy world we live in.

Wow Delicious Design League you have done it again!!

Naolab’s signature packaging is inspired by Origami and Majiang. Opening a Naolab package reveals elements of surprise - in this case naoLoop.

The closest thing to invisibility. This is what would happen if you use the Photoshop eraser tool on yourself! Invisible t-shirt by Reece Ward

The Huf 9 Fachwerkhaus 2000 Art home emphasizes its timber frame concept, allowing for a freer design and living environment.

Padmapper combines Google Maps with apartment listings for easier hunting.

Believe it or not, Sesame Street will be 40 this year! To celebrate they have some special guests but not everything will be aired. Here, Elmo and Gervais in some hilarious outtakes that are not for kids!

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. There's more to it than the great story. Behind the scenes as to HOW they made Brad Pitt look so old. Not what most people thought.

A virtual gallery showcasing Ana Bagayan's new portrait show that opened at Billy Shire Fine Arts last weekend.

Volomuro, an installation for the ICA from 2007 by office dA on Georges Island - amazing experimentation with structure and material use.

Bob Staake, awarded illustrator, and a huge selection of 50's posters.

Nothing is as good as a teaspoon of honey to prevent a sore throat, and I almost feel better just by looking at this gorgeous packaging by Pidgeon.

Vik brings us a fun and stylish reminder to eat our daily fruit.

A carbon fiber and leather trunk for your skis from Pinel & Pinel.

Periodic Tables of Keyboard Shortcuts for Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign arranged by by vent in the style of Dmitri Mendeleev

Check out the work of New Zealand artist Fletcher Vaughan.

Toilet paper roll made beautiful! Fantastic cut-outs by Yuken Teruya!

"The Gripworks" is a new ergonomic handle for five gallon buckets. It snaps right over the old handle or wire bail to increase the size of the handle and provide comfort and ease tfor lifting and hauling!

A day in the life of Cardboard Colin. For hourly comics day.

A take on Los Angeles Plays Itself, a documentary on the relation between modern architecture in LA and bad guys on Hollywood movies.

Animalia! A fantastic series of photographs of animals in urban environments by Mikel Uribetxeberria.

Noisy interactive posters were created to promote Brazilian sound production company Saxsofunny.

Make up kits were distributed to women in shopping malls advertising "City of Hope" a place for battered women in UAE. As you can see each color is covered by a situation of abuse...

A tangible interactive poster which questions the popular misconception that interactive design has to be on a screen.

Battle of beans is a small video made by Brand New School (L.A). It's actually a commercial for a cereal bar, but it's also a great creative video concept.